Special to the Floridan
Published: May 6, 2008

Gardening with native wildflowers will be the focus of a Wildflower Field Day being held on Saturday, May 17, from 1 to 4 p.m., at the University of Florida/IFAS, North Florida Research & Education Center near Quincy. 

The Field Day will include an indoor presentation by Dr. Jeff Norcini, and will be followed by an outdoor tour of research and demonstration plots which include a landscape performance demonstration, deer browsing preference study, and a roadside/meadow establishment study.

The Field Day will be held rain or shine. Attendees should wear clothing and shoes appropriate for walking outdoors in open fields.

Cost of the Field Day is $5 (payable at the door) but is free for members of the Gardening Friends of the Big Bend, sponsors of the Field Day. 

All attendees should pre-register by calling 850-875-7100, Ext. 100 no later than Thursday, May 15.

After the Field Day, Gardening Friends of the Big Bend will hold a plant sale featuring a limited selection of plants.

NFREC is located at 155 Research Rd., two miles south of Quincy at the intersection of Highway 267 and I-10. Take I-10 to Exit 181 (Quincy); go north ¼ mile and the building is on the left.