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WHAT ARE FLORIDA-FRIENDLY LANDSCAPES?<br />
<strong>Florida</strong>-Friendly <strong>Landscape</strong>s protect <strong>Florida</strong>’s unique natural resources by conserving water, reducing waste and pollution,<br />
creating wildlife habitat, and preventing erosion. Any landscape can be <strong>Florida</strong>-Friendly if it is designed and cared for<br />
according to the nine <strong>Florida</strong>-Friendly Landscaping TM principles, which encourage individual expression of landscape<br />
beauty. In 2009, the <strong>Florida</strong> Legislature found that the use of <strong>Florida</strong>-Friendly Landscaping TM and other water use and<br />
pollution prevention measures to conserve or protect the state’s water resources serves a compelling public interest and<br />
that the participation of homeowners’ associations and local governments is essential to the state’s efforts in water conservation<br />
and water quality protection and restoration. Make your landscape a <strong>Florida</strong>-Friendly <strong>Landscape</strong> — do your part to<br />
create a more sustainable <strong>Florida</strong>!<br />
SERVICES<br />
<strong>Florida</strong> Yards & Neighborhoods is brought to Floridians by the University of <strong>Florida</strong>/IFAS Extension Service and the <strong>Florida</strong><br />
Department of Environmental Protection, in cooperation with the five <strong>Water</strong> Management Districts. UF/IFAS Extension<br />
offers the public the following services in every county in the state at either no charge or for a minimal fee:<br />
• Workshops and classes<br />
• <strong>Plant</strong> and landscape advice based on current University of <strong>Florida</strong> research<br />
• Official yard recognition program<br />
The program also offers online resources, including numerous publications, a tutorial for custom landscape design, and a<br />
plant database.<br />
FLORIDA-FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING TM<br />
PROGRAM OFFICE<br />
Phone: (352) 273-4518<br />
Web site: http://fyn.ifas.ufl.edu<br />
Please visit our Web site to find your county Extension office.<br />
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />
Thanks to the following individuals for helping to produce this document:<br />
Adrian Hunsberger<br />
David Sandrock<br />
Gary Knox<br />
Kim Gabel<br />
Stephen Brown<br />
Alison Fox<br />
Dean Rusk<br />
Georgia Gelmis<br />
Larry Williams<br />
Sydney Park Brown<br />
Angela Maraj<br />
Doug Caldwell<br />
Glenn Acomb<br />
Marguerite Beckford<br />
Sylvia Durrell<br />
Barbra Larson<br />
Ed Gilman<br />
Heather Ritchie<br />
Mary Duryea<br />
Teresa Watkins<br />
Bart Schutzman<br />
Eileen Tramontana<br />
Jane Morse<br />
Michael Scheinkman<br />
Terril Nell<br />
Brian Niemann<br />
Emily Eubanks<br />
Jessica Sullivan<br />
Michael Thomas<br />
Terry DelValle<br />
Chris Dewey<br />
Erick Smith<br />
Jim Moll<br />
Patty Connolly<br />
Tom MacCubbin<br />
Claudia Larsen<br />
Erin Alvarez<br />
Joan Dusky<br />
Rick Schoellhorn<br />
Tom Wichman<br />
Crysta Gantz<br />
Esen Momol<br />
Jyotsna Sharma<br />
Sandy Wilson<br />
Wendy Wilber<br />
Dan Culbert<br />
Gail Hansen<br />
Kathy Malone<br />
Sarah Graddy<br />
Copyright 2010, University of <strong>Florida</strong>.<br />
This publication was funded in part by FDEP with a Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management Program Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<br />
DISCLAIMER: The mention of a specific product or company is for information purposes only and does not constitute an endorsement of that product or company.
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