What does our State Tree have to do with the American Revolution? The cookie we ate as a kid with an endangered butterfly? Or cattail reeds to raising babies? Just like a seed, history has been sown into the very ground we walk on and the plants we walk by. Join Professional Horticulturist and Florida Native Carly Batts for a fascinating talk about our state’s endemic plants and their intricate connection and often salvation in our own human history.

Carly Batts is a Florida-Friendly Landscaping (FFL) Certified Professional. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from Stetson University and is currently pursuing a Masters in Soil & Water Science from the University of Florida. In addition she is also the past President of the Native Plant Society Martin County Chapter. Most recently, Carly won the ‘Weesie Smith’ Award from Garden Club of America for her work with native plants and environmentally innovative solutions in the urban landscape. Her favorite native plant is the Scarlet ladie’s tresses orchid (Sacoila lanceolata) and has worked hard to restore this critically imperiled orchid to natural areas in Martin County. In her spare time she loves to ride her Spotted Saddle horse ‘Quincy’ in the many amazing places that make up Florida’s great outdoors! She hopes you thoroughly enjoy today’s talk and leave feeling curious about Florida’s native plants and their connection to our own human history.

$15 for members; $30 for nonmembers; includes full Garden admission.
Registration is required; seating is limited to 100 adults; classes are nonrefundable.