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This year marks a major milestone for the Foundation: 25 years of advocating for Florida’s native wildflowers. To honor that legacy — and to look boldly toward what comes next — we’re having a year-long celebration built around community, storytelling and impact.

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Cluster of purple Pineland chaffhead blooming in an open prairie.

Bloom Report: Let’s talk taxonomy!

This bloom report reviews some of the latest taxonomic changes to Florida’s fall-blooming wildflowers and grasses. A prominent example of which is the splitting of the genus Carphephorus into two additional genera, Trilisa and Litrisa .

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A Black swallowtail butterfly visiting a Catesby’s lily.

25 Years of Partnership

Over the past 25 years, the Foundation has built its impact not by working alone, but by cultivating a diverse community of partnerships — helping us widen our reach on behalf of Florida’s native wildflowers.

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Native plant garden at Deltona Regional Library.

Garden Spotlight: Deltona Regional Library

The Deltona Regional Library is uniquely situated alongside the Lyonia Preserve and Environmental Center. Its newest garden — a wildflower meadow near its main entrance — joins a growing series of native plant gardens around the building complex.

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Vibrant yellow Tickseed blooming on a roadside.

2026 Summer Roadsides Report

It’s been a busy summer for our roadsides program! Our first year of surveying with Marion County continued, while volunteers in other areas braved the heat to monitor their designated areas.

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Native plant demonstration garden supported by Viva Florida grant.

25 Years of Planting

For 25 years, we have been committed to planting wildflowers in urban landscapes — and helping others do the same. These gardens bring beauty to our communities while providing critical resources for pollinators and creating habitat corridors through fragmented landscapes.

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A person tends a small garden with yellow flowers next to informational signs and a chain-link fence. Trees and parked cars are in the background.

Garden Spotlight: Roseland Community Center Park

Roseland Women’s Club is proving that you can make a big impact in a small space with their Viva Florida Landscape Demonstration Garden in Roseland Community Center Park.

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Bonnet springs Viva Florida native plant demonstration Garden is lush, green, and blooming.

Foundation awards 2026 Viva Florida grants

The Florida Wildflower Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Viva Florida Landscape Demonstration Garden grants.

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Celebrating the Foundation's 25th anniversary!

25 Years of Community

We’re celebrating the community that makes our mission possible. And no one embodies that community better than our members.

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Sign about the Native Plant Garden at Tom Petty Park, describing its role in supporting pollinators, with plant photos, logos, and a QR code for more information.

Garden Spotlight: Tom Petty Park

Determination is an often underappreciated but essential component of a successful community native plant demonstration garden, and the garden at Tom Petty Park is a great example of how good leadership and persistence pay off.

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Bloom Report: Meet Florida’s “Milk” Plants

Twenty-three Milkworts occur in Florida, and all are native to the state. Three are endemic, found nowhere else on earth, and two of those are endangered.

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Stokes’ aster and Black-eyed Susan in bloom at the Albertus Cottage Wildflower Garden.

Garden Spotlight: Albertus Cottage Wildflower Garden

The Albertus Cottage Wildflower Garden beautifully demonstrates the ideals of our Viva Florida grant program, bringing new life to this historic community landmark.

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Taxonomy Update: A Hibiscus by Any Other Name

Research published in 2025 has resulted in botanical nomenclature changes for the genus Hibiscus within Florida, splitting four species into the genus Muenchhusia and two species into the genus Sabdariffa.

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Six people stand behind a small garden bed with yellow flowers, outside near a building with red-orange walls.

2026 Seedlings for Schools Grant Winners

The Florida Wildflower Foundation is pleased to announce that 50 schools will receive our Seedlings for Schools grant for the 2026-27 school year.

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Close-up of a white ladies-tresses orchid in focus with blurred headlights of a car and trees in the background.

2026 Spring Roadsides Report

April 2026 signaled the start of seasonal surveys for the Florida Wildflower Foundation’s roadside program, with staff and Wildflower Watcher volunteers already out in the field.

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Wildflowers with yellow, white, and pink blooms grow in front of a brick building with a blurred sign in the background.

Garden Spotlight: Bruce J. Host Northeast Branch Library

In Leon County, the Babies Breath Circle of the Tallahassee Garden Club has created a beautiful public-facing native plant demonstration area supporting an abundance of native pollinators.

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Florida’s Wonderful Wildflowers

A passion for our native wildflowers is fundamental to everything we do — and we’re committed to sharing knowledge that fosters both appreciation and action.

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Abundant bright yellow blooms on Lanceleaf tickseed.

National Wildflower Week

Join us in celebrating National Wildflower Week and 25 years of protecting, promoting and planting Florida’s native wildflowers.

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Three women outdoors: one posing with a large flower, one standing and smiling by a tree, and one squatting in a garden with purple flowers, all on a sunny day.

Spotlight on Volunteers!

April 19-25, 2026, is National Volunteer Week. Here at the Florida Wildflower Foundation, our greatest impact happens when we support grassroots, community-led initiatives. Read on as we celebrate some of the folks doing this incredible work.

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Several children’s hands, some wearing gloves, are planting and arranging small green plants in dark soil of a garden bed.

25 Years of Education

Since the very beginning, education has been a cornerstone of the Florida Wildflower Foundation, shaping and informing everything we do. Over the past 25 years, we’ve built a robust program to increase awareness and understanding of Florida’s native wildflowers and their importance to our ecology, economy and overall well-being.

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Native plant garden at the Fort White Library.

Seeds of Knowledge Library Demonstration Garden grants awarded

In 2026, the Florida Wildflower Foundation awarded Seeds of Knowledge Library Demonstration Garden Grants to nine public libraries across the state.

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Close-up of a blooming Purple thistle.

Bloom Report: Thistles — Spiny but Spectacular

Thistles (Cirsium spp.) make a bold statement in the landscape. From their low rosettes of spiny leaves to their striking flowers perched atop stems that can reach 3 feet or more, these plants are hard to miss.

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Split image showing two plants: the left side features a brown, dried wildflower in tall grass; the right side shows close-up of pink-purple flowers with thin, spiky petals.

Starting from Seed

Everything begins with a seed. For Florida’s native plants, that’s been the hardest part — and the story of changing that is one of science, partnership and the slow, patient work of building something from almost nothing.

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2025 Coreopsis award winner, Cammie Donaldson.

Cameron “Cammie” Donaldson honored with 2025 Coreopsis Award

The Florida Wildflower Foundation proudly announces Cameron “Cammie” Donaldson as the 2025 recipient of the T. Elizabeth Pate Coreopsis Award.

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Street view of the lovely Flamingo Garden Park in the town of Surfside.

Garden Spotlight: Little Bay Park

Tucked away in the small town of Surfside, Little Bay Park is a peaceful and inviting space for the community. The native plant design of this Viva Florida Demonstration Garden fits in seamlessly with the neighborhood’s warm tropical vibes.

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