{"id":401825,"date":"2026-09-16T20:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T20:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/401825\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T20:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T20:38:10","slug":"st-petes-boyd-hill-nature-preserve-will-giveaway-3000-florida-native-plants-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/401825\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete\u2019s Boyd Hill Nature Preserve will giveaway 3,000 Florida native plants in November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"368011\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/arts\/st-petes-boyd-hill-nature-preserve-will-giveaway-3000-florida-native-plants-in-november\/attachment\/28967255892_377e3c34f9_o\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/28967255892_377e3c34f9_o-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1470262994&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"28967255892_377e3c34f9_o\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Boyd Hill Nature Preserve &lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/28967255892_377e3c34f9_o-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/28967255892_377e3c34f9_o.jpg\" alt=\"Boyd Hill Nature Preserve pine flatwoods with saw palmetto groundcover and longleaf pine trees under a clear sky in St. Petersburg, Florida.\" class=\"wp-image-368011\"  \/>Boyd Hill Nature Preserve  Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cityofstpete\/28967255892\/in\/photolist-GjeyAK-Kmbejq-KRJYpm-Kmsah4-KmbaGW-Kmbx1s-KRKqes-Li3q1c-Lf8w9d-LbhGkr-KmsFt6-Lf8Z5C-L8JqYm-L8JFuf-KmbscQ-KRK7Go-Lf8FrG-L8JKYq-2m5rsjH-2hGYN72-2m5v9fs-2hJkmMR-2mkkjU5-2nbdTQZ-2nSDmXu-2nSDn1W-2ooCrjk-2oS2PAr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">City of St. Pete\/Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Florida Native Plant Society is giving away thousands of plants to green thumbs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hosted by the Pinellas Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society, the annual Backyard Plant Giveaway returns to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stpeteparksrec.org\/parks___facilities\/boyd_hill.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boyd Hill Nature Preserve<\/a> in November.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guests can expect expert tips from local Tampa Bay area nurseries, presentations on water-wise landscaping, free seedlings, youth activities and opportunities to learn more about Florida\u2019s native plants.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plus, best of all, they\u2019re giving away 3,000 native plants, while supplies last.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parking is limited, and visitors are encouraged to bring only a small box or small container to bring their new plants home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The all-ages event happens Nov. 7, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., with no cover at 3010 31st St S in St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" 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He is also the Director of Digital Content Strategy for CL&#8217;s parent&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/colin-wolf\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Colin Wolf\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boyd Hill Nature Preserve Credit: City of St. Pete\/Flickr Florida Native Plant Society is giving away thousands of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[4016,202,204,203,199,201,200,159836],"class_list":["post-401825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-city-of-st-pete","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa-bay-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}