Fl. Native Plant Society meets Today!
The first meeting of the Villages Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society is today:
Date: Friday, January 30, 2015
Time: 1:30 pm to 3:20 pm
Location: Big Cypress Rec Center – Periwinkle Room
Guest Speaker: Karina Veaudry – FNPS Executive Director and principle of FNC
Karina Veaudry has 26 years of experience as a Landscape Architect and is licensed in five states. Her resume includes park planning and design, municipal, commercial, greenways and trails, landscape ecology and federal projects. Karina is a public speaker on the topics of conservation planning, low impact/sustainable design, vegetated roof design, cistern systems, and the ecological benefits of native plants. All projects focus on a sense of place and she educates government staff, homeowner associations and businesses on the importance on-site preservation, water conservation and the importance of native plants to increase biodiversity and reduce extinction rates.
Karina will provide us with a history of the society and background on its mission, projects and activities. We will nominate officers, then Karina will proceed with a presentation on Basic Landscape Design Principles
2015 meeting schedule: Each 4th Friday of the month at the same time and place.
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