VOLUNTEER!
July 1st
Work day at Clam
Bayou native demonstration garden. 7:30 am to 10:30 am. Contact
Danie Cutler at 727-709-4658
Ongoing
Planning for fall
native landscape tour. Contact Jim
McGinity if you'd like to be on the committee. 727-453-6906
Volunteer at Pinellas
County Extension--Hours contributed there help "pay"
for the Pinellas Chapter's use of the facilities for our monthly
meeting. Contact Jean
Field to sign up: 727-582-2110
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About
Pinellas FNPS
The Florida Native Plant Society was organized in 1980 "to promote
the preservation, conservation, and restoration of the native
plants and native plant communities of Florida." With over
225 members, the Pinellas Chapter is one of the state's largest
and has activities year-round, including:
- SPEAKERS:
At 7 p.m. on the first
Wednesday of each month, Pinellas Chapter members gather to hear
an entertaining and informative speaker on a topic related to
Florida native plants.
Beginning
in January 2009, meetings will be at Pinellas County Extension, 12520 Ulmerton Road, Largo. Please join
us! In addition to the program you will enjoy refreshments, a
silent auction of plants, and a quick roundup of compelling local
environmental issues and upcoming events.
- FIELD TRIPS: These are usually held the Saturday following the
monthly membership meeting. Carpooling is encouraged.
The public
is welcome at all meetings and all field trips. Consult our program calendar for upcoming speakers,
directions and maps, or call the Pinellas FNPS Info Line: (727)
544-7341. To download the 2009 program schedule in PDF format
click here.
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You Helped
Reforest Pinellas!
The Reclamation Project is a participatory eco-art project that
is aimed at rebuilding our native tree canopy one yard at a time.
The Pinellas County Public Art and Design Program commissioned
artist Xavier
Cortada to develop an urban reforestation effort that would
engage local residents in helping restore native habitats for
plants and animals.
Implemented through the Florida Native Plant
Society and Florida
Botanical Gardens, the Reclamation Project encourages Pinellas County
residents to plant a native tree and green flag in their front
yard and then urge their neighbors to do the same.
Native tree saplings and green
flags were distributed to Pinellas County residents (one per
household) through the Pinellas Chapter of the Florida Native
Plant Society.
Thank you to all who participated!
If you have a photo of your tree and flag, send
it to us and we'll post it here.
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Scott McMaster and his maple tree
(click to enlarge)
Pat Brinkley's buttonwood
(click to enlarge)
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Left to Right: Tim Currie's sea grape, Peggy Goodale and her
sea grape, Nancy McCormick's green buttonwood, Diane Smith's
green buttonwood, Vicki Jackson's green buttonwood (click photos
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Beat
the Drought...
...with these great native landscape plants for
Pinellas County! |
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Links
to Learn More:
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Article on native landscaping by Yvonne Swanson
featuring Pinellas FNPS president Bill Bilodeau
Interview
on NPR's "Science Friday" with Douglas Tallamy, author
of "Bringing Nature Home"
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visits since 11/23/08
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Next
Meeting
July 1st:
Linda Taylor on "The
Value of Nature"
Next
Field Trip
July 11th:
Paddling the Santa
Fe River. Registration
required.
Next
Plant Sale
October:
Twigs & Leaves
Nursery, South St. Petersburg, Date TBA
OTHER UPCOMING
EVENTS:
Weedon Island
& Brooker Creek
Preserve Calendars
Events at Southwest
Florida State Parks
Please
support
our business
members:
Wilcox Nursery
Great Outdoors
Publishing Co.
Insty-Prints
of Belleair
(727) 584-5111
Town of Belleair
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