A native of southern MiamiDade County, George Gann is a founder of The Institute for Regional Conservation (IRC) as well as Chair Emeritus and Global Restoration Ambassador of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER). Over a 40year career George has completed hundreds of ontheground conservation projects, published more than 100 articles, technical reports, websites, and a book, and presented talks and workshops to the public and technical audiences nearly around the world. He has worked intensively on native plants and rare plant conservation in Florida and the Caribbean, from largescale floristic efforts in South Florida, Puerto Rico and Everglades National Park to intensive smallscale projects at residential sites and in botanical gardens. He has done conservation policy work globally for SER and IRC and conducted botanical field work in more than a dozen Latin American and Caribbean countries. He believes in using traditional conservation tools, such as the establishment and management of protected areas, augmented by modern approaches including ecological restoration, rare species reintroduction and augmentation, and utilizing regional matrices of protected and restored areas to conserve native plants and animals. He advocates for transparency, data sharing, and stakeholder participation in conservation planning and has developed numerous popular online resources for IRC, including the Floristic Inventory of South Florida and Natives For Your Neighborhood. The Institute for Regional Conservation (IRC) is celebrating 35 years as a non profit organization dedicated to the protection and restoration of rare plants, animals and ecosytems at the regional scale. We are fortunate to have George Gann, IRC founder and executive director, as our featured speaker for the Tuesday evening program to bring us up to speed on current IRC projects and community outreach. Topics will range from local efforts to global policy, including updates on their Restoring the Gold Coast Program, the online resource Natives For Your Neighborhood, and the new edition of the International Restoration Standards.. For information on IRC you can visit their website: https://www.regionalconservation.org/. Speaker Program: IRC: Conservation in a Changing World George Gann, Exec. Dir. Institute for Regional Conservation (IRC) IN THIS ISSUE Chapter Notes............................. Gardening with the Natives.......... Conservation Matters................... Native Garden Tour Flyer ............. Native Gardens.......................... Tour Maps.................................... Announcements........................... www.facebook.com/PBCC.FNPS Chapter meetings are held on the third Tuesday of every month at the University of Florida/IFAS Mounts Building Auditorium, 531 North Military Trail, West Palm Beach palmbeach.fnpschapters.org THE PALM BEACH COUNTY CHAPTER OF THE FLORIDA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY A 501(c)(3) ORGANIZATION 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Meeng opens at 7pm Program starts at 7:30pm A native plant drawing follows the program Public welcome • No reservaons needed • Refreshments • Free admission Joint Meeting PBCC FNPS and Audubon Everglades Tuesday, October 15 Newsletter of the Palm Beach County Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society The Florida Native Plant Society promotes the preservation of our native flora through education and conservation. To attract wildlife, promote water conservation and prevent the further introduction of nonnative pest plants, the society encourages the cultivation of nurserypropagated Florida native plants and promotes their use as ornamentals in public and private landscapes. Native plants are the gateway to sustainability! www.fnps.org FNPS Art Workshop "Native Impressions"™ for the Holidays Artist Lucy Keshavarz will be holding this popular workshop this year on Saturday, October 26 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.. This is a perfect opportunity to make a gift or an ornament for the upcoming holidays. For more info visit our website: http://palmbeach.fnpschapters.org/ Sign up now using this online link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/ 30E084BABAB28A2FD0artworkshop Celebrate FLORIDA NATIVE PLANT MONTH October 2019 2019 NATIVE GARDEN TOUR INFORMATION PAGES 5 7 SPECIAL EDITION
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A native of southern MiamiDade County, George Gann is a founder of The Institute for Regional Conservation (IRC) as well as Chair Emeritus and Global Restoration Ambassador of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER). Over a 40year career George has completed hundreds of ontheground conservation projects, published more than 100 articles, technical reports, websites, and a book, and presented talks and workshops to the public and technical audiences nearly around the world. He has worked intensively on native plants
and rare plant conservation in Florida and the Caribbean, from largescale floristic efforts in South Florida, Puerto Rico and Everglades National Park to intensive smallscale projects at residential sites and in botanical gardens. He has done conservation policy work globally for SER and IRC and conducted botanical field work in more than a dozen Latin American and Caribbean countries. He believes in using traditional conservation tools, such as the establishment and management of protected areas, augmented by modern approaches including ecological restoration, rare species reintroduction and augmentation, and utilizing regional matrices of protected and restored areas to conserve native plants and animals. He advocates for transparency, data sharing, and stakeholder participation in conservation planning and has developed numerous popular online resources for IRC, including the Floristic Inventory of South Florida and Natives For Your Neighborhood.
The Institute for Regional Conservation (IRC) is celebrating 35 years as a nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection and restoration of rare plants, animals and ecosytems at the regional scale. We are fortunate to have George Gann, IRC founder and executive director, as our featured speaker for the Tuesday evening program to bring us up to speed on current IRC projects and community outreach. Topics will range from local efforts to global policy, including updates on their Restoring the Gold Coast Program, the online resource Natives For Your Neighborhood, and the new edition of the International Restoration Standards.. For information on IRC you can visit their website: https://www.regionalconservation.org/.
Chapter meetings are held on the third Tuesday of every month at the University of Florida/IFAS Mounts Building Auditorium, 531 North Military Trail, West Palm Beach
Mee ng opens at 7pm Program starts at 7:30pm A native plant drawing follows the program
Public welcome • No reserva ons needed • Refreshments • Free admission
Joint Meeting PBCC FNPS and Audubon EvergladesTuesday, October 15
Newsletter of the Palm Beach County Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society
The Florida Native Plant Society promotes the preservation of our native flora through education and conservation. To attract wildlife, promote water conservation and prevent the further introduction of nonnative pest plants, the society encourages the cultivation of nurserypropagated Florida native plants and promotes their use as ornamentals in public and private landscapes. Native plants are the gateway to sustainability!
www.fnps.org
FNPS Art Workshop "Native Impressions"™ for the Holidays
Artist Lucy Keshavarz will be holding this popular workshop this year on Saturday, October 26 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.. This is a perfect opportunity to make a gift or an ornament for the upcoming holidays. For more info visit our website:http://palmbeach.fnpschapters.org/
Sign up now using this online link:https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E084BABAB28A2FD0artworkshop
CelebrateFLORIDA NATIVE PLANT MONTHOctober 2019
2019 NATIVE GARDEN TOUR INFORMATION PAGES 5 7SSPPEECCIIAALL EEDDIITTIIOONN
As many of you know, we had our chapter's elections last month and the 20192020 nomination slate was made official. All of the 2018 2019 board members are serving another term
in their respective positions so we are fortunate to have the continuity. The newest officer is Michael Kohner who has accepted the position of Vice President. Welcome Michael! He will be coordinating our speaker program in the coming year so if there are any topics you are interested in pursuing speakers for, please let him know.
As 2019 winds down, we are winding up to organize and carry out our end of the year events, advocacy, and program planning. Next Tuesday, October 15 is our annual joint meeting with our Audubon Everglades friends who we partner with for many good causes and events. We are so fortunate to have IRC founder George Gann as our featured speaker and a chance to learn about conservation efforts in our area and beyond. Hope to see you at the meeting!
For those of you who enjoy arts and crafts, we have a workshop coming up on October 26 that you don't want to miss. Artist and native plant enthusiast Lucy Keshavarz is offering her "Creating Native Impressions™" Art workshop that has been so popular over the years. Personally, I have enjoyed making clay impressions each year from the leaves of native plants in my yard and displaying them in the garden. Sign up for this workshop at the meeting or send Lucy and email: [email protected] .
November is our special month where we get to share our native gardens with our members and friends. We have a wonderful opportunity this year to have a presence at FANN's Native Plant Show which is conveniently (for us) being held at Mounts Botanical Garden on Nov. 78. This show is open to professionals in the native plant trade as well as to the public. There is lots of info online if you are interested in attending a lecture or just want to see the show. Click here for the link.
Then on Sunday, November 10 we are hosting our annual native garden tour and are really excited about it this year. Please check out the Garden Tour section in this newsletter for information on the participating gardens, native plant giveaway, photo contest, and more! If you are able to download and print a flyer for this event, please do so and display it in gathering areas in your community or add it to the online neighbohood networks. The tour this year features a cluster of coastal gardens, each with a unique character, hammock gardens with mature native canopy, and a truly one of a kind gardenscape in Jupiter Farms. Remember this tour is self guided so definiitely plan your route accordingly so you have time to visit this garden along with all the others. As in the past, we will have a bouquet of native plant literature available at each garden along with folks to check you in and answer questions. Thanks (so much!) in advance to all the hosts that have agreed to share their gardens with us this year and to the volunteers who help make our events successful.
In closing, I would also like to thank the folks who showed up for the October 3 legislative delegation meeting to provide support for the conservation issues we are weighing in on during this year's session. Stay tuned for more opportunities to meet with your representatives and make your voice heard. We can all make a difference!
Chapter Notes
PBCC FNPS PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE October 2019
The PBC Chapter of the FNPS Welcomes our Newest Members
AND THANK YOU to all who recently renewed their memberships Winnie Said, President
Gardening with the Natives by Jeff Nurge www.FloridaNativeGardening.com
Longtime Palm Beach County Chapter FNPS member Gloria Hunter passed away peacefully on August 29, 2019.
Gloria delighted in propagating her extensive collection of native plants and tended an everchanging constellation of potted seedlings and cuttings. She shared these freely many members can trace plants growing in their gardens back to her generosity.
Gloria believed in educating the public about native plants and was the driving force behind the creation of our chapter's annual rare plant auction. Though she has passed, Gloria will live on in our hearts and in our gardens.
Remembering Gloria Hunter
Why we like it: White Indigoberry is a nice addition to any native garden. With its evergreen glossy rounded leaves this medium to large shrub (8 to 10 feet at most) comes armed with spines. Showy most all year round with star shaped fragrant white flowers that attract many different butterflies it gets its name from the berries that start from green gradually turning to white. Inside the berries is a dark bluish fruit that is highly prized by many bird species. The birds disburse the seed over a large area insuring that new crops of plants are available for generations to come. How to grow it: Occurring naturally in coastal hammocks in full sun to light shade this highly drought and salt spray tolerant plant is idea for coastal landscapes. White Indigoberry will thrive in poor soil conditions once established. To get it off to a good start as it normally is a moderate to slow grower, plant it with a little organic matter. Use as a grouping to form an ideal four foot border hedge that will be full from top to bottom. White Indigoberry also looks good as a filler plant in between other natives such as Stoppers or Firebush. For a more formal setting in the garden as a single specimen plant it will take a more rounded shape when planted in full sun.
Where to buy it: This plant is available at native nurseries, including Indian Trails Native Nursery in Lake Worth (5616419488). To find other nurseries that carry it, visit the association of Florida Native Nurseries at www.afnn.org, but don’t stop there. The site provides only a snapshot of the offerings at local nurseries, so call around
White Indigoberry (Randia aculeata)
Photo: G. Stibolt, FNPS
The Native Plant ShowThursday & Friday, Nov 78, 2019
Clayton Hutcheson Center at Mounts Botanical Garden
The Native Plant Show combines classes and exhibits to highlight the beauty, functionality and diversity of native plants. Members of the public are welcome!
See live plants and talk to experts: growers, retailers, landscape and environmental professionals. Find everything you need to make native plants your new norm.
For more information and to register visit the FANN website:
Thanks to all the biolblitzers who turned out for this event. In particular, the group leaders: Anne Cox, Chris Lockhart, Scott Zuckor, Sophia Fonseca, Scott Davis, and Teri Jabour who without which we would still be scratching our heads in an attempt to identify the birds, butterfilies, plants, amphibians, and assorted insects we found during theSeptember Pine Glades Bioblitz. Also a special shout out to the ladies from the Jupiter Farms Garden Club who enthusiastically participated in this event. For those of you wondering what a Bioblitz is, here is a description from National Geographic "A BioBlitz is an event that focuses on finding and identifying as many species as possible in a specific area over a short period of time..... Citizens work alongside scientists to learn about the biological diversity of local natural spaces. In the process, they gain skills and knowledge and develop a stronger connection to their home environment. A BioBlitz aims to promote and improve local natural spaces by empowering citizens to better understand and protect biodiversity."
During this successful event we were able to identify many of the species included in the Pine Glades Master Plan list and 10 native plant species that were not included. This information will be shared with PBC ERM in keeping with our support of Pine Glades as our "Addopted" Natural Area. Thanks to bioblitz team members Chris Lockhart, Anne Cox and Julie Renninger for developing this list of plant species. And thanks to Scott Zucker for leading the bird team during the event. Scott's team identified 22 bird species including Common Gallinule,
Limpkin, Killdeer, Wilson's Snipe, Tricolored Heron, Redshouldered Hawk, Redbellied Woodpecker, Loggerhead Shrike, Redwinged Blackbird, and the rarely seen Ground Dove.For those of you who did not get a chance to experience this popular event, we will be scheduling another Bioblitz in the future, so be sure to stay tuned!
It’s Fall, so it’s King Tide time again. Watch for the sunny day coastal street flooding during high tide, when it doesn’t even rain!
If you live near the coast or subject to King Tides, check your gardens to see what is doing well (and at least partially salt tolerant) and what’s yellowing shortly after exposure to salty tidal waters. It may be time to adjust your gardens with some more hardy native species that still provide wildlife habitat. Also, consider that some plants may be tolerant of the salty, beach mist, like sea grapes, spider lilies (Hymenocallis latifolia) and dune sunflower (Helianthus debilis). A different set of adaptations are needed for plants tolerant of higher soil salinity (buttonwood, sea oxeye daisy, etc.).
If you have observed some particularly salthardy plants in or near your yards (or some particularly sensitive ones that are the first to dieoff), please share your observations with Chris Lockhart: [email protected] and put “Salthardy plants” in the subject line. Thanks!
Pine Glades Bioblitz September 21, 2019
IRC’s Restoring the Gold Coast KickOff Event
Sat Oct 19th 9:00am 12:00pm
Sign up for the Restoring the Gold Coast Kickoff event at the Municipal Beach in Delray Beach.
Meet at the gazebo located across from Nassau Street. After a brief ceremony and ribbon cutting at 9:00 am, volunteers will work on the dunes to the east of the gazebo.
For more information or to RVSP, call or email Cara Abbott:
Tickets will be available for sale at the October 15 chapter meeting of the Palm Beach County Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society and at the FANN Native Plant Show at the Mounts Botanical Garden November 78. Or tickets can be purchased with cash or check at any of the gardens on the day of the tour.
Garden locations and descriptions can be found on the next page and
on our website http://palmbeach.fnpschapters.org/gardentour/
Native Garden Tour Photo Contest
Sunday, November 10, 2019
Back by popular demand! We will once agin host a native plant photo contest during the garden tour.
Contest is free with admission to Garden Tour for nonmembers. (No admission fee for FNPS members).
All photos must be taken during Garden Tour & of native plants only
Two categories: Closeup & Landscape
Submission Deadline: November 15
Notification of Winners: December 2
Panel of Judges:Fatima NaJame, Photographer & Executive Director Palm Beach Photographic CentreLucy Keshavarz, Artist/President, Art & Culture Group, Inc.Teri Jabour Nature Photographer
Prizes for Best in Show and Place Winners
Photo Contest Submission Rules/Guidelines and Submission Form will be posted on our website and Facebook page. Stay tuned!
Have fun and remember to tread lightly in the gardens – very special
plants live there!
Please click on this image to download a printable pdf of the garden tour flyer and post at appropriate locations in your community (garden clubs, community center, Nextdoor the online neighborhood network, etc.)
2019 Native Garden Tour Info and Maps
Last year's winning photo by Llinh Trinh taken at the Moyrouod Garden
Call for VolunteersServing as a greeter or a docent for the garden tour is a very rewarding experience. Just ask anyone who has done it in the past!If you would like to volunteer, please contact Angela Yow and let her know you are available for a shift at one of the gardens, or for set up or breakdown. Email: [email protected] Cell: 5613093877 Thank you in advance for helping us make this a successful event!
Forchheimer Butterfly and Bird Garden9714 Honeysuckle AvePalm Beach Gardens This butterfly and bird friendly yard is an inspirational example of a landscape in transition from a traditional Florida tropical exotic yard only 4 years ago, to a native garden full of life. From the butterfly host garden in the front, to the nectar garden in the rear yard, over 60 native plant species support at least 12 species of butterflies yearround. The garden is also visited by a wide range of birds including buntings, orioles, hummingbirds, cardinals, hawks and even eagles. Stroll through the back yard to visit the next garden on the tour, the Byrd Hammock Garden.
Byrd Hammock Garden9713 Heather Circle W. Palm Beach GardensLook no further for a prime example of a neighborhood native plant continuum. The Byrd garden, a mature hardwood hammock, provides nectar plants for butterflies emerging from the Forshheimer’s host plants as well as shelter for birds. Enjoy the serenity of this canopied landscape that includes some of our old favorites – Lignum vitae, crabwood, sable plam, firebush, and gumbo limbo among others.
Ogden Coastal Garden12744 Ellison Wilson RdNorth Palm Beach, 33408This openair garden was professionally landscaped in 2018 and features many native plants found in coastal habitats– coontie, necklace pod, cinnicord, beach creeper, Jamaican caper to name a few. Of special note is a spectacular sea lavender that is the poster child for the oftenheard guideline “the right plant in the right place”. An attached butterfly garden provides curb appeal for both people and pollinators.
Crawford Coastal Hammock Garden201 Xanadu PlaceJupiter, FL 33477A mature coastal hammock landscape that celebrates the natural habitat, that once graced Florida’s shoreline, now displaced by developments named after the ghosts of our vegetative past. This multilevel landscape includes a sunny front yard which is home to many flowering natives and of course the pollinators they support, and a dense hardwood hammock in the back yard with many underutilized specimen plants.
Licata Florida Revisited Garden13640 156th St. N Jupiter, Fl. 33478Immerse yourself in a recreation of early Florida as you stroll through wild and timeless landscapes in the Licata Garden. The emphasis is on plant diversity, balance and sustainability as revealed in the many microecosystems nestled into this 1.25acre gardenscape. There are well over 200 distinct Florida natives to be discovered here, including Milkbark, Florida Toadwood and Wild Dilly. We are fortunate to offer this amazing garden on our tour once again, and to have a chance to witness its growth over the last 4 years.
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area Coastal Restoration GardenLighthouse Park, 500 Capt Armour’s Way Jupiter, FL 33469Installed in 2018, this beautiful shoreline garden and restoration project is located between the lighthouse and the bordering Loxahatchee River. The Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse sits atop an ancient shell midden formed by native tribes that existed here long before European contact. The native landscaping helps prevent shoreline erosion on the midden slope and the loss of irreplaceable artifacts that lay beneath the ground surface. The shoreline restoration garden features 45 different native species including 9 different species of native Florida grasses, specimen shade trees, succulents, and much more from naturally occurring coastal habitats. Pathways allow for a memorable walk among the natives and along the waterfront. Follow directions for Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum parking.
Robert J. Huckshorn Arboretum5353 Parkside DriveJupiter, FL 33458 The Robert J. Huckshorn Arboretum, located on the Jupiter campus of FAU, is a garden gem that shines a light on Florida native plant habitats including Tropical Hardwood Hammock, Cabbage Palm /Oak Hammock, Pine Flatwoods, and Mixed Hardwood Swamp. Mature trees, labeled for ease of identification, line the pathways that wind their way through the landscape, inviting all to explore and enjoy this peaceful haven. FAU staff will be on hand to answer questions and to help make your visit to this garden an enjoyable learning experience.For more information on the Arboretum, visit its website: http://www.ces.fau.edu/arboretum/
Click HERE to go to the online mapthis will allow you to zoom into each garden location for a higher
resolution look at the area
FAU Huckshorn ArboretumFree parking is available in the parking garage across the street. The parking garage is on University between Parkside Drive and Main Street.
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Coastal Restoration GardenLocated in Lighthouse Park, 500 Capt Armour’s Way. Follow road all the way back to the Museum building.
