Meet the Natives: Saw Palmetto

Meet the saw palmetto (Serenoa repens), a slow-growing, salt-tolerant member of the palm family, Arecaceae. Saw palmetto grows naturally all over Florida in dense thickets on sand dunes and other…

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Meet the Natives: Sunshine Mimosa

This week, we are highlighting sunshine mimosa (Mimosa strigillosa). This unique groundcover is found throughout most of peninsular Florida and is a member of the Fabaceae, or pea, family. View…

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Brush of Excellence Programs Inspire All Ages

This month, SCCF coordinated with our 2024-25 Brush of Excellence artists Cecilia Montalvo and Charlie McCullers to hold art-based educational programs on Sanibel for both adults and children. “Learning about…

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SCCF Puschel Preserve Now Open to Public

It’s been about four years since Roberta and Philip Puschel made the lead gift in SCCF’s campaign to acquire 12-plus acres of wildlife habitat running from Periwinkle Way to the…

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Meet the Natives: Lignum Vitae

This week, we’re highlighting yet another salt-tolerant plant: Lignum Vitae (Guiacum sanctum). View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (@sccf_swfl) Lignum Vitae is a slow-growing…

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Meet the Natives: Seaside Goldenrod

This week, we’re highlighting another salt-tolerant plant — the seaside goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens). View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (@sccf_swfl) Seaside goldenrod is an…

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Meet the 2024 Brush of Excellence Artists

In December, SCCF honored two artists as recipients of the “Ding” Darling Brush of Excellence Environmental Art Award at its Annual Meeting: Cecilia Montalvo and Charlie McCullers. Montalvo and McCullers generously…

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Meet the Natives: Seacoast Marshelder

seacoast marsh elder meet the natives garden center sanibel

This week we are highlighting another salt-tolerant plant: The seacoast marshelder (Iva imbricata). View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (@sccf_swfl) This evergreen plant is…

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Meet the Natives: Sweet Acacia

small bright yellow puffy flowers and thorns of the sweet acacia native plant on sanibel sccf native landscapes & garden center

This week, we’re highlighting the sweet acacia (Vachellia farnesiana), a highly salt-tolerant native plant. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (@sccf_swfl) This coastal forest…

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Meet the Natives: Yellow Necklacepod

This week, we are highlighting another salt-tolerant shrub: The yellow necklacepod (Sophora tomentosa var. truncata). This evergreen shrub is found throughout central and south Florida, and is a member of…

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