Florida Native Plant Society
@fnps.bsky.social
The Florida Native Plant Society’s mission is to champion Florida’s native plants and their habitats. Visit fnps.org to learn more!
📣 OCKLAWAHA RIVER RESTORATION BILLS FILED - SB 1066 (Senator Brodeur) / HB 981 (Rep. Duggan): Tributaries of St. Johns River
These companion bills are a good approach to restoration, focusing on conservation while providing for recreation & community development. SB 1066 and HB 981 focus on:
These companion bills are a good approach to restoration, focusing on conservation while providing for recreation & community development. SB 1066 and HB 981 focus on:
January 6, 2026 at 3:51 PM
📣 OCKLAWAHA RIVER RESTORATION BILLS FILED - SB 1066 (Senator Brodeur) / HB 981 (Rep. Duggan): Tributaries of St. Johns River
These companion bills are a good approach to restoration, focusing on conservation while providing for recreation & community development. SB 1066 and HB 981 focus on:
These companion bills are a good approach to restoration, focusing on conservation while providing for recreation & community development. SB 1066 and HB 981 focus on:
We’re thrilled to announce Cherice’s promotion to Director of Operations. 💚 Thank you, Cherice, for your leadership, care, and countless hours of behind-the-scenes work that help FNPS run stronger every day. 🌿
January 1, 2026 at 5:47 PM
We’re thrilled to announce Cherice’s promotion to Director of Operations. 💚 Thank you, Cherice, for your leadership, care, and countless hours of behind-the-scenes work that help FNPS run stronger every day. 🌿
Thank you to the Native Plant Horticulture Foundation for their support and dedication to growing the future of native plant horticulture.
Learn more at www.nativeplanthort.org🌱
Learn more at www.nativeplanthort.org🌱
December 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Thank you to the Native Plant Horticulture Foundation for their support and dedication to growing the future of native plant horticulture.
Learn more at www.nativeplanthort.org🌱
Learn more at www.nativeplanthort.org🌱
Looking for a meaningful holiday gift for the teachers in your life?
Buy a League of Environmental Educators of Florida (LEEF) membership with a school email and get a Florida Native Plant Society membership FREE!
Visit www.leef-florida.org or email leef.florida@gmail.com for more info.
Buy a League of Environmental Educators of Florida (LEEF) membership with a school email and get a Florida Native Plant Society membership FREE!
Visit www.leef-florida.org or email leef.florida@gmail.com for more info.
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Looking for a meaningful holiday gift for the teachers in your life?
Buy a League of Environmental Educators of Florida (LEEF) membership with a school email and get a Florida Native Plant Society membership FREE!
Visit www.leef-florida.org or email leef.florida@gmail.com for more info.
Buy a League of Environmental Educators of Florida (LEEF) membership with a school email and get a Florida Native Plant Society membership FREE!
Visit www.leef-florida.org or email leef.florida@gmail.com for more info.
Join us for our Lunch and Learn today at noon with Alexa Heilman - youtube.com/live/CS2IEyG...
December 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Join us for our Lunch and Learn today at noon with Alexa Heilman - youtube.com/live/CS2IEyG...
THANK YOU! We're thrilled to share that together we raised over $8,000 on Giving Tuesday in support of rare plant conservation!
Thank you for supporting our mission of championing native plants and their habitats. Learn more about what we do at www.fnps.org/what-we-do.
Thank you for supporting our mission of championing native plants and their habitats. Learn more about what we do at www.fnps.org/what-we-do.
December 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
THANK YOU! We're thrilled to share that together we raised over $8,000 on Giving Tuesday in support of rare plant conservation!
Thank you for supporting our mission of championing native plants and their habitats. Learn more about what we do at www.fnps.org/what-we-do.
Thank you for supporting our mission of championing native plants and their habitats. Learn more about what we do at www.fnps.org/what-we-do.
Our Lunch and Learn this month on Friday 12/12 at noon will be a review of the history, practice and applications of Horticultural Therapy and guidance for how native plants can be used in an Horticultural Therapy practice from a practical, metaphorical and therapeutic/clinical perspective.
December 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Our Lunch and Learn this month on Friday 12/12 at noon will be a review of the history, practice and applications of Horticultural Therapy and guidance for how native plants can be used in an Horticultural Therapy practice from a practical, metaphorical and therapeutic/clinical perspective.
📭 The latest Palmetto is hitting inboxes and mailboxes as we speak!
In this issue:
🐛 Beyond Milkweed: Host Plants for the Other Butterflies by Leslie Nixon
🏆 Celebrating the 2025 FNPS Landscape Awards by Natalia Manrique
🍃 Carex of Central Florida by Linda W. Curtis
In this issue:
🐛 Beyond Milkweed: Host Plants for the Other Butterflies by Leslie Nixon
🏆 Celebrating the 2025 FNPS Landscape Awards by Natalia Manrique
🍃 Carex of Central Florida by Linda W. Curtis
December 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
📭 The latest Palmetto is hitting inboxes and mailboxes as we speak!
In this issue:
🐛 Beyond Milkweed: Host Plants for the Other Butterflies by Leslie Nixon
🏆 Celebrating the 2025 FNPS Landscape Awards by Natalia Manrique
🍃 Carex of Central Florida by Linda W. Curtis
In this issue:
🐛 Beyond Milkweed: Host Plants for the Other Butterflies by Leslie Nixon
🏆 Celebrating the 2025 FNPS Landscape Awards by Natalia Manrique
🍃 Carex of Central Florida by Linda W. Curtis
Thank you for supporting our work to protect our native plants and habitats. With your support and responsiveness to action alerts we have:
💮 successfully advocated for routing a toll road around the habitat of the endangered Blushing Scrub Balm (Dicerandra modesta),
💮 successfully advocated for routing a toll road around the habitat of the endangered Blushing Scrub Balm (Dicerandra modesta),
December 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Thank you for supporting our work to protect our native plants and habitats. With your support and responsiveness to action alerts we have:
💮 successfully advocated for routing a toll road around the habitat of the endangered Blushing Scrub Balm (Dicerandra modesta),
💮 successfully advocated for routing a toll road around the habitat of the endangered Blushing Scrub Balm (Dicerandra modesta),
You may have heard of Giving Tuesday, but do you know about Giving Twosday? Chip in $2 to support two of our conservation projects: TorreyaKeepers 🌿 and Two Endangered Mints in the Genus Dicerandra 💮.
Both of these projects were federally funded and were cut this year.
Both of these projects were federally funded and were cut this year.
December 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
You may have heard of Giving Tuesday, but do you know about Giving Twosday? Chip in $2 to support two of our conservation projects: TorreyaKeepers 🌿 and Two Endangered Mints in the Genus Dicerandra 💮.
Both of these projects were federally funded and were cut this year.
Both of these projects were federally funded and were cut this year.
Announcing the Peggy Lantz Writing Contest!
We’re excited to launch our writing contest celebrating creative voices inspired by Florida’s wild flora, in honor of Peggy Lantz, an esteemed nature writer and tireless advocate for Florida’s native plants. Learn more at fnps.org/writingcontest.
We’re excited to launch our writing contest celebrating creative voices inspired by Florida’s wild flora, in honor of Peggy Lantz, an esteemed nature writer and tireless advocate for Florida’s native plants. Learn more at fnps.org/writingcontest.
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Announcing the Peggy Lantz Writing Contest!
We’re excited to launch our writing contest celebrating creative voices inspired by Florida’s wild flora, in honor of Peggy Lantz, an esteemed nature writer and tireless advocate for Florida’s native plants. Learn more at fnps.org/writingcontest.
We’re excited to launch our writing contest celebrating creative voices inspired by Florida’s wild flora, in honor of Peggy Lantz, an esteemed nature writer and tireless advocate for Florida’s native plants. Learn more at fnps.org/writingcontest.
Our presenter for tomorrow, Owen Schneider, had a family emergency so he's flying back home to be with his parents tomorrow and won't be presenting. We're working on rescheduling Owen so keep an eye out for that.
November 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Our presenter for tomorrow, Owen Schneider, had a family emergency so he's flying back home to be with his parents tomorrow and won't be presenting. We're working on rescheduling Owen so keep an eye out for that.
This month's Lunch and Learn is with Temple University ecologist Owen Schneider is going to be lit! 🔥
He will be presenting his research on plant flammability in Long Pine Key in Everglades National Park.
🕛 Friday, 11/21, 12pm EST
✏️ Registration: buff.ly/apdmsL5
He will be presenting his research on plant flammability in Long Pine Key in Everglades National Park.
🕛 Friday, 11/21, 12pm EST
✏️ Registration: buff.ly/apdmsL5
November 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This month's Lunch and Learn is with Temple University ecologist Owen Schneider is going to be lit! 🔥
He will be presenting his research on plant flammability in Long Pine Key in Everglades National Park.
🕛 Friday, 11/21, 12pm EST
✏️ Registration: buff.ly/apdmsL5
He will be presenting his research on plant flammability in Long Pine Key in Everglades National Park.
🕛 Friday, 11/21, 12pm EST
✏️ Registration: buff.ly/apdmsL5
There are still tickets available to the state's longest running native plant landscape tour on Sunday!
Our Conradina Chapter has arranged for a 20% discount to a local nursery on Sunday, plein air painters at some of the stops, & a free native plant to all attendees.
brevardlandscapetour.org
Our Conradina Chapter has arranged for a 20% discount to a local nursery on Sunday, plein air painters at some of the stops, & a free native plant to all attendees.
brevardlandscapetour.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
There are still tickets available to the state's longest running native plant landscape tour on Sunday!
Our Conradina Chapter has arranged for a 20% discount to a local nursery on Sunday, plein air painters at some of the stops, & a free native plant to all attendees.
brevardlandscapetour.org
Our Conradina Chapter has arranged for a 20% discount to a local nursery on Sunday, plein air painters at some of the stops, & a free native plant to all attendees.
brevardlandscapetour.org
Join the @flspringscouncil.bsky.social for a deep dive into Florida's Legislative Session and lobbying for springs 🏛️ PART 5 OF THE SPRINGS ADVOCACY 101 SERIES 💦
🗓️ Wednesday, November 19 at 6:30 p.m. buff.ly/Bx7C590
🗓️ Wednesday, November 19 at 6:30 p.m. buff.ly/Bx7C590
November 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Join the @flspringscouncil.bsky.social for a deep dive into Florida's Legislative Session and lobbying for springs 🏛️ PART 5 OF THE SPRINGS ADVOCACY 101 SERIES 💦
🗓️ Wednesday, November 19 at 6:30 p.m. buff.ly/Bx7C590
🗓️ Wednesday, November 19 at 6:30 p.m. buff.ly/Bx7C590
🔥 Experience a prescribed burn and explore the role of fire in Florida’s ecosystems this Saturday at the Lake Wales Ridge Fire Fest, a day of learning, demonstrations, and community engagement. The festival is free with the $6 entrance fee to Highlands Hammock SP. visitsebring.com/event/fire-f...
October 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🔥 Experience a prescribed burn and explore the role of fire in Florida’s ecosystems this Saturday at the Lake Wales Ridge Fire Fest, a day of learning, demonstrations, and community engagement. The festival is free with the $6 entrance fee to Highlands Hammock SP. visitsebring.com/event/fire-f...
Huge thanks to the @flspringscouncil.bsky.social for hosting our President, Eugene Kelly, for a deep dive on conservation land protection last night. Ryan Smart, Gene, and Ryan Worthington's excellent discussion is on YouTube and runs 1h16.
Watch it here: buff.ly/hPfjhd2
Watch it here: buff.ly/hPfjhd2
October 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Huge thanks to the @flspringscouncil.bsky.social for hosting our President, Eugene Kelly, for a deep dive on conservation land protection last night. Ryan Smart, Gene, and Ryan Worthington's excellent discussion is on YouTube and runs 1h16.
Watch it here: buff.ly/hPfjhd2
Watch it here: buff.ly/hPfjhd2
🌀 We're very excited to have Nicole Zampieri as our L&L presenter this week. She is an incoming professor in the Department of Biology at UCF & will discuss her research into the hurricane ecology of longleaf pine savannas.
Registration: buff.ly/w7PRd3q
Registration: buff.ly/w7PRd3q
October 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
🌀 We're very excited to have Nicole Zampieri as our L&L presenter this week. She is an incoming professor in the Department of Biology at UCF & will discuss her research into the hurricane ecology of longleaf pine savannas.
Registration: buff.ly/w7PRd3q
Registration: buff.ly/w7PRd3q
Reposted by Florida Native Plant Society
Online Exhibit 🌿 Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating
Feature: Florida Yew (Taxus floridana)
This critically endangered native Florida plant produces Taxol, an anticancer drug. Florida yew is not harvested commercially due to its rarity.
🎧 With Kent Perkins: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/100-years/ob...
Feature: Florida Yew (Taxus floridana)
This critically endangered native Florida plant produces Taxol, an anticancer drug. Florida yew is not harvested commercially due to its rarity.
🎧 With Kent Perkins: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/100-years/ob...
October 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Online Exhibit 🌿 Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating
Feature: Florida Yew (Taxus floridana)
This critically endangered native Florida plant produces Taxol, an anticancer drug. Florida yew is not harvested commercially due to its rarity.
🎧 With Kent Perkins: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/100-years/ob...
Feature: Florida Yew (Taxus floridana)
This critically endangered native Florida plant produces Taxol, an anticancer drug. Florida yew is not harvested commercially due to its rarity.
🎧 With Kent Perkins: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/100-years/ob...
We're looking forward to Giving Tuesday, which is the Tuesday after Thanksgiving every year. We have just come off of a relatively successful year in conservation advocacy, having taken the lead on stopping the Withlacoochee State Forest land swap
October 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
We're looking forward to Giving Tuesday, which is the Tuesday after Thanksgiving every year. We have just come off of a relatively successful year in conservation advocacy, having taken the lead on stopping the Withlacoochee State Forest land swap
🦋 Research just out from UF IFAS shows that while many Floridians are aware of the potential benefits of supporting native plants as pollinator habitat on roadsides, a large subset of the population isn't even thinking about how roadsides could support pollinators.
October 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🦋 Research just out from UF IFAS shows that while many Floridians are aware of the potential benefits of supporting native plants as pollinator habitat on roadsides, a large subset of the population isn't even thinking about how roadsides could support pollinators.
FNPS is proud to be sponsoring this year's Groundcover Restoration and Enhancement Workshop. The past two workshops have been incredibly informative with excellent networking among native plant folks & this year's workshop should be similarly excellent. Register here: web.cvent.com/event/5a792b...
October 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
FNPS is proud to be sponsoring this year's Groundcover Restoration and Enhancement Workshop. The past two workshops have been incredibly informative with excellent networking among native plant folks & this year's workshop should be similarly excellent. Register here: web.cvent.com/event/5a792b...
Today as part of our conference sponsor appreciation series, we’re highlighting Young Bear Environmental Consulting, an environmentally conscious firm dedicated to protecting Florida’s natural resources.
Learn more about their impactful work at ybeconsulting.com. 🌿💧
Learn more about their impactful work at ybeconsulting.com. 🌿💧
October 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Today as part of our conference sponsor appreciation series, we’re highlighting Young Bear Environmental Consulting, an environmentally conscious firm dedicated to protecting Florida’s natural resources.
Learn more about their impactful work at ybeconsulting.com. 🌿💧
Learn more about their impactful work at ybeconsulting.com. 🌿💧