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FEB 22 UPDATE: do you live in Charlotte, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas or Sarasota County? Volunteer your yard for a makeover and get your 15 minutes of fame on HOW TO DO FLORIDA TV SHOW! Front yard must not exceed 60×80 […]
FANN member (and board member) Tom Heitzman of Sweet Bay Nursery in Parrish participated with his local Manasota FNGLA Chapter to create the world’s largest dish garden for a display at the Manatee County Fair. And guess what? It’s ALL […]
Our colleagues in Big Ag are excited about the recent passage of “comprehensive” water policy but we’ve got our doubts. And we respect the voice of former Governor Bob Graham, not in political office and not confined by special interests. […]
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 […]