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Butterfly Garden at Endeavor Elementary

Kari helps students plant in the garden

Endeavor Elementary
Butterfly/ABC Garden

Each year, Kindergartners at Endeavor Elementary in Cocoa have been planting native and ornamental plants for butterflies, along with plants that start with each letter of the alphabet. Spearheaded by Ms. Barbara Wilcox, the gardens have been rapidly filling up with flowering plants of all shapes and colors. In addition to learning about butterflies and beneficial insects, how to plant and care for plants, and plant names, the students also get to spend extra time with their grandparents during the regular "grandparents in the garden" days. Naturewise has provided many of the native plants for this beautiful garden, along with helping kids plant correctly, and teaching about some of our unique flora.

Thanks to the dedication of Mrs. Wilcox, the eagerness of her students, and the support of the faculty, their gardens have won first place in the Multi-Class School Garden category in the Florida School Garden Competition for the THIRD straight year!

Endeavor Elementary's Butterfly Garden

Sea Rocket FNPS Volunteers Planting the Garden

Brevard County Volunteer Appreciation and Learning Garden

Volunteer Appreciation and Learning Garden

The Brevard County Volunteer Management Team started off wanting to create a garden in dedication to the thousands of volunteers who give their time volunteering on County projects. This idea turned into a nearly one acre garden that features only native landscape plants. The garden not only offers volunteers and the public a nice place to relax, but it serves to teach the community about the wonderful native plants that can be used in our landscape. While the garden is still new, there is much that can be learned there. Kiosks will offer maps and plant information, and the trees, shrubs, and garden sections will be labeled so the public can learn plant names.

A website has also been set up with information on the garden, including information on trees and shrubs that are especially hardy in hurricanes, droughts, and other Florida conditions. The website is can be found by clicking here.

The garden is located in the Viera Regional Park, at the intersection of Lake Andrew Dr. and Judge Fran Jamieson Parkway.

Naturewise owner Kari Ruder, helped the Sea Rocket Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society, obtain a grant from Keep Brevard Beautiful to purchase the understory plants for the Waterwise section of the garden. That section has been successfully completed and now Sea Rocket volunteers regularly visit the garden to weed and prune plants. We hope you'll join us!