Step by Step to Your Florida Native Yard
Board Room
Have a small yard filled with non-native plants? Eager to cut down on the use of chemicals and water in your landscape? Wondering how to begin to transform it to This workshop will help you get started on your own personal sustainable landscape transformation project. Learn how to think about your property’s potential for ecological function and different strategies for transforming your property into a resilient, working ecosystem that supports birds, pollinators and you.
This is a basic session oriented to the home gardener, using insights from ecology, gardening and art to motivate change in home landscape design and maintenance. The instructor uses a formal presentation, based on her popular book by the same title, available for purchase at the show, and a hands-on workshop format. Attendees will work with a sample layout and grid system for a basic native landscape, using a 1/3 acre lot example. Bring photos of your landscape, a full plan drawing if you have one or just a birds-eye view quick sketch. You can use these in the workshop and when asking questions of the instructor and nursery and landscape professionals exhibiting at the show. 80-minute presentation 35-minute hands-on workshop 20-minute open question & answer session about using native plants in the landscape
TOPICS COVERED
Florida DBPR Board of Landscape Architecture Course #0011048, 1 optional CE
Regulatory Council of Community Association Managers: Course #: 9629708
FNGLA: 1 CEU for FNGLA certified horticulture and landscape professionals
ISA Certified Arborists: 2.25, TW Climber Specialist: 2.25, TW Aerial Lift Specialist: 2.25, Municipal Specialist: 2.25, BCMA-Management: 2.25
Fees: $35
This is a basic session oriented to the home gardener, using insights from ecology, gardening and art to motivate change in home landscape design and maintenance. The instructor uses a formal presentation, based on her popular book by the same title, available for purchase at the show, and a hands-on workshop format. Attendees will work with a sample layout and grid system for a basic native landscape, using a 1/3 acre lot example. Bring photos of your landscape, a full plan drawing if you have one or just a birds-eye view quick sketch. You can use these in the workshop and when asking questions of the instructor and nursery and landscape professionals exhibiting at the show. 80-minute presentation 35-minute hands-on workshop 20-minute open question & answer session about using native plants in the landscape
TOPICS COVERED
- Why natives — the importance of native plants and ecological gardening
- Assessing your property
- Choosing which plants to keep and which to remove
- How design affects the selection and arrangement of plants and other landscape features
- The pros and cons of transforming to a native landscape in stages vs. all at once
- Stormwater and how to sequester more rainwater
- Shorelines and planting to protect nearby waterways
- Woody and herbaceous plants
- Human-use and wild areas, and how to add habitat to your lanscape
- Landscape poisons
- Dealing with HOAs & government organizations
Florida DBPR Board of Landscape Architecture Course #0011048, 1 optional CE
Regulatory Council of Community Association Managers: Course #: 9629708
FNGLA: 1 CEU for FNGLA certified horticulture and landscape professionals
ISA Certified Arborists: 2.25, TW Climber Specialist: 2.25, TW Aerial Lift Specialist: 2.25, Municipal Specialist: 2.25, BCMA-Management: 2.25
Fees: $35
Community Associations Design Garden/Landscape ISA Cert Arborist LA CE credits