SCCF partners with city on park restoration
Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation Native Landscapes & Garden Center staffers recently collaborated with the city of Sanibel on a planting project at the Boat Ramp Beach Park. Each year, the city’s Natural Resources Department gets grants to restore and enhance public beaches and parks.
“This is particularly important since Hurricane Ian destroyed a lot of the beach habitat on the island, which is the front-line protection in such storms,” Garden Center Manager Becca Grotrian said. “It’s crucial to now rebuild these habitats.”
The SCCF reported that since the project took place at one of the bayside beaches, the main focus was to replant trees and some other typical beach dune species, such as sea oats, seacoast marsh elder and sea lavender. The trees that were installed are good examples of those that did well after Hurricane Ian, including Jamaica dogwood, wild tamarind and Lignum vitae.