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December is our annual Christmas Party. Feel free to bring a dish (appetizer style, dessert, or non alcoholic beverage).  

Our December topic is the the genus Ilex (Hollies). 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…

Our November topic is the Cucurbitaceae (Squash/Melon Family).  Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn’t necessarily cover the topic.  It is best to bring plants with flowers and/or fruits, especially for those which you do not know.

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 Landscape Technology…

Our October topic is Parasitic Plants and will be lead by FTBG biologist Noah Frade.  Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn’t necessarily cover the topic.  It is best to bring plants with flowers and/or fruits, especially for those which you do not know.

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…

We are back at Miami Dade College Kendall Campus.  Our September topic is the genus Solidago (goldenrods), and we will go over the updated nomenclature.  Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn’t necessarily cover the topic.  It is best to bring plants with flowers and/or fruits, especially for those which you do not know.

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE. Meeting time is at 5:00PM, the third Tuesday of each and every month. We convene at the…

August is a great time to look at grass blooms.  We will meet at Rockdale Pineland, the gate is located on the southwest corner of SW 144th Street (Mitchell Drive) and SW 92nd Avenue.  There is a trail we will hike along, but we will also take brief ventures into the nearby pine rockland woodland.  Wear sturdy shoes, long pants, sun protection.  Bring water, mosquito repellent, a plant…

We will again have a field trip in lieu of a physical meeting at MDC. This month we will tag along with the Dade Chapter of FNPS who is having a field trip on Saturday July 20th from 8AM - 11AM at the US Coast Guard Communication Station at Richmond located along SW117th Avenue, north of SW 152nd Street.  Details here.  As always the Dade Native…

Summer is here again, and we will resume our field trips thanks to the longer days.  We will check out Sunkist Estates Park in South Miami located here. Address is 8395 SW 64th St, Miami, FL 33143  Time of field trip begins at…

Our May topic is Leaf terminology. This is a new concept, but bring in plants with different kinds of leaves you will find it more interesting than you thought. Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn’t necessarily cover the topic (I dare you to bring in a leafless plant!).  It is best to bring plants with flowers and/or fruits, especially for those which you do not know.

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE. Meeting time is at 5:00PM, the third Tuesday of each…

Our April topic is the Sapindaceae (Soapberry Family). Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn’t necessarily cover the topic.  It is best to bring plants with flowers and/or fruits, especially for those which you do not know.

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 Landscape Technology Nursery in…

Our March topic is hardwood hammock trees. Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn’t necessarily cover the topic.  It is best to bring plants with flowers and/or fruits, especially for those which you do not know.

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 Landscape Technology Nursery in the…

Our February topic is Pine Rockland wildflowers. Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn’t necessarily cover the topic.  It is best to bring plants with flowers and/or fruits, especially for those which you do not know.

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 Landscape Technology Nursery in the…

Happy New Year!    

Our January topic is Hammock Grasses & Sedges. These are generally shade loving species. 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 Landscape Technology Nursery in the northwest corner of the…

December is our annual Christmas Party. Feel free to bring a dish (appetizer style, dessert, or non alcoholic beverage).  

Our December topic is the Burseraceae (Gumbo Limbo Family). 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…

November's topic is MAGNOLIIDS AND PRIMITIVE ANGIOSPERMS(see below).

 CABOMBACEAE RICHARD EX A. RICHARD 1822 (WATER-SHIELD FAMILY) [IN NYMPHAEALES] 

NYMPHAEACEAE SALISBURY 1805 (WATER-LILY FAMILY) [IN NYMPHAEALES] 

ILLICIACEAE A.C. SMITH 1947 (STAR-ANISE FAMILY) [IN AUSTROBAILEYALES] 

SCHISANDRACEAE BLUME 1830 (STAR-VINE FAMILY) [IN…

Back by popular demand, we will be having a Fall fieldtrip for the Dade NPW. Steve will be unavailable, but Joe Montes de Oca has agreed to lead this trip.  Meeting time is 5:00PM.  Location of workshop field trip is under some powerlines near the intersection of SW 94th Avenue and Coral Way (SW 24th Street), northside of Coral Way, west side of Westchester Regional Library.  Park at the Westchester Regional Library located…

September's topic is the Passifloraceae (Passionflower family). 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 Landscape Technology Nursery in the northwest corner of the campus. Please park inside of the gate. For a map and…

This Month will cap off our summer of exploration and we will meet on a Saturday and join the folks of the Dade Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society.  Location of workshop is an empty lot next to some Railroad tracks owned by Miami-Dade Water and Sewer and the meeting time is 4:30PM.  Location is at the intersection of SW 92^nd Avenue and SW 74^th Street.  This site is just south of Sunset Drive (SW 72^nd Street), and 92^nd…

Now that the days are longer, we will have a few field trips in lieu of meeting at MDC.  This Month we will meet at Ludlam Pineland EEL site. Meeting time is 6:00PM.  Meet along Ludlam Road SW67th avenue, just north of SW 152nd Street (where theoretical SW 146th street would be).  Park along the FPL Powerline easement (look for my white truck) on the west side of Ludlam. We will be walking along some paths and off path through pine rockland plant community (sturdy shoes and…

June's topic is the genus Thelypteris (shield ferns). This workshop will be lead by fern specialist and Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden's Conservation Program Manager Jennifer Possley, and will be at a NEW VENUE, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.  Feel free to bring in plants, other ferns are welcome.  

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE. Meeting time for this month is at 5:00PM and ends at 7:00PM, still on the…

Now that the days are longer, we will have a few field trips in lieu of meeting at MDC.  This Month we will meet at 6:00PM: Christ the King Catholic Church, 16000 SW 112th Avenue, Miami, FL. Park in the parking lot south of the buildings. We will be walking over some mowed pine rockland in an effort to catalog the native plants there.  This mowed field is known to have a diverse assemblage of pine rockland wildflowers…