Well, this COVID-19 thing has made meetings a bit difficult.  County guidelines currently recommend groups of ten or less, so that pretty much fits in with the typical number of people who attend the workshop.  However, Miami Dade College is shut down, so we do not have a facility to meet in.  I spoke with Theresa Chormanski, and she stated that maybe in the Fall (September).  Now that a third month (May) has been canceled, that leaves us with June, July, and August. 

If any…

April's topic is the genus Nephrolepis (Sword ferns) and will be lead by Jennifer Possley of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens (Woodmansee will be giving a talk in Palm Beach).  Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn’t necessarily cover the topic.

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE. Meeting time is at 5:00PM, the third Tuesday of each and every month. We convene at the Miami Dade College Kendall Campus’s…

DUE TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS PANDEMIC, WE WILL NOT BE MEETING THIS TUESDAY.  APRIL'S MEETING IS STILL ON UNTIL OTHERWISE NOTIFIED.

March's topic is the Malvaceae (Mallow Family), this includes the Sterculiaceae, Bombicaceae, and Tiliaceae.  Go to the Institute for Regional Conservation's FISF Online Database Advance Search…

February's topic is the Celastraceae (Stafftree Family), which have six native species in South Florida.  Go to the Institute for Regional Conservation's FISF Online Database Advance Search tab and select "Celastraceae" under the Plant Family look-up, and a list of plants found in South Florida will appear.   Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn’t necessarily cover…