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Landscaping for a Florida yard
Your yard is an integral part of Florida’s natural environment. How you design and manage your yard is directly linked to the unique and fragile ecosystem that give our state its beauty and sense of wonder. Landscaping for a Florida yard promotes the recognition of this relationship and provides you with the means of creating a yard that becomes an asset to our state’s ecosystems and not a burden on it. Whether your goal is to create a playground, provide habitat for wildlife, or simply to reduce your water and energy bills, you can easily do so by adopting a few simple guidelines.
Getting started
The University of Florida Extension Service has created a Florida Yards and Neighborhood program (FY&N) to guide you through all of your landscaping needs. To begin landscaping for a Florida yard, use this step-by-step guide from FY&N to determine the needs for your yards’ site condition.
- Make a sketch of your yard.
- Collect a soil sample and take it to your County Extension office for pH testing and yard recommendations.
- Create a landscape design for your yard.
- Visit a nearby native plant nursery to begin choosing your favorite plants!
Keep in mind that the elements of designing a landscape for a particular reason (attract wildlife, xeriscaping, firewise landscaping, etc) can call for different use and placement of trees and plants. Begin by choosing which kind of landscaping you would like to do and then design your landscape with those elements.
Landscape the Florida-friendly way |
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Invasive Exotic Species |
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Fertilizers
& Pesticides Tips on how to reduce your fertilizer and pesticide use. |
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Integrated Pest Management The environmentally sound alternative to pesticide use |
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Mulch Organic or inorganic material used in your garden or landscape in areas that are hard to maintain or prone to erosion. |
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Xericscape Landscaping with slow-growing, drought-tolerant plants to conserve water and establish a waste-efficient landscape. |
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Landscape
for Wildlife Bring nature close by welcoming it into our backyards. |
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Firewise Landscaping Protect your home froom fire by creating defensible space. |
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Using Native Plants Right plant, right place. native plants are best adapted for local conditions. |
