Video Recordings of previous Pawpaw Chapter meetings.
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January 2026
Program: Florida’s Native Plants at a Crossroads: Why 2026 Matters - Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes, FNPS Executive Director
Plant of the Month: Scorpiostail & Starry Rosinweed, alternatives to Caesarweed - presented by paul Rebmann
November 2025
Program: Ecological Role of Mushrooms - Scott Ostuni Florida Mycological Society
Plant of the Month: Firebush - Hamelia patens - presented by Peter SIgmann
October 2025
Program: Forest Health - Colin Bogert Volusia County Forester
There was no Plant of the Month presentation, instead the chapter had a Native Plant giveaway to celebrate Florida Native Plant Month
September 2025
Program: Rare Plant Conservation at Bok Towers - Cheryl Peterson Bok Tower Gardens
Plant of the Month: Virginia-willow, Sweetspire - Itea virginica - presented by Inia Burginger
August 2025
Program: Partnerships and cross-pollination - Kelli McGee Riverside Conservancy
Plant of the Month: Spanish Bayonet - Yucca aloifolia - presented by Paul Rebmann
July 2025
Program: MDC Protecting the Lagoon - Tess Sailor-Tynes - Conservation Science Coordinator, Marine Discovery Center
Plant of the Month: Prickly-Pear cactus - Opuntia sp. - presented by Leslie Nixon
June 2025
Program: Saving Florida's Plant Diversity - Laura Bennett-Kimble, Limpkin Nation
Plant of the Month: Corkystem Passionflower - Passiflora suberosa - presented by Sharon Rich
May 2025
Program: Removal of Invasives - What is Possible - Barbera Davis & Crew
Plant of the Month: Purple Passionflower - Passiflora incarnata presented by Peter Sigmann
TREEmendous Tour of West Volusia Significant Trees
April 2025
Program: Native Plants Outperform Non-natives - Joanna Jaramillo Silva
March 2025
Program: Climate-wise gardening for Florida - Ginny Stibolt
February 2025
Program: Bring Back Florida's Pollinators - Shari Blissett-Clark
Plant of the Month: Flatwoods Plum - Prunus umbellata - presented by Kate Muldoon
January 2025
Program: Dashboard Diagnostics: Differentiating plant problems to support plant health - Dr. Carrie Harmon
Plant of the Month: American Beautyberry - Callicarpa americana - presented by Jane Andrews
November 2024
Program: Forty Eight Years of Observing Ecosystems of Volusia County by David Griffis , adjunct faculty member at Stetson University
Plant of the Month: Spanish Needles, beggarticks - Bidens Alba - presented by Judi VanHorn
October 2024
Meeting cancelled due to Hurricane Milton
September 2024
Program: Barrier Island Resilience by Dr J. Cho, Bethune-Cookman University
Plant of the Month: Frostweed - Verbesina virginica - presented by Peter Sigmann
August 2024
Program: Mangroves Migration by Carolyn Kovacs
July 2024
Program: Designing for Florida Native Plant Maintenance by Amanda Martin
June 2024
Program: UF Native Plant Nursery & Natural Areas Teaching Lab by Gage LaPierre
Plant of the Month: Snow Squarestem - Melanthera nivea - presented by Sande Habali
May 2024
Program: Native Bees by Leslie Nixon
Plant of the Month: Blue Toadflax - Nuttallanthus canadensis (Linaria canadensis) - presented by Susan McNamee
April 2024
Program: The Effects of Climate Change by Dr. Jason Evans
Plant of the Month: Goldenrod - Solidago spp. - presented by Kate Muldoon
March 2024
Program: Plant Like A Floridian by Holly Giles
Plant of the Month: Wild Poinsettia - Euphorbia cyathophora - presented by Jane Andrews
Feb. 2024
Program: Edible Plants of NE Florida by Katie Tripp
Plant of the Month: Beach sunflower - Helianthus debilis - presented by Karen Walter
Jan 2024
Program: Fire in Florida by Danny Young of Young Bear Environmental
Plant of the Month: Wild Pennyroyal - Piloblephis rigida - presented by Susie Shaeffer
Nov. 2023
Program: The Birds & the Bees, How to Create Backyard Habitat, Kristen Mattson, Director of the Gillespie Museum at Stetson
Oct. 2023
Program: Lyonia Environmental Center: The Pollinator Garden and More, Christie Miller, Manager Lyonia Environmental Center
Plant of the Month: Cabbage Palm - Sabal palmetto - presented by Paul Rebmann
September 2023
Program: Common Problems in the Landscape, Amber Carson, arborist
Plantof the Month: Saw palmetto - Serenoa repens - presented by Danny Young
August 2023
Plant of the Month: Simpson’s Stopper/twinberry - Myrcianthes fragrans - presented by Dee Hacket
July 2023
Program: Florida Panther, Mercedes McCallen
June 2023
Program: Everything's Connected, Benefits of the Florida Wildlife Corridor, Elizabeth Nail, Senior Administrative Assistant, Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation
Plant of the Month: Chickasaw plum & Flatwoods Plum - Prunus angustifolia & Prunus umbellata - Karen Walter
May 2022
Program: Pollination Biology of Orchids, Haleigh Ray, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology at Stetson University.
Plant of the Month: Railroad Vine - Ipomoea pes-caprae var. brasiliensis - presented by Paul Rebmann
April 2022
Program: People Make the Parks - Stephaine York,Park Services Specialist at Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area & North Peninsula State Park
Plant of the Month: Dyschoriste oblongifolia - Twinflower, lakeside or oblongleaf - presented by Peter Sigmann
March 2022
Program: Living shorelines - Jessy Wayles, Director of Programs, Marine Discovery Center.
Plant of the Month: Stachytarpheta jamaicensis - trailing porterweed - presented by Sande Habali
February 2022
Program: Planting and care for urban trees and palms - Ray Jarrett, Environmental Supervisor, Bureau of Plant and Apiary Inspection with FDACS and ISA Certified Arborist
Plant of the Month: Salvia misella - Southern river sage, creeping sage - presented by Suzie Shaeffer
January 2022
Program: Identifying Sedges in Florida, Scott Ward, Research botanist at North Carolina Botanical Gardens
Plant of the Month: Mimosa strigillosa - Sunshine mimosa, powderpuff - presented by Karen Walter
November 8, 2021
Program "The Beetles & Florida Native (mostly) Plants" presented by Paul Rebmann
Plant of the Month: Wax Myrtle - Morella cerifera - Presented by Leslie Nixon
October 11, 2021
Plant of the Month: Yellow anise- Illicium parviflorum - presented by Sande Habali
September 13, 2021
Program: "Native Wildflowers of the Panhandle"
Speaker: Bonnie Basham FNPS President presenting the video "From the Ashes - Springtime in the Pinelands"
Plant of the Month: Marlberry - Ardisia escallonioides - presented by Kate Muldoon
August 9, 2021
Program: "Yard management, native plants, and how we benefit”
Speakers: Vitor Vieira Vasconcelos, Associate Professor of Ecosystem Dynamics at the Federal University of ABC and Jesse Jones, Research and Extension Associate at the University of Florida’s Residential Landscape Ecology Lab
Plant of the Month: Myrsine cubana - myrsine presented by Danny Young
July 12, 2021
Program: Speaker: Richard Harris, Volusia County Environmental Specialist II
Topic: Land Management Practices in Volusia County Conservation Lands
Plant of the Month: Seagrape - Coccolobo uvifera - Paul Rebmann
June 14, 2021
Program: Samantha West, Volusia County Environmental Specialist III and ISA Certified Arborist - Topic: Environmental Planning, Protection and Regulations in unincorporated Volusia County
Plant of the Month: Walter's viburnum - Viburnum obovatum - Karen Walter
May 10, 2021
Program: Cindy Bennington - Volusia Sandhill Pollinator Project
Dwarf Yaupon Dilema
April 12, 2021
Program: Kris Daniels - Honey Bee Forage: Content, Location & Uses
Plant of the Month: Florida Privet - Forestiera segregata - Leslie Nixon
Feb. 8, 2021
Program: Basil Ianonne - Biodiversity in Suburbia
Plant of the Month: Bay Cedar - Suriana maritima - Paul Rebmann
Virtual Landscape Tour - Ormond by the Sea beachside home - presented by Katie Tripp
Nov. 9, 2020
Program: Katie Tripp - Plant Native, Grow Nature
Plant of the Month: White passionflower - Passiflora incarnata var. alba - Karen Walter
Oct. 12, 2020
Program: Paul Rebmann - A Florida Naturalist's Glimpse of Cuba
Plant of the Month: Spurred butterfly pea - Centrosema virginianum - Samantha West
Sept. 14, 2020
Program: Danny Young of Young Bear Environmental on Homeowner shoreline restoration
Video previewed during the presentation in its entirety.
Plant of the Month: Scorpionstail - Heliotropum angiospermum - Katie Tripp
August 10, 2020
Program: Linda Walters of UCF on Tomoka State Park restoration
Plant of the Month: Plumbago zeylanica - Doctorbush (native plumbago) - Leslie Nixon
July 13, 2020
Program: Jenny Nazak, local sustainability educator, presenting
Soil 101: Healthy Soil = Healthy Plants, Healthy People, Healthy Planet
Plant of the Month: Ironweed - Vernonia species - presented by Katie Tripp
June 8, 2020
Program: Nash Turley, postdoctoral fellow at University of Central Florida’s Department of Biology and co-founder of Lawn to Wildflowers, presenting Lawn to Wildflowers
Plant of the Month: Powderpuff - Mimosa strigillosa - presented by Paul Rebmann
April 13, 2020
Program: Valerie Anderson, FNPS Director of Commmunications and Programming, presenting Conservation and the Role of the Florida Native Plant Society
