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#Coccoloba #RiverOaksPreserve Plant Sale and Workday

Tue Mar 31, 2026 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Estero's River Oaks Preserve
9541 Broadway Ave E, Estero, FL 33928

"Estero’s River Oaks Preserve is a passive recreational area with a strong focus on concepts of simplicity, natural/native care of the land, #sustainability, and being 'one with nature.' This property will expose visitors to a lesser-known side of Florida – one with shiny blueberries, #hogplums, #GopherApple, #ButterflyMilkweed and where the gopher tortoises live.​

This Project is a partnership between the Coccoloba Chapter of the Florida #NativePlant Society and the Village of #Estero. Support includes USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, #Audubon of Southwest #Florida and others.

Volunteer hours are Sundays and Tuesdays from 9-1. Come check us out!

Throughout the property, you will find:

- cabbage palm (Sabal palmetto)
- common fanpetals (Sida ulmifolia)
- common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)
- kiss-me-quick (Portulaca pilosa)
- laurel oak (Quercus laurifolia)
- live oak (Quercus virginiana)
- Poor-man's-pepper (Lepidium virginicum)
- southern river sage (Salvia misella)
- Spanish needles (Bidens alba)
- tropical sage (Salvia coccinea)
- whitemouth dayflower (Commelina erecta) "

Learn more:
https://www.riveroakspreserve.org/river-oaks-preserve.html

#SolarPunkSunday #FloridaEvents #NativePlants #SpendTimeInNature #NaturePreserve

The butterfly milkweed flowers are rapidly turning into seed pods. Maybe we'll have more next year?

#SummerFlowers #ButterflyMilkweed #Flowers #SeedPods #TrumbullCT

I knew monarch butterflies were in trouble, but didn’t think it had gotten THIS BAD. 🤯😭 Thankfully the population has seen modest gains against that 2013-2014 low. Still a far cry from 1990s and earlier. Please, if you can, plant some #ButterflyMilkweed on your property.

First image: Excerpt from Nature’s Best Hope, see alt text.

Second: A population graph from #MonarchWatch

#MonarchButterfly #NaturesBestHope #plantnative #grownative #conservstion #naturalist #homegrownnationalpark

I knew monarch butterflies were in trouble, but didn’t think it had gotten THIS BAD. 🤯😭 Thankfully the population has seen modest gains against that 2013-2014 low. Still a far cry from 1990s and earlier. Please, if you can, plant some #ButterflyMilkweed on your property.

First image: Excerpt from Nature’s Best Hope, see alt text.

Second: A population graph from #MonarchWatch

#MonarchButterfly #NaturesBestHope #plantnative #grownative #conservstion #naturalist #homegrownnationalpark

I knew monarch butterflies were in trouble, but didn’t think it had gotten THIS BAD. 🤯😭 Thankfully the population has seen modest gains against that 2013-2014 low. Still a far cry from 1990s and earlier. Please, if you can, plant some #ButterflyMilkweed on your property.

First image: Excerpt from Nature’s Best Hope, see alt text.

Second: A population graph from #MonarchWatch

#MonarchButterfly #NaturesBestHope #plantnative #grownative #conservstion #naturalist #homegrownnationalpark

I knew monarch butterflies were in trouble, but didn’t think it had gotten THIS BAD. 🤯😭 Thankfully the population has seen modest gains against that 2013-2014 low. Still a far cry from 1990s and earlier. Please, if you can, plant some #ButterflyMilkweed on your property.

First image: Excerpt from Nature’s Best Hope, see alt text.

Second: A population graph from #MonarchWatch

#MonarchButterfly #NaturesBestHope #plantnative #grownative #conservstion #naturalist #homegrownnationalpark

I knew monarch butterflies were in trouble, but didn’t think it had gotten THIS BAD. 🤯😭 Thankfully the population has seen modest gains against that 2013-2014 low. Still a far cry from 1990s and earlier. Please, if you can, plant some #ButterflyMilkweed on your property.

First image: Excerpt from Nature’s Best Hope, see alt text.

Second: A population graph from #MonarchWatch

#MonarchButterfly #NaturesBestHope #plantnative #grownative #conservstion #naturalist #homegrownnationalpark

https://youtu.be/Qz1nsRIiq1w?si=HBlLzei3dJyy-ZwF

It's incredibly rewarding to plant and/or tend existing patches of #native #plants, and then watch those plants provide #habitat for native #wildlife. #KillYourLawn #Oklahoma #PearlCrescent #Butterfly #ButterflyMilkweed #nectaring #pollinatorgarden #pollinators