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Life Lab: Plants for Conservation - Your Yard Can Help Florida’s Wildlife

with Kala Neighbor, North Florida Land Trust

This Life Lab continues an eight-part 'Conservation Series' at Jacksonville Public Library (running May through June). Life Lab is a one hour program featuring local, trained professional professionals offering FREE help on a variety of topics aimed at improving your daily life. Grow your own garden or small business and take control of your health, career, and personal finances.

Learn how you can support wildlife conservation at home including water and fertilizer reduction, xeric-scaping and native plants with speaker Kala Neighbor. In this Life Lab participants will plant their own Gaillardia pulchella (Indian Blanket) to take home.

North Florida Land Trust's Mission: To protect North Florida’s quality of life through acquisition and restoration of its irreplaceable lands.

Kala Neighbor joined North Florida Land Trust in 2024 and serves as the Land Stewardship Liaison. She is a proud graduate of the University of North Florida where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Coastal and Marine Biology. Before NFLT, Kala worked at Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission conducting black bear population research in Osceola National Forest. She also served as Park Service Specialist at the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve for two years. There she honed her skills in land stewardship, including becoming a certified prescribed burner.

Funding for this program was provided through a grant from the Florida Humanities with funds from The Mosaic Company. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or The Mosaic Company.

 This is an 8-part series consisting of a variety of library programs on conservation and the environment with the Duval Audubon Society, North Florida Land Trust, and the St. Johns Riverkeeper.

Register to save your seat. Registration must be completed two hours prior to the start time. A library card and PIN are required for registration. If you do not have a card, click HERE to obtain one.

All registered seats will be forfeited at 5 minutes before the program start time and made available to waitlisted and walk-in attendees. Registered attendees arriving after this time will be seated if seats are available.

Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon request. Please allow 1–2 business days to process. Last-minute requests will be accepted, but may not be possible to fulfill. Please ask for Learning Services at (904) 255-2665 or email JPLPrograms@coj.net.

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