Florida Friendly Plant Workshops
These workshops are offered in partnership with Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program, the Peace River Basin Board of the Southwest Florida Water Management District, SFCC, DeSoto County Parks and Recreation, Pine Lily Nursery, Deluxe Trees and Shrubs, and many others.
Agenda
Sessions will be offered two different times using two rooms if the number of participants exceeds the capacity of the meeting room.
8:00 a.m. -- Registration begins
8:30 -- Welcome and overviews
9:30 -- Plant overview: moderated by Deborah Bell, South Florida Community College
10:30 -- Landscape design
11:15 -- Rainbarrels
noon -- Careers in landscaping
12:30 -- Native plant sale and plant clinic
Don't forget to pick up your free native plant! As a thank you for participating, each person who attends will receive a free native plant -- Blue-eyed Grass with a blue flower (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) or Purple-eyed Grass with a purple flower (Sisyrinchium atlanticum 'Suwanee' -- at the end of the workshop as well as many other informative and useful items. When you register at the door, you'll receive a ticket for a chance to win one of 20 rain barrels that'll be given away.
Additional information
Many, many sources provide wonderful information to help Florida residents become better stewards of their properties. A few resources are listed here (and are posted on the website www.CHNEP.org). Please check out the website www.CHNEP.org where additional sources of information will be posted as they are known.
Information on Florida friendly plantings:
Site produced by several cooperating agencies: www.floridayards.org/
**This site includes landscape design assistance.
Southwest Florida Water Management District: www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/yards/
Florida Yards and Neighborhood Program: http://hort.ufl.edu/fyn/
Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association (FNGLA): https://secure.fnga.org/index.asp
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants: www.plantatlas.usf.edu/default.asp
Florida Native Plant Society: www.fnps.org
Florida Landscape: www.wgcu.org/fllandscape/
www.fleppc.org and www.invasive.org/seweeds.cfm
The Science behind FYN from the University of Florida:
Florida Backyard Landscapes for Wildlife: www.wec.ufl.edu/extension/landscaping/fblw/application.php
National Wildlife Federation Backyard Habitat: www.nwf.org (search for backyard habitat)
FREE MULCH: Companies that trim trees often give away mulch.
Forestry Resources: http://gomulch.com/
** This Fort Myers-based company sells mulch made from the invasive exotic tree malalueca. Their website includes companies that sell this mulch.
As part of these workshops, demonstration sites have been developed at both the Hardee and DeSoto campuses. These were funded with a grant from the Peace River Basin Board of the Southwest Florida Management District and Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program. The gardens were designed, installed and maintained by Nancy Armstrong, Pine Lily Nursery.SFCC Desoto Campus
Native plants in front of main building
Coontie Zamia pumila
Pineland lantana Lantana depressa
Pennyroyal Piloblephus rigida
Pineland dropseed Sporobolus junceus
Dwarf Wax Myrtle Myrica pumila
Pineland heliotrope(white) Heliotropium polyphyllum
Beach verbena Verbena maritime
Native plants in parking area
Firebush Hamelia patens
Rusty Lyonia Lyonia ferruginea
Native porterweed Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Pinebarren goldenrod Solidago fistulosa
Chalky bluestem Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus
Pineland dropseed Sporobolus junceus
Wiregrass Aristida stricta
Dwarf Wax Myrtle Myrica pumila
Pineland heliotrope(white) Heliotropium polyphyllum
Beach verbena Verbena maritima
SFCC Hardee Campus
Butterfly Garden in far parking area
SFCC Hardee Campus
Butterfly Garden in far parking area
Coral Honeysuckle Lonerica sempervirens
Wild Allamanda Pentalinon luteum
Passionvine Passiflora incarnata
Corky stemmed passionvine Passiflora suberosa
Silkgrass goldenaster Pityopsis graminafolia
Blanketflower Gaillardia pulchella
Bushy aster Symphyotrichum dumosus
Native Porterweed Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Pineland dropseed Sporobolus junceus
Wiregrass Aristida stricta
Coontie Zamia pumila
Lopsided Indian grass Sorghastrum secundum
Blazing star Liatrus tenufolia
Flat topped goldenrod Euthamia minor
Pinebarren goldenrod Solidago fistulosa
Blackeyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
Pineland lantana Lantana depressa
Wild sage Lantana involucrata
Firebush Hamelia patens
Florida greeneyes Berlandiera subacaulis
Tropical sage/Salvia coccinea
Forestry Resources: http://gomulch.com/
** This Fort Myers-based company sells mulch made from the invasive exotic tree malalueca. Their website includes companies that sell this mulch.
West Coast Florida, (south)
All Native Garden Center, Ft. Myers. Contact John Sibley (239)939.9663
Forestry Resources Landscape Supply, Fort Myers . Contact Frances Anderson (239) 332.3966
Forestry Resources Landscape Supply, Cape Coral. Contact Doug French (239) 574.2007
Forestry Resources Landscape Supply, Estero. Contact Efrain Gonzalez (239) 949.9944
Forestry Resources Landscape Supply, Bonita Springs. Contact Todd Pope (239) 444.3284
Gulf Coast Mulch and Soil, Ft. Myers. Contact Bill or Denny (239)482.5010
West Coast Florida, (midstate)
Albritton Nurseries, Sarasota. Contact: Robert Albritton (941)925.0344
Butwell Stone and Soil, Punta Gorda, (941) 639.3287
Edgewood Nurseries. Venice, Contact: Peter or Tim, 941.488.8899
Living Waters Garden Center, Venice. Contact Timothy Savage (941)497.5387
Englewood Landscape Supply, Englewood. Contact Laura (941) 473.1403
Florida House Learning Center, Sarasota. Betty Alpaugh (941)316.1200
Florida Native Plants, Sarasota. Contact Laural Schiller (941)322.1915
Gulf Cove Landscape Supply - Port Charlotte, Contact Gary Harden: 941.697.9711
Holly's Farms, Lutz. Contact Michelle (813)949.6735
Landscaper's Advantage, Bradenton. (941) 792.9099
MRT Lawn Service, Inc., Venice. Contact Ann Miller (941) 493.1293
M & W Supply, Sarasota, Contact: Doreen, 941.343.9954
Sea Oats Nursery, Englewood, Contact: Meg Varga (941) 474.9177
Troy's Tropics, Sarasota. Contact Troy Williams (941)923.3756
Wayne Hibbs Farm & Garden, Sarasota. Contact Wayne Hibbs (941)366.4956