A ghost orchid in bloom. Photo provided by Tony Pernas
By Christine Davis
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced in October that it may grant Endangered Species Act protection to the ghost orchid, following a January 2022 petition submitted by
James Muir opened Nicholson Muir Meats this year in a historic home on Ocean Avenue in Boynton Beach. BELOW RIGHT: The butcher shop also has a small restaurant and sitting area. Photos provided
By Christine Davis
Passers-by will notice the old Ruth J
The Institute for Regional Conservation, a Delray Beach nonprofit that aims to protect, restore and manage biodiversity regionally, and to prevent the local extinctions of rare plant, animals and ecosystems, was awarded a $10,000 Community Impact Gra
The Institute for Regional Conservation, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting and restoring ecological diversity in Delray Beach, celebrated the United Nations’ annual holiday by planting populations of species that historically grew in the area but h
Kimberlee Pompeo sparked the starter kit idea as she took out invasive Scaevola taccada and vines from her Ocean Ridge property and put in natives. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
George Gann’s goal is to restore
More than 25 volunteers worked under the direction of the Institute for Regional Conservation to improve the native plant biodiversity of the dune at one of the IRC’s regular events Oct. 19. ABOVE: IRC chief George Gann worked with Keith Buttry, owne
Native plants keep the dunes healthy
Bay bean (Canavalia rosea), a vine that trails along beach dunes and coastal sand,
blooms most of the summer and sporadically the rest of the year.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Al
George Gann, standing in a natural setting of blackbead and saw palmetto,
has created a website and phone app (below) to assist local gardeners.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Christine Davis
Are you a wannabe gardener, and your thumb isn’t gree
