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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President's
Message
In the cycle of the seasons,
spring has again arrived. It's time to reflect on whether or
not we are living with native plants in our yards to a degree
that reflects a serious commitment. As members of a native plant
society, we are the potential leaders in our neighborhoods in
aligning private yards with the natural systems around us. Do
our yards speak as loudly as our words in communicating the mission
of preserving, conserving, and restoring the native plants of
Florida? While the gardening weather is still relatively comfortable,
let's show others by example the possibilities for enjoyment
when using locally appropriate native plants with their natural
beauty and high capacity for nurturing wildlife.
Spring is a great time to get
out and into natural areas to see what joys and surprises the
season has to offer. At Boyd Hill Nature Park in south St. Petersburg
this past weekend, in bloom were pawpaws, lupines, greeneyes,
fleabane, toadflax, and other species showing their spring "plumage."
There was also a striking community of marlberry, one of my favorite
species. Very rewarding and very close to home.
Also at this time of year our
chapter is quite publicly active with many opportunities for
volunteering and getting the message out. Please support our
new volunteer coordinator Laurie Bowen if she calls on you or
contact her at 727-709-1015 or ljbowen@tampabay.rr.com
to offer assistance.
-- Bill Bilodeau
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