Collier County Parks and Recreation is as passionate about our environment as we are about the community we serve. This Blog is dedicated to our environmental volunteer groups including, Friends of Barefoot Beach, The Clam Pass Trailblazers, The Volunteer Garden Program, The Sugden Trail Team and Conservation Collier.
Thursday, December 15, 2022
Above & Beyond Service to your community
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
North Collier Regional Park Butterfly Garden
The beauty of people and nature is that we are resilient. In a world that gets rocked the way IAN rolled in, it can be soothing to watch nature return.
When we take care of Nature, we are building a future for everything, people, plants and pollinators, a place for quiet reflection, serenity and beauty.
While I was tending to my own garden after the Hurricane, I was saddened that I lost one of the favorite host plants for Sulphur butterflies, and at the same time over joyed that the Monarchs were back and laying eggs on the milkweed. Now I’m not sure I’ll have enough milkweed but that’s always a good problem to solve.
While the Collier County Gardens are healing themselves with a little help from our gardeners and friends, please know that we are thinking about you and hope you’ll visit soon.
Gardening is what happens when two creative energies meet—human creativity and nature’s creativity. ~~Sue Stuart Smith::A Well Garden Mind
Bring on the Butterflies - Florida Wildflower Foundation Webinar
Bring on the butterflies! - Florida Wildflower Foundation
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Join a Butterfly Count - North Collier Regional Park
9:30am - 12:30pm
North Collier Regional Park
Meet in the Garden
Nearly 30 species of butterflies have been observed during previous counts. Both number of individuals and different species will be recorded.
Volunteers ages 16 and up are invited to participate. Individuals with previous experience participating in one of these butterfly counts will serve as group leads.
Thursday, September 1, 2022
Sugden Regional Park August 31, 2022
Sugden Regional Park
I just had to share, what for me is, an exciting milestone. At
Sugden Butterfly Garden we planted a Wild Lime Tree over a year ago in the
hopes of attracting Giant Swallowtails. Almost every time any of us are at the
garden we check this tree looking for activity…2 weeks ago we were rewarded
with caterpillars and eggs. Yesterday after much searching I found chrysalis. I
doubt we can time seeing the butterfly emerge - so the butterfly picture is a
stock photo.
And here is a cool video of a butterfly playground…because
of all the rain this low spot has not been mowed and it is now a beautiful spot
to enjoy butterflies. There had to be at least 20+ flyers.
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Saturday, July 30, 2022
April 2022 Earth Day in the Gardens
Collier County
Parks & Recreation
Volunteer
Newsletter – April 2022
Celebrate
Earth Day in the Gardens on Saturday, April 23rd
By: Andee
Naccarato, CCPR Volunteer & Interim President of Naples Native Plants
Collier County’s Garden Volunteers may celebrate
the Earth every day, but we’re extra excited to invite you to our pollinator
gardens for fun and educational activities on Saturday, April 23rd!
Drop by Conner Park, North Collier Regional Park, or Sugden Regional Park
between 9:00am and 12:00pm to take part in this free event honoring plants,
pollinators, and the planet that sustains us.
Our planet Earth is there for us every day of our lives.
Be sure to celebrate the Earth this month and participate in events that
benefit our environment. Learning about the relationships between native plants
and pollinators is a perfect way to get in tune with the life-sustaining
services of nature. We encourage you to bring your friends and family to one of
your favorite parks on the morning of Saturday, April 23rd to
connect with plants, pollinators, and each other!
Lessons from the November Butterfly Count
by Grayce Garthoeffner (Naples High School Student) Living in Florida, nature is easy to observe from the comfort of our own home on a year...