Look for the striking scarlet spikes of coralbean (Erythrina herbacea) flowers rising up from saw palmettos (Serenoa repens) and other plants as you travel about in our car, as you walk in natural areas, and as you visit yards with…
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Janice Broda is the secretary of the Eugenia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS) & a founding member. She was president of the statewide FNPS from 1996 - 1998.
Pelican Island NWR
On Thursday, September 17, 2020, the Eugenia Chapter visited Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (PINWR) and walked along the Centennial Trail. Thanks to Sandy Peterson for these gorgeous close-up photos that show the splendor of our native plants ... Giant…
Wildflower “Wetland” Garden
Outside of their screened porch Kai Andrews and Marc Speiss have created a garden patch that takes advantage of water that runs off their roof. Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata), the tall plant, is a larval food for monarch butterflies, so…
5/22/20: Yard of Tom Brown
Check out how these slash pines (PInus elliottii var. densa) have grown in Tom Brown's Sebastian yard. The first photo was taken on 5/22/20, and the lower photo was shot on 4/16/18. They now, along with his other plantings, provide…
7/16/20: Native Plants & New Rain Garden
We visited the native plant area and new rain garden at the Garden Club of the Indian River County on 7-16-2020. Special thanks to Garden Club and Eugenia NPS Chapter member Reva Brugnoli (center) for hosting us and providing us with…
4/18/19: Yard of Carol Thomas
Now that Carol is retired, she has more time to spend in her yard. Above she shows off a path to the street that she installed at the western edge of her property and how her neighbor now has native…
9/19/2019: Yard of Carla Flournoy
Carla Flournoy hosted the 9/19/2019 meeting at her home in the Indian Trails subdivision. This community has a magnificent canopy of live oaks. Carla explained that her yard had been beset with drainage problems. She engaged Landscape Architect Robin…
Inspirational: Yard of Kei Andrews & Marc Speiss
Kei Andrews, Marc Speiss, and their son Ronan have transformed their small yard in a gated subdivision into an wonderland of native plants full of diversity and beauty -- in only 2 years. Their inspirational yard fits into the community…
Simply Stunning! Blueberries
On 5/22 & 5/23/20, two lucky small groups visited the Sebastian yard of Tom Brown, which we visited two years ago as a much larger, coronavirus concern-free group. Many of his plantings had grown substantially, and his blueberries were quite…
8/22/2019: Yard of Lori & Terry Greene
Our yard visit was postponed for a week due to rain, and the yard of Lori and Terry Greene was well worth the wait. Located in the Collier Club subdivision in Sebastian, this impeccably maintained yard is filled with lots…
