Two live oaks planted at Medart Rec Park

Members of the garden club and other dignitaries at the tree planting held at the rec park on Friday.

By LYNN ARTZ
Special to The Sun

Wakulla County Garden Club joined garden clubs across Florida by planting two southern live oaks to celebrate Florida Arbor Day and the 100th anniversary of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs. Nearly 150 garden clubs from Milton to Miami simultaneously planted trees at 11a.m. on Friday, Jan. 19th.

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20th Crawfordville Arbor Day tree giveaway held

County Forester Emily Martin and volunteer Marty Coffey with longleaf pine seedlings.

By LYNN ARTZ
Special to The Sun

Fifty volunteers braved frigid weather to give away free trees at the 20th annual Crawfordville Arbor Day celebration. More than 1,500 native trees found homes at the drive-through giveaway outside the County Extension on Saturday, Jan. 20th.

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Libby Sutton featured in New York Times science story

The Wakulla native is working in South Florida and was featured in a story on invasive caimans

Libby Sutton holds some American crocodile hatchlings
Proud mom Mina Sutton with a copy of the New York Times Science section featuring Libby.

Staff Report

Wakulla native Libby Sutton was featured in the Science section of the New York Times back in October for her work helping corral invasive caimans in South Florida.
Sutton was a 2016 Wakulla High School grad, and graduated from FSU in 2020.

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