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How to use the Florida Friendly Plant List
The Florida Friendly Nine Principles

Creating Your Florida Yard

  • Program Assistance Form
    How can we help you?
  • 5-Steps to Florida-Friendly Yard Recognition (53KB pdf)
  • General Information about Florida Yards recognition (37KB pdf)
  • FYN Homeowner Survey (89KB pdf)
    or Take the Survey online
  • FYN Yardstick Checklist (159KB pdf)
  • Florida Yardstick Workbook
  • Landscaping for Wildlife
  • FAQ

Do You Have a Florida Friendly Yard?

   

Click on links below:

Homeowner Yard Recognition Checklist

Sample Florida Yard Recognitions

Additional Resources

  • University of Florida (EDIS) Publications
    Related to FYN Principles
  • IFAS Assessment of the Status of Non-native
    Plants in Florida's Natural Areas
  • FYN Web site Resource List (28KB pdf)
  • Literature Useful To The Study Of Florida Plants
  • Florida Ecosystems

 

  • Back to Florida Yards and Neighborhoods Program


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Michelle Atkinson
FYN Coordinator
(941) 722-4524, ext. 237.

 

Publication Order Forms
  • Landscaping for Florida's Wildlife (233KB pdf)
  • Planting a Refuge for Wildlife (41KB pdf)
Related Resources
  • Florida Backyard Landscapes for Wildlife
  • FloridaYards.org
  • Florida Dept of Environmental Protection
  • Environmental Protection Commission
  • NRCS - Manasota Service Center
  • Tampa Bay Estuary Program
  • Sarasota Bay Estuary Program
  • Southwest Florida Water Management District

 

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