Success story: Native Plant Garden at Lettuce Lake Park Provides for Wildlife
We did it! Thank you to the Florida Master Gardener Program Volunteers, Suncoast Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society and Hillsborough County Park staff who came out on June 28th to plant 60 native plants of 20 different species. Our native plant garden enhancement was funded by the Viva Florida grant by the Florida Wildflower Foundation . Native plants bring life to the garden and this garden at Lettuce Lake Conservation Park is teeming with birds, butterflies, pollinators and hummingbirds. Lettuce Lake Park Native Plant Garden. Photo: Tia Silvasy, UF/IFAS The main garden area is on the north side of the nature center near the boardwalk entrance to the Hillsborough River. The site receives part sun and is occasionally moist. Thanks to previous work led by Tina Patterson of the Suncoast Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society , the site is already well-established with a variety of native plants and interpretive signage showing the ecological benefits of each plant species...