Atlantic Beach ·Environmental Stewardship Committee ·Apr 22, 2026 ·Item 3.B. · Howell Park Native Planting

Mowing Incident

low confidence · no roll call recorded

Recommended → Debated → Decided

Recommended

no committee or staff recommendation recorded.

Debated

Forty-five Creeping Sage (*Salvia misella*) plants installed at Howell Park appear to have been mowed or weedwhacked by the maintenance team between March 7 and April 11, 2026. The committee packet recommends adding "Do Not Mow: Native Plant Area" signage and discussing the incident with the maintenance team to avoid future accidents. This is a small but pointed story: the city's own parks crew undid the ESC's volunteer planting work. No cost figure for the lost plants was included in the packet.

Decided

minutes do not record the outcome; agenda flagged for discussion.

Quotes from the meeting

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