My friend Aaron and myself have started to volunteer at Heathcote Botanical Gardens in Fort Pierce FL on Weds,which is volunteer day. They have designated "palm walk" for us basically because none of the ladies that are there want to get cut up in this very over grown section of the botanical garden, but we could not be happier to be there. We have started cleaning it up and making new paths so you can see all of the palms this is only the second Weds. we have been there and we are already making a difference. They have an unknown # of palms, and we started to clean away a large section of huge Bromeliads an revealed a Spiney Fiber Palm that has not been seen for a very long time. So there is no telling what all we will uncover. So on my blog each week I am going to do a post on the area of the palm garden that we are going to be working in. This week I have pictures of 5 different palm trees that were in the little 25sq ft section that we were working in.

Livistona muelleri; Dwarf Fan Palm

Trithrinax acanthocoma; Spiney Fiber Palm

Bismarckia noblis; Silver Bismarck Palm

Acrocomia aculeate; Macaw Palm, Gru-Gru Palm, Coyol Palm

Wodyetia bifurcate; Foxtail Palm

This is just the start of the Heathcote Adventure. They have received a grant to purchase over 70 acres of land to make a free public park and it is going to be a 3 phase project over the next 12 years.

Here is a link that might be useful: This weeks Heathcote Post!