Dade Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society

05/28/2026

🌿 Subscribe to the Dade Chapter FNPS YouTube Channel!

Join us online as we explore the beauty and importance of Florida native plants, pollinators, conservation, gardening tips, guest speakers, field trips, and more!

Whether you’re a longtime native plant enthusiast or just getting started, our channel is a great way to stay connected, learn something new, and support our growing community.

💚 Subscribe, like, and share to help us spread the word about protecting and celebrating South Florida’s unique ecosystems. (See link in our BIO)

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🌿The Florida Native Plant Society’s mission is to champion Florida’s native plants and their habitats.

05/28/2026

🌿 Check out this incredible Florida native garden in Little Havana. One plant at a time, people are restoring biodiversity and transforming suburban yards into thriving native habitats. 🌼

Amazing transformation!! Giselle Jordan 👏
Native Plant Network

05/25/2026

🌿 BECOME A PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER
Join the Florida Native Plant Society Today!

By becoming a member of FNPS, you’ll be joining a passionate community dedicated to preserving Florida’s unique native plants and habitats. Whether you’re an enthusiast, a steward, or a volunteer, your membership helps us protect and promote the beauty of Florida’s natural landscapes. As a member, you’ll gain access to exclusive events, publications, and a network of like-minded individuals working together to make a real impact. Plus, you’ll be part of a movement that ensures future generations can experience the wonders of Florida’s native flora.

Join today and help us grow a healthier, more sustainable Florida!

See link in our bio for more information about who we are and how to join! 🌼 Link: https://www.fnps.org/personal-membership .tab=0

05/25/2026

🌿DADE CHAPTER MEETING🌿
Tuesday, May 26, 2026, 7:30 PM
Pinecrest Gardens, 11000 SW 57 Ave

🌼 Come early or stay late to enjoy refreshments, socialize, and browse the new merchandise and raffle tables. The raffle follows the program. The program is also live-streamed and recorded on YouTube. Check out the new merchandise, in advance (link in bio) and pick up pre-orders at the meeting.

☕️ Refreshments: You are invited to bring light finger foods and to help set up and clean up afterward. Questions? Contact Karina, [email protected].

🪴Raffle contributions: Thank you for your native plants or plant-related items! PLEASE LABEL EACH PLANT!

🗣️Program “City in a Garden: Fairchild’s Vision for Miami” Carl Lewis, Ph. D., Director, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

05/18/2026

🌿 Our May topic is about Orobanchaceae, which includes false foxgloves (Agalinis), bluehearts (Buchnera), and blacksenna (Seymeria). Please bring in at least 3 plants, which needn’t necessarily cover the topic. It’s best to bring plants with flowers and/or fruits, especially for those you do not know.

The Native Plant Workshop is FREE. Meetings begin at 5:00 PM, the third Tuesday of every month. We convene at the Miami Dade College Kendall Campus’s Landscape Technology Nursery in the NW corner of the campus. Please park inside of the gate. Additional public parking in Lot 9 on campus. For a map and address link go to: http://www.mdc.edu/kendall/map.asp

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Questions, contact me at: [email protected] or post a comment below.

05/18/2026

🌿 FIELD TRIP - NED GLEN NATURE PRESERVE
Saturday, MAY 23, 2026, 9AM-11AM

📍Meeting location: SW 87 Ave and SW 188 St., Cutler Bay, FL 33157 . From SW 184 Street (east of US1), travel south on SW 87th Ave., past SW 188 Street. Park inside or near the entrance gate on the west side of the avenue.

💪Difficulty: Moderate. There are no real paths, but the site is small (11 acres). Short distances, areas of jagged rock, small solution holes. Poisonwood is present.

🌿Description: This is a high-quality, high-diversity urban pine rockland toward the southern terminus of rocklands with Northern Biscayne soils (sandy pockets). Miami-Dade County conducted a prescribed burn about 6 months ago, so we hope to be greeted with a colorful diversity of native wildflowers such as Liatris tenuifolia, Symphyotrichum concolor, Galactia floridana, and many others. Some rare plants include Argythamnia blodgettii and Euphorbia deltoidea. This also a good site to see Crossopetalum rhacoma behaving like groundcover in the frequently-burned pineland. We were last here during the Native Plant Field Day event in March 2021.

🥾Bring/wear: Long pants and sleeves, sturdy shoes with thick soles for jagged rock, water, bug spray (just in case), sun protection. A walking stick may be helpful to some for extra stability. Binoculars can be handy for viewing wildlife.

📝 Note: No restrooms. Pets are not allowed on our field trips.

“Ned Glenn Nature Preserve is owned by the Miami-Dade County School Board, and the preserve is adjacent to Whispering Pines Elementary.“

🌿Dade Chapter’s iNaturalist project. Add your DCFNPS field trip nature photos to iNaturalist for inclusion in our project to help us showcase the amazing biodiversity we find! Upload photos via the iNaturalist website: www.inaturalist.org or app. Then add them to “Florida Native Plant Society- Dade Chapter Field Trips”.

🌼 Note: Non-members are welcome! We encourage joining to support the mission of FNPS. Membership is only $50/year. [email protected]

05/08/2026

05/04/2026

🌿 Dear Dade Chapter Members,

We are reaching out with an urgent action alert regarding a growing environmental crisis here in Miami—one that directly impacts our mission to protect, preserve, and promote Florida’s native plants and ecosystems.

🚨 Miami is facing a tree emergency. 🚨

Across our city, mature, native, and specimen trees are being removed at an alarming rate—often in public rights-of-way and frequently justified under vague claims such as “conflict with construction.” These losses are happening faster than they can be replaced, weakening our already fragile urban canopy.

As advocates for native plants and healthy ecosystems, we know that trees are not simply ornamental—they are critical infrastructure in a climate-vulnerable region like South Florida. They:

🌳 Reduce extreme heat and protect public health

🌳 Absorb stormwater and reduce flooding

🌳 Improve air quality

🌳 Support wildlife and biodiversity

🌳 Enhance property values and neighborhood livability

Yet current trends suggest a system that prioritizes rapid development over environmental protection, with insufficient oversight, mitigation, and transparency.

🚨 We need your voice—right now! 🚨

We strongly encourage all members to take a moment today to send an email to Miami’s Mayor and City Commissioners demanding immediate action to protect our urban forest.

👉 Take action here:
https://treetravesty.good.do/miamitreeemergencystopthechainsaws/