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FANN members, including some new members, came from as far as Tallahassee and Davie to hear the ornamental native gospel as spoken by Roger Triplett, Green Seasons Nursery, January 8, 2016 in Parrish. Roger spoke to the need to get […]
Please join us in welcoming new FANN members: Bay Mulch Organics Recycling Division based in Plant City, providing USDA-certified organic compost and custom-blended nutrient-rich soils. Company representative Eve Spengler is very pro native plant and eager to find ways to […]
Holiday break time might be a great time for you to start plotting to win the 2016 Real Florida Landscapes Design Competition. Deadline for submittals is February 20, 2016. Ask ace landscape architect Sabine Marcks of Landscape Design Associates about […]
Finally! Laws and rules and advanced building codes classes will be on the agenda at the 4th Annual Native Plant Show this spring, thanks to a collaboration with DistanceLearnPro, a provider of both live and online education for industry professionals. […]
Sponsors and exhibitors can sign up online to be part of the show happening Thursday-Friday, March 31-April 1, 2016 at the Osceola Heritage Park in Kisssimmee.
GROWING NATIVE PLANTS FOR RETAIL APPEAL Grower workshop 9am-Noon Friday, January 8, 2016 at Green Seasons Nursery in Parrish, Manatee County Sign up NOW! Grow retail-ready native plants and make money doing it. On-the-farm workshop for growers to learn and […]
Landscape architects Thomas Rainer and Claudia West have produced a beautiful new book promoting “designed” plant communities inspired by nature but which do not aspire to directly imitate native plant communities. In fact, their “plant communities” don’t really appear to […]
The not-for-profit conservation group Speak Up Wekiva is proposing the Florida Black Bear Habitat Restoration Act to be introduced to the Florida legislature in 2016. The legislation seeks a permanent ban on permits to harvest Saw Palmetto berries on all […]
Nov. 20, 2016 — The Florida Senate Environmental Preservation and Conservation Committee debated and passed two controversial bills and considered Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Jon Steverson for confirmation. Secretary Steverson received many questions from Senators and criticism from […]
Learn about blueberries and their pollination needs from our University of Florida and state experts on both native bees and honeybees. Florida Blueberry Pollination Workshop happens 9:30am-Noon on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015 at the UF/IFAS Lake County Extension Center at […]