Mixing it Up with Brooke Moffis
Adding Native Flowering Plants and Ground Covers to your Yard and Garden
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM--Socialize, Purchase plant drawing tickets, Browse new brochures, and Get to know fellow members.
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM--A short business meeting, Presentation, Plant drawing
- “Our Native Holly and Tea Tasting”, “
- FNPS Website”
- The Great Milkweed Giveaway
- Presentation
Tea Time!!!
Yaupon Holly Tea, that is! Jo Hudak’s description of Yaupon Holly will delight you while you taste holly tea!
FNPS Web
Our webmaster, Barbara Wertz, will walk us through the FNPS website. Once you see it, you’ll discover it’s a great resource for your gardening planning, planting, and pruning!
The Great Milkweed Giveaway
If your FNPS membership is up to date, you’ll receive a plant during The Great Milkweed Giveaway! If you haven’t yet joined, just bring your checkbook ($35) and sign up at the meeting. Annual membership also allows you to participate in our field trips and gets you a 10% discount at Green Isle Gardens Native Plant Nursery! (End of Meeting)
Mixing it Up with Brooke Moffis
Adding Native Flowering Plants and Ground Covers to your Yard and Garden
Brooke Moffis, Lake County Extension Agent
Residential Horticulture/Florida Friendly Landscaping
Ph.D. student UF/IFAS School of Natural Resources and Environment
Brooke has published numerous articles related to her field of study, as well as informative articles for the residential gardener. Her articles can be found online on the Florida Master Gardener Program on Facebook.
Brooke credits her love of plants to the many hours spent in the garden with her Grandfather.
Time and Location
Time: 1:00 - 3:00
Location: Big Cypress Recreation Center
Directions to Big Cypress Recreation Center
Note the new time and date. We are having a social half-hour from 1:00 to 1:30. The meeting with announcements and speaker will begin at 1:30. Plant raffle is after the speaker. We have switched meetings to the second Friday of the month. Formerly we met on the 4th Friday.
There are no meetings in June, July, and August.
We welcome guests to come and see what our local society chapter is doing. FNPS membership forms and dues are accepted at the meeting or you can join online at www.fnps.org/membershipform
