invasive plant material , the before photo

Dune Planting: Saturday 2/22 from 8 am-Noon

Come out to South City Beach Park on Saturday from 8 am until noon to help with a dune planting event. The plant in the picture above is an invasive species that has been taking over our native dune vegetation. Thanks to a grant from Broward County, we were able to hire a contractor to remove about 2,000 square feet of this invasive plant. On Saturday, we will re-plant the dune with native plant species meant for dune systems like sea oats. All the necessary tools and supplies will be provided for volunteers. Volunteer hours are available for students. If you come to volunteer, please wear sun-protective clothing and bring a reusable water bottle.

Volunteers from the last clean up at Scavo Park

Community Clean-Up: Sunday 2/23 from 8 am- 9:30 am

We're holding our monthly litter-clean up on Sunday from 8 am until 9:30 am, meeting at Joseph Scavo Park. All materials are provided for volunteers and volunteer hours are available for students. We will meet at Joseph Scavo Park and pick up litter in the park and the surrounding streets. So far these monthly clean-ups have removed over 400 pounds of litter from our City. Help be part of this effort!

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Ocean Day! Save the Date: Saturday, March 28

This year's GreenFest is going to be a little different. 2020 the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day and the UN has dubbed 2020 as the year of action for our Oceans. As such, GreenFest is morphing marine this year into Ocean Day. Don't worry, many of the GreenFest classics will still be making an appearance including:

Free Shredding and Safe Prescription Disposal
Free Tree and Plant Giveaways
Free Energy and Water Conservation Device giveaways
Free T-Shirts to the early-birds
Environmental Exhibitors
Other Giveaways

In addition to the usual programming we're all used to, Ocean Day will also include some new additions to better provide the environmental education the event was created to provide:

Panel Discussions on topics including seaweed blooms, climate change, and landscaping practices which can protect our environment
Ocean focused film showings in Commission Chambers
Florida native wildlife presentation with live rescued animals cared
A free "Bleach Watch" class to teach snorkelers and SCUBA divers how to identify and report coral bleaching and coral disease (registration required)
Poster presentations by local university students
Food trucks

We hope to see you and your family/friends at Ocean Day in March!