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  • Native Roadside Wildflowers in Rural Areas:

    Developing Best Management Practices for Establishment of Plantings by Seed and Enhancement of Naturally-Occurring Population This report is one of several guiding documents for the Florida Wildflower Program, including its purposes and procedures.

  • Our first 25 years

    Our First 25 Years Florida’s first Coreopsis State Wildflower specialty license plate, WFL 001, was pre-purchased by Gary Henry of Tallahassee in May 2000. Other prominent native wildflower enthusiasts, including Elizabeth Pate, Marion Hilliard, Carolyn Schaag, Laura Mock, Anne MacKay, Frank Walper, Willson McBurney and Jeff Norcini, followed Gary’s lead and pre-purchased their own WFL…

  • Bee City USA® Gainesville

    Bee City USA® City of Gainesville Bee City garden planting at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Join us at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on Saturday, December 14 at 9am to help install a Bee City native pollinator garden! Additional details and registration here. Check out our previous planting days at Grow Hub and ACT’s Bubbe’s Secret Garden.

  • Bloom Report: When seeing red is a good thing!

    Our Summer Bloom Report from Jeff Norcini, PhD will have you seeing red in the most beautiful way! Vibrant red native wildflowers brighten the landscape, and those with tubular flowers will attract hummingbirds (and butterflies, too).

  • Member profile: Taryn Evans

    Meet Taryn Evans of Weirsdale, Florida. Taryn is an enthusiastic member of the Florida Wildflower Foundation. She has shared her expertise on pollinators at previous Florida Wildflower Foundation symposia and with the Florida Native Plant Society’s Marion Big Scrub Chapter.

  • Member profile: Steven Miller

    Get to know new Florida Wildflower Foundation member Steven Miller. Steven, founder of a wedding photography company based in Central Florida, incorporates native plants into his business!

  • Bloom Report: White wildflowers, full of color

    Florida’s native white wildflowers aren’t just pale beauties — they’re a reflection of nature’s full color spectrum. From roadsides to wild landscapes, these flowers bloom at different times across the state, offering a seasonal shift in beauty from south to north.

  • Celebrate native bees and other pollinators

    Do you enjoy juicy watermelons, local blueberries and strawberries and fresh Florida orange juice? How about carrots, broccoli, almonds and apples? If you do, please thank an insect.