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Florida Forever Needs Your Support! Click here to find out what you can do to help JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST! Get a "heads up" on upcoming chapter events and local environmental news! Enter your email address below to subscribe to our email bulletins: 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. Pinellas Chapter members gather to hear an entertaining and informative speaker on the first Wed. of each month at Moccasin Lake Nature Park, 2750 Park Trail Lane, Clearwater, FL 33759. Come and you will also enjoy refreshments, a silent auction of plants, and a review of local environmental issues and upcoming events. The public is welcome at all meetings and field trips. (See Calendar for upcoming speakers, directions and maps.) Field trips are usually held the Saturday following the monthly membership meeting. Carpooling is encouraged. Consult the program calendar for dates, times and meeting locations, or call the Pinellas FNPS Info Line: (727) 544-7341. Next Meeting May 7th: Horticulturist Michael Pettay, "Plant Pirates: Quick and Easy Propagation Techniques" Next Field Trips at FNPS Conference: Many to choose from on Thursday and Sunday... sign up today! Next Plant Sale Fri.-Sat., May 16-17: at FNPS Conference (see info at right) MAY 15th - 18th to the Manatee Convention Center in Palmetto... 2008 FNPS Conference Co-hosted by the Mangrove, Pinellas, Serenoa & Suncoast Chapters VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Contact Conference Chair Ray Wunderlich III The Pinellas Chapter has endorsed the FLORIDA HOMETOWN DEMOCRACY AMENDMENT Click here to read more about this important ballot initiative. Although it did not make the ballot in 2008, organizers want to continue to collect petitions in order to get it on the ballot in 2010. To download a petition, click here Useful Information: Florida Native Plant Bibliography List of native landscape plants for Pinellas County Archive of Pinellas Chapter Newsletters

Click here for Weedon Island Calendar Click here for Brooker Creek Calendar "Nature Matters" Cleanup at Bear Creek, April 22, 6pm. Kayaks and other supplies provided; preregister at kayaknature.com Arbor Day Celebration, Sat. Apr. 26, 9am-2pm, Clearwater Public Service Complex, 1650 N Arcturas Ave. Free tree giveaway to Clearwater residents. FMI call (727) 562-4950. 22nd Annual Green Thumb Festival, Sat.-Sun., Apr. 26-27, 9 am to 4 pm, Walter Fuller Park, St. Petersburg. $3 trees, free butterfly plants, exhibits and vendors, food and fun. "Nature Matters" Cleanup at Boca Ciega Millennium Park, April 27, 10am. Kayaks and other supplies provided; preregister at kayaknature.com "Nature Matters" Cleanup at Cross Bayou, May 1, 6pm. Kayaks and other supplies provided; preregister at kayaknature.com Pinellas Living Green Expo, Sat. May 3, 9am-5pm, Sun. May 4, 10am-4pm, Harborview Center, Clearwater. Free trees from Progress Energy on Sat., 9am until they're gone North American Migratory Bird Count, Sat. May 10th. To participate, contact Mauri Peterson at St. Pete Audubon, (727) 398-4124.