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Updated July 9 , 2008. July-August newsletter posted.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- The July meeting is an evening yard visit at a member's home, for members and their guests only. There is no meeting at Fairchild in July.
- There is no meeting or newsletter in August.
Upcoming
Meeting in Dade
What: Annual Evening Yard Visit & Social Meeting
Date: Saturday, July 19 - in place of the meeting at Fairchild.
Time: 6 - 8 p.m. Approximate schedule: 6:30 - guided yard tour, 7:15 (or earlier) - eat dinner, followed by the plant raffle.
Who's invited: FNPS members and their families and invited guests.
Where: Members’ home in the Redland. For details please see
the printed newsletter.
Bring: Potluck dish (main, side/salad, dessert), lawn
chairs or blanket to sit on, bug repellant if you are bothered by mosquitoes.
Drinks, plates, etc. will be furnished. Bring an umbrella if it looks like
rain (the covered chickee is not huge, but the event is rain or shine).
Description: Eight years ago the members’
property was bare of plantings. Now a 1/4-acre native planting complements a
"Cracker style" house on 5 acres in the Redland (next to a 7 1/2 acre
pineland to the west). There are over 150 native species around a 40,000
gallon water feature (waterfall, 2 ponds and a 16' grotto) and
a chickee hut built by the Miccosukee. The pond and grotto are home
to hundreds of tropical fish and some Rainbow bass. The plantings have
matured and filled in since the yard visit two years ago and a new planting has
been added along the west fence. They have also added bromeliads around
the pond to add color and a tropical feel. Lori collects statuary of
frogs and turtles which adorn the edges of the pond. As former nursery owners,
their landscape also includes hundreds of palms, both rare and common, with
emphasis on Thrinax/ Coccothrinax and Copernecia. Flowering
trees are also mixed in.
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Upcoming
Field Trips
Saturday,
August 2: The Barnacle Historical State Park (Coconut
Grove) and Pinewood Cemetery (South Gables).
Time: Please see printed newsletter for detailed
information.
Leader: Steve Woodmansee (786-488-3101)
Difficulty: Easy
Bring: Water,
sun protection, lunch money or lunch (optional).
Park Admission: $1.00/person, under 6 years free (parking in city lot across the
street - carpool to save the parking fee)
At The Barnacle we will explore the small natural rockland hammock and coastal
area. The residence of early pioneer Commodore Ralph Monroe, it is a time
capsule from the late 1800's surrounded by modern city. Many rare plants,
and historical buildings can be found here. A historical tour of the home
and grounds is optional.
After lunch we go to the oldest registered cemetery in Miami-Dade County. Although altered over the years, it is cool and shady and possesses some remnant pine rockland habitat, very rare in the area. We will pass a few homes along Erwin road which
are some of the oldest in the county.
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Upcoming
Keys Activities
Keys Branch
activities will resume in November!
Featured
Announcements
(see newsletter for details
and more activities)
Chapter Workday at Everglades National Park
Chapter
Workday at Everglades National Park: July 12 and August 9, 9 a.m.-noon. Help with our native plant habitat landscaping maintenance
around the Coe Visitors Center. Gloves and hand tools are provided, but please
bring your own drinks and sun protection. You're welcome to bring snacks to
share! Enjoy the afternoon in the park - your car gets in free after the
workday. For more info, contact Gwen Burzycki (305-372-6569) in July and Patty
Phares (305-255-6404) in August..
TWO new chapter shirts!
 (1) T-shirt. Once again Wes Jurgens has
generously donated one of his beautiful watercolors for our new DCFNPS
t-shirt. His design includes Tillandsia and orchid species, maidenhair
fern, peacock and zebra longwing butterflies and other creatures hidden in the
foliage. Our chapter logo is on the left sleeve. The shirts are 100% Organic
Cotton. They will be for sale at Dade Chapter meetings at Fairchild and cost
$13 (tax included). Both men’s and women’s sizes are available in S, M, L, XL
and XXL. The ladies shirt has a relaxed neckline and shorter sleeve.
(2) Blue denim shirt with embroidered chapter logo:
lightweight, prewashed cotton, buttondown collar, pocket, XS to 3X large.
Short-sleeve $25, long-sleeve $28, incl. tax / delivery). Available at chapter
meetings in Dade.
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