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A Guide to Florida-Friendly Landscaping

A comprehensive guide and handbook published by the Florida Yards & Neighborhoods program to teach Florida-friendly and environmentally sound landscaping practices.

• Florida-Friendly Landscaping Handbook (108 pages, 4.4MB pdf)
• Florida-Friendly Plant List (80 pages, 685Kb pdf)
• Florida-Friendly Landscaping Handbook with Plant List - 2006 (166 pages, 8.6MB pdf)

Tip Cards

Booklets with information about the Nine Principles of Florida-friendly landscaping.

• Tip Cards (9 pages, 1.3MB pdf)

Manatee County residents can receive a free copy of the above materials and more by going to the publications page of the
Southwest Florida Water Management District's web site.

Waterwise Florida Landscape Guide

A comprehensive guide to waterwise Florida landscaping
that emphasizes use of plants and landscaping principles
to maximize water conservation. Guide is published by the St. Johns River Water Management District. This publication is available as a download only.

• Waterwise Florida Landscapes Guide (80 pages, 4.2MB pdf)

Other Publications

• General Information about Florida Yards recognition (37KB pdf)
• 5-Steps to Florida-Friendly Yard Recognition (58KB pdf)
•  FYN Homeowner Survey (89KB pdf)
•   FYN Yardstick Checklist (159KB pdf)
•  FYN Web site Resource List (28KB pdf)
•  Florida Backyard Wildlife Habitat Program (563KB pdf)
•  Landscaping for Florida's Wildlife Book (233KB pdf)
•  Planting a Refuge for Wildlife Book - Order form (78KB doc)
•  How to make a Rain Barrel (84KB pdf)
•  Identification and Control of Non-native Invasive Plants in the Tampa Bay Area (591KB pdf
• SGR-97:Coastal Plants (3.70MB pdf)

 

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