Naples Botanical Garden received a hefty grant award from the Collier Community Foundation to support the Garden’s Coastal Resiliency Educational programming.
The grant totals $30,000 and will be used toward the Garden’s efforts to educate locals about strengthening coastal resilience in Southwest Florida with beach dunes and exceptional stormwater management systems. Collier beaches are essential to both the environment and local tourism.
More than half of Collier’s nearly 21 miles of coastline is classified as severely eroded, making the resiliency work more important than ever. These coastal resiliency efforts directly address beach erosion, stormwater pollution, and the growing impacts of severe storms in the area…