If your on Facebook, make a post on Tampa Gardening Swap group. It is a closed group, you will have to request to join, but it might be worth it!

Thank you both ;-)

Jay, I saw pictures of the area and it is over run with Spanish needles....in and out of the garden area. I told him that I think he should pull the Spanish needles from the beds, since there was plenty of it through out the park.

Thank you for the plant links, i was not familiar with some of them.

Sweet Monkey, I actually posted on a few Facebook groups. I will need to check to see if I posted in the one you mentioned.

Removing them makes sense, having nothing but spanish needles (a monoculture) isn't good and they will overcrowd everything if one isn't super careful. and no problem!

I just heard back from the scout and this is what I know-

The Project is at the Alafia River State Park starting at
9AM.

I also found out that the State parks are very specific as to
which native plants are allowed in the parks “Can only use plants that are currently
endemic to this park”

Below is a list of native plants he was able to get approved.
If anyone has any of these plants that they can bring to be planted in the
garden, please let me know.

Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed)

Pityopsis graminifolia (silk grass)

Lonicera sempervirens (coral honeysuckle)

Callicarpa Americana (beauty berry, though we already have 3
of these in the garden)

Zamia integrifolia (coontie, though we would rather not use
this)

Psychotria nervosa
(wild coffee)

Eragrostis spectabilis (purple love grass)