FLOWER OF THE WEEK AT SOPCHOPPY DEPOT PARK

Column says farewell

By LYNN ARTZ, DAVID RODDENBERRY, and SANDY TEDDER

Since 2022, park volunteers have authored weekly articles about the native plants at Sopchoppy Depot Park. We have enjoyed introducing you to our area’s native wildflowers, grasses, flowering vines, shrubs, and trees. We hope our articles and photos have been interesting, informative, and useful.
Regretfully, this will be our last article. Sopchoppy’s City Council and city staff have set new rules and substantially reduced their support for the park’s native gardens and landscaping. So, we volunteers will be reducing our involvement at the park.
We encourage you to support native plants and wildlife by shrinking your lawn and adding more native plants to your yard. Our declining insect and bird populations need native plants – and your help. For native plant information, visit www.fnps.org/plants and consider joining the Sarracenia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society.