The Eugenia Chapter of the FNPS had a nonprofit booth at Gardenfest! 2024, February 3 and 4. Much thanks to Karen and Don Schuster for loaning us their tent again and all the people who volunteered to “sit the booth”:…
On the Third Thursday …
Landscape Conference
The Florida Native Plant Society was well-represented at the 5th Transforming Landscapes Conference For a Sustainable Future on January 20, 2024. 18 members of the Eugenia Chapter attended. The Conradina Chapter (southern Brevard County) had a table with many of…
Tortoises and Orchids
The first 2024 meeting of the Eugenia Chapter was held January 18 at the Environmental Learning Center. Blayne Schacht, VP of the Gopher Tortoise Alliance, was our guest speaker with her enthusiastic talk entitled Digging Deeper: Uncovering the Gopher Tortoise.…
Holiday Pot Luck 2023
The Eugenia Chapter’s annual Holiday Pot Luck was held Dec. 14, 2023 at the festively decorated historic Heritage Center. Thanks to all the members who brought such a diverse variety of delicious food items. No one went hungry judging from…
To Mulch or Not to Mulch
Avoid the unsightly red volcano of mulch pictured above in a photo taken from afar from the yard of Marjorie Shropshire. Too much mulch can stifle root growth, and mulch placed against a plant trunk can be a pathway for…
Kendrick Homestead: 11-17-2021
Marta & Mike Kendrick have a five-acre property with a landscaped pond and mature native trees, shrubs, and wildflowers. Mature huge coonties (Zamia floridana) grace the back of the house ... A red mangrove (Rhizohora mangle), lovingly cared for Mike,…
Wild Coffees
Florida is home to four species of "wild coffee", three of which we have seen on Chapter visits to members' yards. The Bahama coffee (Psychotria ligustrifolia) pictured above and below in the yard of Fran Robinson generated lots of interest.…
Yard of Kei Andrews & Marc Speiss 2021
Ronan, Kei Andrews & Marc Speiss have transformed their small yard in a gated community into a haven habitat for native plants and wildlife. The diversity in their yard is inspirational and contrasts strikingly with that of their neighbor's yard…
Lovely Limber Caper
(The early bird doesn't always get the worm (or ID) ... When we visited the yard of Tom Brown on June 18, 2021, a plant was mis-identified initially. The late-birds, who hung around, learned them name of this late-bloomer ...…
Bahama Wild Coffee
Thank you to Marc Spiess for leading a yard visit at the Environmental Learning Center on Thursday, May 18. The Bahama wild coffee (Psychotria ligustifolia) planted last year along Live Oak Drive was full of flowers and was abuzz with…
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