Ground Breaking

This is an overhead panorama of the future site of the Native Plants/ Butterfly Garden. The site will be covered with mulch from the trees in the sheen parking lot that had to be cut down for the site clearing of the new science building. The recycled mulch is primarily oak, which makes for great ground cover and a solid base for planting.

Good-Bye Canopy

This picture is a stitched panorama showing a large back section of the current Native Plants Garden. When the power line for Eckerd's new science building is laid underground, all of these trees and plants will be lost. Mapping of the garden, and a carful assessment of the number of native plants and their value has been conducted by students. Smaller trees are being rescued and transplanted by students, but some are just too big to be moved.

One end is another beginning

Due to the construction of Eckerd's new science building an underground drainage pipe and an underground power line need to be installed on campus. Unfortunately these two trenches will be dug right through Eckerd's current native plants garden. On the bright side Eckerd is finally going to install the native butterfly garden already envisioned in the campus master plan. The garden will be located along the back of the freshman parking lot south of the pool and parking lot. The gardens close proximity to and boarder along the Palm Hammocks should allow seeds to spread into the palm hammocks increasing the naturally reclaimed fill land's biodiversity. Here is a plan that a landscape architect drew up for us.