Franklin County names October "Florida Native Plant Month"

            October is Florida Native Plant month in Franklin County.

County Commissioners adopted a resolution declaring this Native Plant Month at the request of the Florida Native Plant Society – a group dedicated to preserving native plants and protecting the state from non- native species.

 The group was formed in 1980 and now has 37 chapters and 3500 members statewide – there is even a chapter in Franklin county- the group raises money for conservation and research and helps teach Floridians about the benefits of native plants.

And Franklin County has plenty to protect – its home to a number of threatened or endangered native plant species.

It’s also home to the Ogeechee tupelo which you need for tupelo honey and Highway 98, Highway 65 and Highway 67 are all part of the Florida panhandle wildflower map. 

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