Educational Services

Florida Yards & Neighborhoods and UF/IFAS Extension provide a broad range of educational support for professionals who plan to create and maintain Florida-friendly landscapes. FYN currently provides support for the following professionals*:

• Builders and Developers
• Landscape Architects
• Landscape and Irrigation Contractors
• Landscape Maintenance Professional

* Services vary by county. Contact your local county extension office or the state FYN office for more information.

Builders and Developers

• Sample plant lists and designs for four Florida Regions
  —North, North Central, South Central, and South:
  • FFL Book Zone 8A-8B
  • FFL Book Zone 9A
  • FFL Book Zone 9B
  • FFL Book Zone 10
• Community ButterflyScaping: How to have a large-scale butterfly habitat.
  
  Learn how to make your community more Florida-Friendly, and possibly more marketable, by going beyond butterfly gardening with Community ButterflyScaping. Community ButterflyScaping encourages the community-wide preservation and planting of butterfly host vegetation...
• Florida-Friendly Best Management Practices for Protection of Water Resources by the Green Industries (pdf, 1.1Mb) This is a 68 page 2008 revision of the 2002 BMP manual.
  
  A Spanish language version will be translated in 2009, but until it is ready this 2002 Spanish version should be used: INDUSTRIAS EN ÁREAS VERDES DE FLORIDA Las Prácticas Más Adecuadas Para la Conservación del Agua en Florida (pdf 840Kb)
  
  A smaller summary booklet is also available (92kb .pdf) that contains only the main points, and is printed in an 8 -1/2 x 5" format to fit in the glove box.  A Spanish language version of the Summary Booklet (Resumen) is also available.
  
• Florida Friendly Guidance Models for Ordinances, Covenants, and Restrictions (pdf)
  This manual, a joint Florida-Friendly Landscape document from FDEP and the University of Florida, was just released in January 2009. The book contains two ordinance models addressing nonpoint sources of pollution from landscapes, one of which is more comprehensive and includes water conservation and other issues, and one of which only addresses fertilizer application. Both are reflective of many findings of the 2007 Consumer Fertilizer Task Force. In addition, a model code for private developers, homeowners associations and others is also included. It was developed by the UF College of Law for the Florida Friendly Landscape program.
• MODEL ORDINANCE FOR
  FLORIDA-FRIENDLY FERTILIZER USE ON URBAN LANDSCAPES
• Low-Impact Development CEUs
• Review of plans and as-built landscape and irrigation systems and plant lists to assist in compliance with local regulations and Florida-friendly principles
• On-site consultations from pre-construction to site planning to post-construction
• New homeowner welcome packets for builder closing
• Educational workshops for new homeowners and homeowner associations

Landscape Architects

• Sample plant lists and designs for four Florida Regions
  —North, North Central, South Central, and South:
  • FFL Book Zone 8A-8B
  • FFL Book Zone 9A
  • FFL Book Zone 9B
  • FFL Book Zone 10
• The Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Guide to Plant Selection & Landscape Design, 1st ed. (2010) The Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Guide to Plant Selection and Landscape Design is intended as a companion to The Florida Yards & Neighborhoods Handbook (4th ed., 2009). This guide is intended for homeowners who want to take the next step and design their own Florida-Friendly Landscapes. Included in this book is information on landscape design strategies, a landscape planning worksheet, and the FFL Plant List containing many of the UF/IFAS-recommended Florida-Friendly plants for each region of the state.
• Community ButterflyScaping: How to have a large-scale butterfly habitat.
  
  Learn how to make your community more Florida-Friendly, and possibly more marketable, by going beyond butterfly gardening with Community ButterflyScaping. Community ButterflyScaping encourages the community-wide preservation and planting of butterfly host vegetation...
• Landscape Architecture CEUs

These four PowerPoint modules (.ppt files) on Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ originally were developed for a class for landscape architects, but everyone will find them helpful.

• Introduction to the Nine Principles of Florida-Friendly Landscaping™
       Describes the concepts of Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ which include both design and maintenance to create landscapes that conserve water and reduce water pollution.
• Adopting a Florida-Friendly Yard
       Gives steps to convert a traditional yard to a more Florida-Friendly yard over time.
• Rain Gardens
       Describes how to install a rain garden, taking slope and depth into consideration
• How to Attract Wildlife
       Describes how to attract non-nuisance wildlife, discusses “Community ButterflyScaping,” and landscaping by habitat type.

These modules require Microsoft PowerPoint or a free download of Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer.

• Review of plans and as-built landscape and irrigation systems and plant lists to assist in compliance with local regulations and Florida-friendly principles

Landscape and Irrigation Contractors

• Florida Field Guide to Low Impact Development: Soil Moisture Sensors (pdf, 1.03Mb)
• Soil Moisture Sensors for Irrigation Contractors (coming soon!)

Landscape Maintenance Professionals

• Florida-Friendly Best Management Practices for Protection of Water Resources by the Green Industries (pdf, 1.1Mb) This is a 68 page 2008 revision of the 2002 BMP manual.
  
  A Spanish language version will be translated in 2009, but until it is ready this 2002 Spanish version should be used: INDUSTRIAS EN ÁREAS VERDES DE FLORIDA Las Prácticas Más Adecuadas Para la Conservación del Agua en Florida (pdf, 840Kb)
  
  A smaller summary booklet is also available (pdf, 92Kb) that contains only the main points, and is printed in an 8 -1/2 x 5" format to fit in the glove box.  A Spanish language version of the Summary Booklet (Resumen) (pdf, 100Kb) is also available.
• Green Industries BMP training
• Project Greenscapes BMP training
• Pesticide Applicator Training CEU
• On-site evaluation of plant health and maintenance issues
• Recommendations to reduce water consumption
• Review of Landscape Maintenance Contracts
•  Florida Friendly Guidance Models for Ordinances, Covenants, and Restrictions (pdf, 368Kb)
  This manual, a joint Florida-Friendly Landscape document from FDEP and the University of Florida, was just released in January 2009. The book contains two ordinance models addressing nonpoint sources of pollution from landscapes, one of which is more comprehensive and includes water conservation and other issues, and one of which only addresses fertilizer application. Both are reflective of many findings of the 2007 Consumer Fertilizer Task Force. In addition, a model code for private developers, homeowners associations and others is also included. It was developed by the UF College of Law for the Florida Friendly Landscape program.
• MODEL ORDINANCE FOR
  FLORIDA-FRIENDLY FERTILIZER USE ON URBAN LANDSCAPES

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