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.. The Villages Florida Native Plant SocietyNext Meeting Friday, May 10, 2024 1:00 PM Google directions to Big Cypress 3110 Hendry Dr, Wildwood, FL 34785 Volunteer .Lady Lake, FL 32159Home News Events 2024 Meetings South of 44 Field Trips FNPS Calendar Nearby FNPS Chapters Landscapes Landscape Tour 2024 Why Grow Natives? Landscape Tour 2023 UF Landscape Designs How To Award Winning Plants & Wildlife Plants to Consider Wildlife Plants and Wildlife Resources Outside Plants & Design Books Places to Visit Learn about Sumter County, Florida Wildflower WatercolorsContact Us Volunteer Thank-You Green Isle Gardens Why Join TVFNPS? Archives Welcome Next Meeting Friday, April 12, 2024 We’re back at Big Cypress Recreation Center Time: 1:00 - 3:30 pmSend a Native Plant Photo to the Daily Sun email: photos@thevillagesmedia.com Next Meeting May 10th Details Landscape Tour 2024 Save the Date June 1, 2024 This year there will be refreshments and native plants for sale. We are asking members to donate pastries and plants on May 30th or 31st. See your newsletter or meeting for details. Invitation Registration Volunteers Needed Copy this email fnpsthevillagesgmail.com and please volunteer. We need a team to help plan our programs. Two people are better than one. Volunteer with a friend. Meet interesting new people, and help us find speakers for our regular meetings and our Down South Events. We also need a Vice President to help Sue, our President, juggle all the activities that pop up when you run an organization of almost 200 members. Other Ways You Can Help. We need volunteers to help with chapter business. Can you give 5 or 10 hours a month to help us grow more native plants in The Villages? Perhaps you could help one of our board members. Their names are in the right-hand column. Check our list and join us.FNPS Conference April 02-06 2025 Here’s a link to save this to your calendar and see the new swag. Yard Pattern Book Master Planned Communities In these developments, the land is cleared of everything often scraping down as much as 8 feet destroying habitat and food for wildlife and native plants. The natural environment is replaced with stormwater ponds and turf monocultures that depend on inground irrigation systems, regular fertilization, and frequent mowing. As a result, these residential landscapes use an average of 990 gallons of water each time the average yard is watered. That is equivalent to flushing a toilet 774 times or running your dishwasher 50 times! This demand is unsustainable and unnecessary. The conventional landscaping patterns established in most master-planned communities do little to mitigate or compensate for the larger problem of habitat loss of Florida’s natural ecosystems. It also further contributes to the nutrient pollution (Phosphorus and Nitrogen) that negatively affects Florida’s watersheds and surface waters [1]. But don’t lose hope…there is a better way! Our landscapes can promote healthy soils, conserve water, and provide habitat for pollinators, birds, and other wildlife. Our yards can feed our souls. THE OUTSIDE COLLABORATIVE established this handbook to provide landscape guidelines for sustainable living. Download The New Yard Pattern Book For Florida’s Sustainable Single Family Homes UF Herbicide Tolerance Trial has Concluded Success Read and download results. Frog fruit ( Phyla nodiflora ) is a low-growing plant that is about 3 to 5 inches (7.5 to 13 cm.) in height. It is native to Florida. The plants produce a unique flower from May until October that matures to white blooms with five petals on 4-inch (10 cm.) long spikes. Plants are semi-evergreen and have a high wildlife value. It spreads vigorously and flowers best in sunny damp spots but does well anywhere that gets a bit of sun. Milkweed Milkweed and Monarchs , from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, concisely explains the monarch’s life cycle. Caution: The milkweed native to Ohio may not be native to Florida and may not grow well here. Monarchs and Milkweed from the Florida Wildflower Foundations The New Yard Pattern Book Handbook to provide guidelines for sustainable residential development. This book has emerged from the recent OUTSIDE Conference on sustainable landscapes. Download your free copy Fall out of Love with your Lawn Lawns are bad for you, your pets and the planet. It’s time to move on to greener pastures. Nevada Passes Law to Ban Useless Grass A Sign of Things to Come? A new Nevada law will outlaw about 31% of the grass in the Las Vegas area in an effort to conserve water amid a drought that’s drying up the region’s primary water source: the Colorado River. Support Florida, Support the Earth / What is a Pollinator? Florida Museum, Daniels Lab, presents Museum in the Parks, Learn About Pollinators Plants for Pollinators Craig Heugel talks to Tarflower chapter of FNPS about " Florida’s Abundant Asters ". Asters are fantastic foundation flowers for pollinators in central Florida. They usually produce many flowers over a long period of time. Membership Your membership dollars support our local chapter. Join or renew FNPS membership. Reasons to Join / Renew Why Grow Native Plants? What’s wrong with the plants the builder gave you? Do local landscapers support Florida ecology? Check out this presentation from the Florida Wildflower Association. The presenter, Doug Tallamy is a well-known entomologist. He has written two best-selling, award-winning non-fiction books - Bringing Nature Home and Nature’s Best Refuge . Watch the Webinar More Why Grow Native Plants? Green Isle Gardens is a wonderful native plant nursery located in Groveland, Florida. They donate plants for the drawing held at the end of each meeting. Green Isle Gardens ​11303 Florida 33 Groveland, FL 34736 407-948-8980 Hours: 8 am - 3:30 pm M-F gignatives@gmail.com Want to Know More About Sumter County? Sumter County Extension YouTube UrbanEnt This YouTube channel has presentations about local wildlife and Florida Living from Jim Davis, our extension agent.Field Trips What’s New? FNPS Conference April 02-06 2025 Save the Date Keep in Touch Join Mailing List Contact Us The Villages FNPS Social Media Choose The Villages Chapter when you join. A portion of the membership fee is returned to our chapter. Join FNPS FNPS Car License Tag Show your support for FNPS by buying a voucher for our license plate. How to PreorderExecutive Committee President : Sue Egloff Vice President : Vacant Secretary : Jo Hudak Treasurer : Marcia Gould, Bob Keyes Chapter Rep : Bob Keyes Programs : Vicky McLean Facebook : Linda Hunt Membership : Linda Neff Web : Barbara Wertz Volunteer Positions Chapter Meeting Secretary : VacantTech Support : Bob Keyes Plant Raffle : Nancy Kavanaugh Field Trips : Pam Powell Green Isle : Nancy Kavanaugh Greeter : Linda Hunt Newspaper : Vacant Pine Straw Sale : Steve Turnipseed, Garden Tour : Steve Turnipseed Other Lake Griffin : John NicholsonCopyright © 2024 The Villages - Florida Native Plant Society Search Engine Site Map...