Benefits of Florida-friendly Landscaping
Florida-friendly landscaping benefits you, your family and your yard as well as our community, our state and our future
- Enjoy healthy living:
Minimize exposure to fertilizers and pesticides to you, your family, your home, and your pets - Save time and money:
Let nature do the work for you with a landscape that minimizes maintenance requirements (like frequent watering) and minimizes the need for fertilizers, pesticides, and other costly products - Reduce Pollution to preserve our waterways:
Reduce pollution from pesticides and fertilizers that runoff into our threatened aquatic ecosystems - Conserve our threatened freshwater resources:
Use less water with drought-tolerant plants, with plants that naturally fit your landscape’s conditions, and with efficient watering practices - Preserve wildlife habitat and make your yard come alive:
Preserve wildlife habitat by reducing pollution and by choosing plants that provide food and shelter in your yard for native wildlife - Control weeds and reduce erosion, water loss and stormwater runoff:
Use Florida-friendly landscaping techniques such as natural mulch to reduce erosion and retain water in your yard - Create a simply beautiful yard:
Use the Florida-friendly landscaping plant database and tutorial to create your custom yard
