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January's meeting topic is native vines.  Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn't necessarily cover the topic.  

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE, and meets at 7:00PM on the third tuesday of each and every month. We convene at the Miami Dade College Kendall Campus's…

December's meeting is our annual Holiday Plant Party please bring in one dish or beverage for all to partake!

The topic is "Festive Plants".  Bring in any native plants which you enjoy using during the holidays.

Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn't necessarily cover the topic.  

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE, and…

November's meeting topic is Florida endemic plants native to Dade County   Florida endemic species are exclusive to the state and found nowhere else in the world  

Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn't necessarily cover the topic.  

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE, and meets at 7:00PM on…

October's meeting topic is the Beech and Oak family (Fagaceae).   We have lots of oaks in Florida, and they should be in fruit still.  We did cover this family back in April 2013, but I thought we could test out the plant key and descriptions in Wunderlin and Hansen's new book Flora of Florida Volume II which is available for purchase online at…

September's meeting topic is the Sword fern family (Nephrolepidaceae).   In Florida, this plant family consists of a single genus Nephrolepis, and includes Boston fern in addition to five other species.  The topic of this workshop will be lead by Jennifer Possley of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. Jenn is one of the ferniest botanists we have in South Florida.…

August's meeting topic is the Buckwheat family (Polygonaceae).   This plant family contains plants such as pigeon plum, sea grape, and smartweeds.

Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn't necessarily cover the topic.  

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE, and meets at 7:00PM on the third tuesday of each and every month. We convene at…

July's meeting topic is Butterfly Host Plants.   As opposed to pollinator plants (although some plant species are both).

Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn't necessarily cover the topic.  

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE, and meets at 7:00PM on the third tuesday of each and every month. We convene at the …

This is a very small plant, a mass about 3-4" high, with very small cream-colored flowers and needle-shaped leaves from green to yellow to orange (seen center right and toward lower right beneath the flowers; not easy to see in photo). These are in the disturbed area (sand) of the newly developed parking area on the north border of the Helene Klein Pineland Preserve, Coconut Creek, Broward, along with the sometimes vivid-orange Rust Weed or Juniperleaf, Polypremum procumbens. We…

June's meeting topic is "Trees at the southern end of their native range".   These would typically be temperate (as opposed to tropical) species.

Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn't necessarily cover the topic.  

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE, and meets at 7:00PM on the third tuesday of each and every month. We convene at…

May's meeting topic is Pine Rockland shrubs.   

Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn't necessarily cover the topic.  

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE, and meets at 7:00PM on the third tuesday of each and every month. We convene at the Miami Dade College Kendall…

April's meeting topic is the Rutaceae (Citrus Family).   

Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn't necessarily cover the topic.  

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE, and meets at 7:00PM on the third tuesday of each and every month. We convene at the Miami Dade…

March's meeting topic is Spring Wildflowers.   

Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn't necessarily cover the topic.  

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE, and meets at 7:00PM on the third tuesday of each and every month. We convene at the Miami Dade College Kendall…

February's meeting topic is the Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family).   This family includes the large genus Ludwigia (Primrosewillows)

Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn't necessarily cover the topic.  

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE, and meets at 7:00PM on the third tuesday of each and every month. We convene at…

January's meeting topic is Vitaceae (Grape family).  

Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn't necessarily cover the topic.  

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE, and meets at 7:00PM on the third tuesday of each and every month. We convene at the Miami Dade College…

December's meeting is our annual Holiday Plant Party please bring in one dish or beverage for all to partake!

The topic is Passifloraceae (Passionflower family).  

Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn't necessarily cover the topic.  

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE, and meets at 7:00PM on the third tuesday of each and…

November's meeting topic will cover Native Plants and their Non-native "Look-a-likes". Do I have the real native firebush?  Senna (Cassia)? Lantana?  and many more.  Please bring in at least 3 plants to the workshop, which needn't necessarily cover the topic.

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE, and meets at 7:00PM on the third Tuesday of each and every month. We convene at the …

October's meeting topic will cover FALL WILDFLOWERS. These are wildflowers that typically flower only during the Autumn months.  Now, what's a wildflower?  Click here to learn. Please bring in at least 3 plants to the workshop, which needn't necessarily cover the topic.

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE, and meets at…

September's meeting topic will cover EDIBLE WILDFLOWERS. Now, what's a wildflower?  Click here to learn. In addition, there is a Florida Wildflower Symposium at Bok Tower Garden this month.  Please bring in at least 3 plants to the workshop, which needn't necessarily cover…

August's meeting topic will cover the Apocynaceae (Dogbane Family).  Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn't necessarily cover the topic.

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE, and meets at 7:00PM on the third Tuesday of each and every month. We convene at the Miami Dade College Kendall Campus's Landscape Technology Nursery in the…

July's meeting topic will be the Phyllanthaceae (Leafflower Family).  This family has been newly split off of the Euphorbiaceae. Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn't necessarily cover the topic.

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE, and meets at 7:00PM on the third Tuesday of each and every month. We convene at the Miami Dade College Kendall…