Native Plant Day at Cedar Point Park in Englewood Florida

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Plant Native Day
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Florida State Wildflower - Coreopsis ( leavenworthii )

Hello Everyone... and welcome to my photo website :)

These photographs are from the
Annual Plant Native Day held on Saturday February 24, 2007
at the Cedar Point Environmental Center,
2300 Placida Road in Englewood Florida (941) 475-0769.

This event will commemorate 20 years of native plant education by the
Mangrove Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society as well as 20 years of environmental education by the Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center.

The festivities included an Open house in the Cedar Point Visitors Center

A lecture and slide show “Native Plants of a SW Florida Barrier Island”
by Denny Girard & Al Squires, Mangrove Chapter FNPS

A lecture and power point presentation of
“Native Plants of the Carlton Reserve” by
Sarasota County Naturalist Rick Storsberg,

And a Cedar Point Environmental Park Guided Walk

Other activities included native plant sales, seated message, educational literature with experts available to answer plant questions.

Jody Larson, president of the
Mangrove Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society
greeted visitors at the door and handed out literature. The Florida Native Plant Society promotes the preservation and conservation of the native plants and native plant communities of Florida. For more information you can find them on their website at www.mangrove.fnpschapters.org

The first 25 people to visit the center received a FREE
Coreopsis ( leavenworthii )

The event offered lots of free snacks as well as hot and cold drinks

The open house offered lots of interesting things to see and learn about

Armadillo Sea turtle Scull Live Honey Bees

Nature Oriented Books of all kinds were for sale

As well as some very economical home made jellies and jams

You could learn about Bird Nests

The Lemon Bay Watershed

Local Spiders

Sea Turtles

Frogs and Toads

A variety of Native Plants were for sale on the balcony
of the Cedar Point Environmental Center donated by
Mangrove Chapter members

While many more larger varieties of Native Plants were for sale outside
supplied by
Florida Native Plants, Inc

Englewood massage therapist Donna Robbins, MA, MPH, LMT was offering a FREE seated massage while accepting donations to the Native Plant Society. Donna is a licensed Massage Therapist and offers therapeutic massage, reike, quantum-touch reflexology
as well as animal healing. You can reach her at (941) 473-4666

The lectures started about 9:30 AM with Denny Girard & Al Squires
slide show talk about "Native Plants of a SW Florida Barrier Island”
(also known as... The Denny & Al Show)

At 10:30 AM Sarasota County Naturalist Rick Storsberg,
did a very interesting talk and power point slide show all
about the “Native Plants of the Carlton Reserve” which
is a 24565 acre reserve just east of Venice Florida.

This giant reserve is important for providing habitat for many species of plants and animals as well as serving as a flood control area for the Myakka River which often floods 15' over its natural banks. Special ponds on the reserve also help to recharge the drinking water for the entire area by slowly percolating into the aquifers.

You can learn more about the Mabry Carlton Reserve you can visit them at 1800 mabry carlton parkway Venice (941) 486-2547
on go to their website at scgov.net

After the lecture he offered me the opportunity to go back to the reserve with him
for a short tour of the area where it borders the Myakka River where I captured
these unique images.

AT 11:30 AM there was a Cedar Point Environmental Park
Guided Walk guided by Denny Girard

All the trails are pristine and easy to follow

Denny stops to point out interesting plants and animals along the way like this wild "paw paw" plant which gets large editible berries

He also points out things to watch out for while hiking

Tortoise Trail

Tortoise Trail

Lyonia Gall - Can be caused by a virus or insect

A young gopher tortoise along the trail

Eagle Trail

Eagle's Nest

Everyone stops to observe the abandon Bald Eagle's nest in the distance

This photo web page funded by

Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program

"Plant Native Day is made possible by a grant from the
Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program CHNEP

in cooperation with

Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center

and
Charlotte County Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources

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