Our next meeting is Monday Sept. 14
Tracing Florida Journeys
Meeting starts at 6:30pm with announcements,
The speaker/program is about 7pm,
followed by the chapter business meeting.
Doors open at 6:00 pm for set-up
Speaker: Dr. Leslie Kemp Poole, author and associate professor of environmental studies at Rollins College.
Program Title: Tracing Florida Journeys
Leslie will share stories of well-known explorers and travelers to earlier Florida, drawing from her 5th book, Tracing Florida Journeys: Explorers, Travelers, and Landscapes Then and Now.
Dr. Poole, a fourth-generation Floridian, highlights Florida that was and Florida that exists today, bringing together historical research, interviews with experts, and her personal experiences to tell a revealing story of the state’s natural history.
Among the authors profiled, the abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote about her visits to Florida, as did John Muir, reflecting expectations of a place touted to be “paradise.” John James Audubon found rich bird life in the Keys. Zora Neale Hurston traveled to turpentine camps and sawmills documenting the stories and music of workers. Jonathan Dickinson and Stephen Crane recounted shipwrecks along the sparsely populated Florida coastline. Members of Hernando de Soto’s violent 1539 expedition described struggles with dense swamps, forests, rivers, and resistance from native peoples.
Plant of the Month: White Plumbago (Plumbago zeylanica) - alternative for Arrowhead vine (Syngonium podophyllum) - presented by Judi van Horn
2026 Plant of the Month Theme: Just Say Yes to these Native Alternatives for Common Invasives
Pawpaw Chapter meeting location:
The Piggotte Community Center
504 Big Tree Rd.
South Daytona, FL 32119
The Pawpaw Chapter meetings are hybrid - live and on Zoom for those that may not be able to attend in person.
Pawpaw FNPS Chapter is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Pawpaw FNPS Chapter's Monthly Hybrid Meeting
Time: Feb 9, 2026 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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