Throughout 2022 and with support from a grant from Duke Energy and supplemental funding from the Florida Forest Service, the Rare Plant Conservation Program (RPCP) has worked to restore sandhill habitat adjacent to Bok Tower … Read More
Keeping Up with Conversation: Protecting Florida Goldenaster
(This photo shows a newly transplanted seedling at the end of an irrigation injector line and a blue tag with its number designation.) Through funding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Rare Plant … Read More
Keeping Up With Conservation: Rescuing Florida’s Rarest Plants
Several times a year, the Rare Plant Conservation Program (RPCP) gets notified by landowners, developers, governmental agencies, or ecological service contractors about upcoming construction on habitats that contain rare plant populations. One of the main … Read More
Celebrating Diversity with Roselle
As we celebrate diversity this month, one plant, in particular, provides a beautiful story of how food connects all Americans. Recently, our nation celebrated Juneteenth which commemorates the freedom of enslaved African people, enforced by … Read More
More Beautiful with Bottlebrush Buckeye
Window by the Pond is always an excellent destination for viewing the Garden’s wildlife and birding populations, but did you know this area is also home to many rare plants? In 2016, Bok Tower Gardens … Read More
Keeping Up with Conservation: Cooley’s water-willow
To understand why some plant species grow in certain areas of a forest and not in other areas, it is important to know if there are specific features of the habitat that the species requires … Read More
Better with Blackberries
Summer is synonymous with the sweet taste of blackberries. Blackberries make a delicious addition to most warm-weather desserts, from jams and jellies to bars and cobblers. The thornless blackberries growing in the Kitchen Garden are … Read More
Finding Out About Fennel
The fennel planted in the Kitchen Garden is flourishing this season! Did you know that fennel is a member of the carrot family? Every part of the fennel plant is edible, including the bulb, leaves … Read More
Catching Up With Conservation: Florida Ziziphus
Behind-the-scenes in the Center for Plant Conservation National Collection beds at the Gardens are over 240 plants of the federally endangered shrub Florida Ziziphus (Ziziphus celata). This ex situ or “captive” population is important to … Read More
Keeping Up with Conservation: Protecting Savannas Mint
Savannas Mint (Dicerandra immaculata var. savannarum) was historically known from one small natural population on private property in a housing subdivision in south St. Lucie County. Following construction of a house, the population was extirpated … Read More