Sarasota News Leader
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September 13, 2013
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Meetings and field trips are free and open to
the public.
Florida Association of Native Nurseries
(FANN) publishes a free Guide for Real Flor- Books also offer good advice: Native Plant
ida Gardeners and lists native plant nurseries Landscaping for Florida Wildlife and Native Wildflowers and Other Ground Covers
throughout the state.
for Florida Landscapes by Craig N. Huegel;
Among the native plant nurseries in our area Florida's Best Native Landscape Plants by
are the following: Hawthorn Hill, St. Peters- Gil Nelson; A Gardener's Guide to Florida's
burg; Twigs and Leaves, St. Petersburg; Wil- Native Plants by Rufino Osorio; Bringing Nature Home by Douglas Tallamy; The Guide to
cox Nursery and Landscape, Largo; Sweet
Florida Wildflowers by Walter Kingsley TayBay Nursery, Parrish; Florida Native Plants lor; Natural Florida Landscaping by Dan
Nursery & Landscaping, Sarasota; All Native Walton and Laurel Schiller.
Garden Center & Plant Center, Punta Gorda
and Fort Myers; Bayshore Garden Center, Fort Additionally, most Florida counties have an
office of the University of Florida Extension
Myers.
Service, which offers information and multiA number of organizations can offer help as ple programs, including daylong workshops.
well. The Florida Native Plant Society has Access it on the web (www.sarasota.ifas.ufl.
37 chapters statewide. The Serenoa Chapter, edu or www.manatee.ifas.ufl.edu) or visit your
which includes Sarasota, Manatee, DeSoto local office.
and Hardee counties, meets the third Mon- Further, the Florida Yards and Neighborhoods
day of the month, September through May, Program is offered through the Extension Serat 7 p.m. at Marie Selby Gardens in Sarasota. vice. Find out how your yard can qualify. %
