Florida Friendly Landscape Alterations
Whether you are new or an experienced gardener, you will want to enjoy the experience of establishing a Florida Friendly environment in your landscape. So to begin please access these web sites below to see what is waiting for you!
Florida Friendly Landscape will ensure you enjoy the benefits of beautifying your yard, and saving natural resources and money. Florida Friendly landscape is, basic micro-irrigation techniques, environmentally safe pest control and plant disease management, maintenance and control of storm water run-off, water saving (money saving) tips, useful web site references, choices for landscape mulches, Florida native/adaptive plants and groundcovers for use in the home landscape, reference list and identification of Invasive plants (what NOT to put in the landscape)and how to attract the wonderful Florida wildlife into your yard!
Florida homeowners have many reasons to consider converting their existing residential landscape to a Florida-Friendly Landscape. Most importantly, a Florida-Friendly yard is an environmentally sound yard that conserves and protects Florida’s waterways, soil, wildlife, and energy. Using the right plants in the right place can filter harmful storm water runoff, improve the landscape’s soil, provide wildlife habitat, and create shade for energy efficiency in the home. Landscaping also adds beauty and creates pleasant outdoor living spaces to increase the value of residential property.
Increased use of strict irrigation ordinances in Florida is another reason many homeowners in the Sunshine State are choosing to use plants that are more appropriate for a Florida landscape. Florida-Friendly plants – which include both native plants and adapted, non-native plants -survive with little maintenance and thrive in the climate and soils of the state’s varied regions. Use of these low-maintenance plants in residential landscapes reduces the need for water, fertilizer, and pesticides and also reduces the energy required for landscape maintenance, and SAVES YOU MONEY $$$$$.
Creating a Florida-Friendly yard is not difficult, and such yards do not conform to any particular style. Instead, a Florida-Friendly yard is a type of landscape that is adaptable to many styles, and includes plant choices and design that follow the “right-plan/right place” principle, which entails locating plants in those areas of the landscape, that best meet the plants’ requirements for growth.
Note: The above information includes excerpts taken from the Adopting a Florida-Friendly Landscape guide referenced in this document.
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