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  • 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.

  • Fall in the Florida Native Plant Garden

    As cooler temperatures begin to sneak in and provide a much-needed break from summer’s heat and humidity, fall is the perfect time to get back out in the garden to enjoy wildflowers and wildlife, do some maintenance and get planting!

  • Ellis Acres People and Plants Garden

    Welcome to the People and Plants Garden at Ellis Acres This ethnobotanical garden showcases Florida’s rich native plant heritage, highlighting species valued both by wildlife and humans for their ecological and cultural significance. Each species in this garden plays an essential role in local ecosystems, offering food, shelter and habitat for pollinators, birds and other…

  • Whorled milkweed

    Whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata ) is one of the smaller, more delicate native milkweeds and is easily overlooked when not in bloom. It flowers late spring through summer and into early fall.

  • Rice button aster

    Rice button aster (Symphyotrichum dumosum) is a profuse bloomer with small flowers that attract a plethora of pollinators including butterflies and native bees.

  • Oil-collecting bees

    Melittidae, or oil-collecting bees, are considered to be one of the most ancient bee families. In fact, the oldest known fossil of any bee is thought to be about 100 million years old, and contains a specimen from this family.

  • Long-horned bees

    The Eucerini tribe is collectively referred to as the “long-horned bees,” but some genera within this tribe have other common names such as squash bees and sunflower bees. 

  • Southeastern blueberry bees

    Southeastern blueberry bees are our most efficient blueberry pollinators, but they are only active for a short period of time in early spring!

  • Meet board member Mona Johnston

    Mona Johnston joined the Florida Wildflower Foundation board in September 2023, bringing with her an extensive knowledge and legacy of conserving South Florida’s native wildflowers.

  • Leon County Expands Roadside Wildflower Program

    In 2010, Leon County became a pioneer in Florida by adopting a wildflower resolution to preserve native wildflowers on roadsides. They have recently revitalized and expanded the program. Check out the latest update!

  • 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.