Dade Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society

Dade Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society The Dade Chapter Florida Native Plant Society (DCFNPS) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

Its mission is to promote the preservation, conservation, and restoration of the native plants and native plant communities of Florida.

🐦🌿 A Celebration of Birds & Their Habitats!Join Miami-Dade County DERM’s Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) Program,...
10/06/2026

🐦🌿 A Celebration of Birds & Their Habitats!

Join Miami-Dade County DERM’s Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) Program, the James A. Kushlan Bird Conservation Program at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, and Tropical Audubon Society for a FREE morning of birding, learning and hands-on conservation at A.D. Barnes Park and Preserve!

📅 Saturday, October 10, 2026
🐦 Bird Walk: 8:00 AM
⏰ Event: 9:00 AM–12:00 PM
📍 A.D. Barnes Park and Preserve
3401 SW 72nd Ave., Miami, FL 33155

🐦 Start the morning birding with TAS!
Tropical Audubon Society President José Francisco Barros will lead the 8 AM bird walk, helping participants spot and learn about some of the resident and migratory birds that depend on South Florida’s green spaces.

🌱 Then dig deeper into the plants that sustain our wildlife!
Learn more about the important connections between our native flora and fauna with short talks by TAS Education Director Daniel “DJ” Mlodozeniec and FTBG's Wildlife Biologist Noah Frade.

⛏️ Finish the morning by putting conservation into action with a hands-on habitat restoration project of removing invasive plant species threatening the vital tropical hardwood hammock.

🌿 FREE EVENT — registration encouraged!

Come prepared for a morning outdoors: Wear comfortable walking shoes and a hat, apply sunscreen, and bring water. Binoculars are recommended.

🔗 RSVP: https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/92c885f89dc84a719106650f714e3270

Whether you’re an experienced birder, a native plant enthusiast or simply curious about South Florida’s wildlife, come spend the morning with us! Together, we can conserve and restore the habitats that birds, pollinators and people all depend on. 💚

🌿SPECIAL ONLINE PRESENTATION 🌿Tuesday, October 6, 7:00 PM on ZOOM“The Reef in Our Backyard: Getting to Know Florida’s Co...
09/30/2026

🌿SPECIAL ONLINE PRESENTATION 🌿
Tuesday, October 6, 7:00 PM on ZOOM

“The Reef in Our Backyard: Getting to Know Florida’s Coral Reef” -Sofia Bond, Community Engagement Coordinator at Miami Waterkeeper

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83647217700?pwd=X3jrWQLfP0D3J9veSAjayh7kvSt89m.1

Description of talk: Stretching roughly 350 miles from the Dry Tortugas to Martin County, Florida’s Coral Reef is the only living barrier reef in the continental United States, protecting our coastline, supporting fisheries and tourism, and sheltering thousands of marine species. This introduction explores how the reef works, the pressures it faces from water quality to warming seas, and what Miami residents can do to help it thrive.

Sofia Bond bio: Sofia Bond is the Community Engagement Coordinator at Miami Waterkeeper, where she leads volunteer programs, events, outreach, and advocacy to protect Biscayne Bay and South Florida’s waterways. A Miami native, she began her career in Miami Waterkeeper’s Junior Ambassador program and worked as a field technician before moving into her current role, with about five years at the organization. She holds a master’s degree in Urban Sustainability and Resilience from the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and co-authored a peer-reviewed publication on urban planning for climate resilience in Miami-Dade County.

The Reef in Our Backyard: Getting to Know Florida's Coral Reef🗓️ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6th, 7-8:30pm📍Join Zoom Meeting:https:...
09/30/2026

The Reef in Our Backyard: Getting to Know Florida's Coral Reef

🗓️ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6th, 7-8:30pm

📍Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83647217700?pwd=X3jrWQLfP0D3J9veSAjayh7kvSt89m.1

Description of talk: Stretching roughly 350 miles from the Dry Tortugas to Martin County, Florida's Coral Reef is the only living barrier reef in the continental United States, protecting our coastline, supporting fisheries and tourism, and sheltering thousands of marine species. This introduction explores how the reef works, the pressures it faces from water quality to warming seas, and what Miami residents can do to help it thrive.

Sofia Bond bio: Sofia Bond is the Community Engagement Coordinator at Miami Waterkeeper, where she leads volunteer programs, events, outreach, and advocacy to protect Biscayne Bay and South Florida's waterways. A Miami native, she began her career in Miami Waterkeeper's Junior Ambassador program and worked as a field technician before moving into her current role, with about five years at the organization. She holds a master's degree in Urban Sustainability and Resilience from the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and co-authored a peer-reviewed publication on urban planning for climate resilience in Miami-Dade County.

🚨‼️🚨‼️🚨‼️🚨‼️🚨‼️🚨If you haven’t yet done so, we encourage you to TAKE ACTION now and use the link below in this article f...
09/16/2026

🚨‼️🚨‼️🚨‼️🚨‼️🚨‼️🚨
If you haven’t yet done so, we encourage you to TAKE ACTION now and use the link below in this article from our friends at the Tropical Audubon Society.

Urge MDC Mayor & Commissioners to allocate $20 Million for Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL)

Together with our conservation partners and you, we’re calling on the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Commissioners to allocate $20 million for the Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) Program in the FY 2026-2027 budget.

Established by Miami-Dade County voters through a 1990 referendum, the EEL Program protects, restores, and manages some of our county’s most environmentally sensitive lands, including habitats that sustain native birds and wildlife, while helping protect water quality, reduce flooding and extreme heat, and strengthen our resilience to climate change.

With the County’s final budget hearing slated for September 17, NOW is the time to use your voice. TAKE ACTION now! By lending your voice, you can help ensure Miami-Dade County continues protecting the Pine Rocklands, hammocks, freshwater and coastal wetlands, and other natural areas that safeguard wildlife and sustain our community.

🚨‼️👉 https://support.tropicalaudubon.org/a/protect-our-endangered-lands?mc_cid=0cf5cdf151&mc_eid=UNIQID

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🌿🌿 It’s Changemaker Week at MDC! 🌿🌿👉Today the Dade Chapter will be tabling at the MDC’s Kendall Campus for EcoFest, A Ce...
09/16/2026

🌿🌿 It’s Changemaker Week at MDC! 🌿🌿

👉Today the Dade Chapter will be tabling at the MDC’s Kendall Campus for EcoFest, A Celebration of Sustainability and Community!
Stop by and say hello and learn more about our chapter! 🌿🌼

🌼 Time: 11am - 2pm

🌼 Directions: Kendall Campus
11011 SW 104th St., Miami, FL 33176

🌼 Parking: The closest parking area to the event is Lot 11, a student parking lot located near the Rotunda on the east side of campus.

🌼 Location: Building 2 Breezeway

🚨⚠️🚨⚠️🚨⚠️🚨⚠️🚨⚠️🚨⚠️MIAMI: PLEASE TAKE ACTION BEFORE THURSDAY. Miami-Dade’s EEL Program is at risk of funding cuts this ye...
09/15/2026

🚨⚠️🚨⚠️🚨⚠️🚨⚠️🚨⚠️🚨⚠️
MIAMI: PLEASE TAKE ACTION BEFORE THURSDAY. Miami-Dade’s EEL Program is at risk of funding cuts this year, with $0 currently proposed for next year.

Use the link in my bio to:

- Call and email your County Commissioner and ask them to fund EEL at $20 million
- RSVP to attend Thursday’s final budget hearing

Thank you so much to and to Craig Grossenbacher for taking the time to educate me, answer my questions, and help me understand what is at stake for this program and the lands it protects.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdTuDEHxB7Y/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&stkn=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

🌿DADE CHAPTER MEETING🌿Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, 7:30 PMPinecrest Gardens, 11000 SW 57 Ave🌼 Come early or stay late to enj...
09/10/2026

🌿DADE CHAPTER MEETING🌿
Tuesday, Sept. 22, 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!

🗣️“South Florida’s remarkable flora, and a look back at some recent success stories” Jennifer Possley, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Jennifer will provide a brief overview of why Miami’s flora is so exceptional, and then she’ll take a look back at what she sees as some of the biggest successes (and perhaps some of the challenges) on the part of Fairchild’s plant conservation efforts over the past 40+ years. This will include a retrospective of the team’s rare plant reintroductions and seed banking efforts, the development of the Native Plant Network, and a few stray observations about efforts that, in hindsight, really paid off.

Jennifer Possley is the Director of Regional Conservation at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami. She moved to Miami in 2001, thinking she was accepting a six-month position at Fairchild as a field technician, but she fell in love with the region’s flora and decided to make it her home. She became Fairchild’s Conservation Program Manager in 2016, and the Director of Regional Conservation in 2024. Fairchild’s busy conservation program aims to reduce the extinction risk of the rare flora of South Florida and the Caribbean. Jennifer and her dynamic team have dozens of ongoing projects, including conserving rare ferns of Miami and Puerto Rico, banking seeds of pine rockland endemics, and curating a collection of the rare cacti of South Florida.

🗳️ Amendment 3️⃣ would severely limit the ability of local governments in Florida to effectively manage growth and prote...
09/02/2026

🗳️ Amendment 3️⃣ would severely limit the ability of local governments in Florida to effectively manage growth and protect natural resources. Its passage would further erode home rule authority of city and county governments.

🏙️ City and county governments are the entities that make local development decisions and, in some places, manage a large percentage of local conservation land. Amendment 3 would have the state tell local governments how they can collect and distribute the property tax revenue that they need to function.

🔮We don’t need to speculate about how conservation funding would fare at the local level if Amendment 3 is passed. Highlands County recently shelved consideration of a local land conservation program in response to the fiscal uncertainty created by the potential passage of Amendment 3.

🐄 Rural counties, where most of our unprotected natural areas are concentrated, would incur disproportionately large hits to their budgets and become even more vulnerable to seizing upon data centers and other lucrative but destructive industries.

💸 Budgets for the state’s five regional water management districts, responsible for watershed management, public water supply, flood control, protection of water quality, and Everglades restoration, would also be slashed. We need *more* protection of water resources - not less!

🧠 City and county residents know more about their community’s needs and priorities than state government does. If they believe their property taxes are too heigh, they can petition their local government to reduce them, change where their tax money is spent, or vote out their elected officials.

❌ DO NOT ALLOW TALLAHASSEE to dictate your community’s priorities, or how they will be met. Do not allow state government to continue eroding the Home Rule authority granted to local governments by the Florida Constitution.

⛔VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT 3 in November!

👉 Summer is in full swing and we are returning to check out Pineshore Pineland Preserve in Kendall. Address is 11151 SW ...
07/20/2026

👉 Summer is in full swing and we are returning to check out Pineshore Pineland Preserve in Kendall. Address is 11151 SW 128th St, Miami, FL 33176. Time of field trip begins at 6:00PM. Expect to see pine rockland species. As always the Dade Native Plant Workshop is free and open to anyone. I recommend you wear closed toe shoes and bring some water. Bring your plant loupe too!

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If you have questions, you can contact me at: [email protected] or just post a comment below.

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6619 S Dixie Highway, #181 (Mailing) (Meetings @ Pinecrest Gardens)
Miami, FL
33143

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