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WELCOME to the IXIA CHAPTER!
Serving all of Duval, Nassau and Clay Counties in northeast Florida
What does a native plant landscape do for you?
When compared to a boring lawn, a native landscape brings in the birds and the pollinators. And it also cools the air. This is Ixia member Jake Ingram's Jacksonville landscape. What a beautiful and cool difference.
Field trips
An Ixia field trip to the local Crosby Sanctuary, a Duval Audubon property. Our chapter organizes regular field trips to a wide variety of local habitats. Experts help to educate the participants with commentary on the plants and the habitat where they occur. Many field trips are open to the public.
Outreach events
The Ixia chapter organizes native plant sales each year that are usually held at Native Park in the spring. The chapter participates in a variety of local events where we set up our table and talk to people about native plants and hand out materials for them to take home. Some of our members make themselves available to speak to various groups or at schools. (See the Resources Page for more info on this.)
Ixia is active in preserving local habitats
Ixia members were active in the effort to save Julington-Durbin Preserve from a 1400-house development in a questionable land trade deal. We set up our tent and were handing out native plant brochures to the attendees of the big celebration event.
The Julington-Durbin Preserve is a 2,031-acre nature preserve in Jacksomnville, Florida. The preserve shares the name of the two creeks that border the preserve and connect to the St. Johns River. Julington Creek is on the north side of the preserve, and Durbin Creek is to the south. The preserve has three designated hiking trails. Recreational activities include picnicking, horseback riding, bicycling, and hiking.
