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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 […]
John Sibley presided over the election of FANN’s 2016 Board of Directors on Nov. 5, 2015, conducted during the annual membership meeting held at McKeithen Growers in Myakka City that afternoon. Jerry Fritz, Nominating Committee Chair, was present and reported […]
FANN is a supporter of the Florida Clean Water Declaration Coalition (FCWD). The coalition is asking that organizations and businesses sign onto a letter regarding currently fast-tracked water legislation (SB 552 and HB 7005). The letter has been drafted by […]
12/09/15 UPDATE – REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR FIRST WORKSHOP – GROW NATIVE FOR RETAIL APPEAL FANN is launching a new series of on-farm native plant production workshops for nurseries. Workshops will focus on growing plants for mass market and growing […]
11/7/2015 update from Pollinator Partnership – amendment seeking to eliminate funding for vegetation management was defeated: 172 (122-R, 0-D) for and 255 (71-R, 184-D) against. Strong bipartisan vote against. Everyone who took action made a difference. Many groups and individuals […]