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Support the native plant industry when you shop on Amazon

December 6, 2018

Shopping on Amazon this holiday season? or any time … you can help strengthen and expand the native plant industry by designating the NATIVE PLANT HORTICULTURE FOUNDATION as your preferred charity on Amazon Smile. The foundation supports education, outreach and […]

Give USDA native plant industry input by Nov 30, 2018

November 21, 2018

NIFA IS NOW LISTENING: we have an opportunity — and obligation — to speak up for our industry and influence funding for the research, education and extension we need to expand the cultivation and use of native plants. Within the […]

SCCF Native Landscapes and Garden Center Internship

November 15, 2018

Native Landscapes and Garden Center Internship The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) Native Landscapes & Garden Center seeks an energetic and hardworking intern to assist in day-to-day nursery operations and work with our landscape installation and maintenance services.  The Native Landscapes […]

Florida Wildflower Festival March 2019 – Vendors Apply

November 8, 2018

Vendor applications are now available for the 2019 Florida Wildflower & Garden Festival! This year’s festival will be held on March 23, 2019 in downtown DeLand. Reserve your space now at this award winning event sponsored in part by our conservation […]

The Natives Job Opening

September 28, 2018

The Natives Inc. Job Opening The Natives in Davenport are looking for a new employee. Duties include typical nursery tasks such as potting, weeding, pulling orders, loading trailers, sowing seed, and collecting seed. To apply send your resume to  natives@gate.net or call 863-422-6664

August 31, 2018 deadline to be in the FALL 2018 Native Plant & Service Directory

August 17, 2018

For more than 30 years, Florida’s horticulture, landscape and environmental professionals have relied on FANN’s Native Plant & Service Directory to identify and source commercially available native plants. FANN members are listed in the directory and native plant availability published […]

SCCF Native Landscapes and Garden Center Internship

June 19, 2018

Native Landscapes & Garden Center Internship The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) Native Landscapes & Garden Center seeks an energetic and hardworking intern to assist in day-to-day nursery operations and work with our landscape installation and maintenance services.  The Native Landscapes […]

Garden Club of America names Mountain Mint 2018 Plant of the Year

February 6, 2018

Pycnanthemum muticum has been named 2018 Plant of the Year by The Garden Club of America (GCA). Annually since 1995, the GCA has identified a stellar North American native plant to receive its Montine McDaniel Freeman Medal for Plant of […]

Native Plant Horticulture Research Endowment created by American Beauties Native Plants

February 1, 2018

As announced at the 2018 MANTS trade show and reported in Garden Center magazine, American Beauties Native Plants, a branding program for growers and sellers of native plants (including cultivars), has established a $25,000 endowment to fund native plant research […]

FANN appoints Kirsten Sharp-Ortega of Green Isle Gardens Nursery to Board of Directors

January 30, 2018

On Saturday, January 27, 2018, the FANN Board of Directors appointed world traveler Kirsten-Sharp Ortega as director at large, representing a nursery seat. Kirsten is a habitat designer at Green Isle Gardens Nursery in Groveland, Lake County. She provided this […]