Creating Florida-Friendly Communities
March 2011
Welcome to Creating Florida-Friendly Communities. The newsletter is targeted toward builders and developers, landscape architects, community associations, property managers, and environmental professionals. The newsletters feature success stories about water-saving communities and new and existing communities that take steps to protect water quality, and provide “how to “ information on becoming Florida-Friendly.
Please forward to colleagues who may be interested in subscribing. Email Brian Niemann, builder & developer coordinator, Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Program, with story tips and comments at bniemann81@ufl.edu. Subscribe below.
Florida-Friendly Considerations
for Architectural Review Boards
Does your community get requests from residents to convert to Florida-Friendly? If so, a list of considerations for such landscapes may be helpful. Florida-Friendly encourages boards and residents to work together to produce aesthetically-pleasing landscapes that help protect water resources.
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Huge Water Savings
Small Community
Saves Lots of Money
A new community discovers that poorly-designed planting beds, along with regularly-scheduled irrigation, drive up their irrigation bills and maintenance costs.
See how the community saves $10,000 after examining their irrigation practices and re-designing narrow turfgrass strips that border planting beds.
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Florida-Friendly Fertilizing: New Campaign Southwest Florida Water Management District
Can you guess what some of the most common mistakes are when fertilizing? Watch for new ads in the Southwest Florida Water Management District area that promote Florida-Friendly Fertilizing, educating people about the appropriate ways to fertilize.
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Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Design
Statewide Pattern Books Now Available
Florida-Friendly has a range of looks to suit aesthetic tastes. While maintenance practices must be examined to tell whether a landscape truly is Florida-Friendly, these books might help you gather ideas for the look of your community. They contain sample plant lists and designs for four Florida Regions
—North, North Central, South Central, and South:
Questions and Answers: 2009 Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Legislation
Community associations can have an impact on water resources through how they govern the design, installation and maintenance of their landscapes. In 2009, the Florida Legislature recog
nized homeowners' associations as a key player in protection of the state's water resources. This document explores the legislation and links to a number of resources to assist communities with Florida-Friendly Landscaping™. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep440
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