Announcements

Sponsored by CFO Alex Sink, the Florida Native Plant Society received acknowledgement and congratulations from the Governor and the Cabinet members on May 11, 2010.  View and Read the Resolution HERE 

Read about Sam's Life HERE 

Concerned that the surplus lands have conservation value and are not "surplus" lands, FNPS objects to the selling of the land parcels.  Led by Policy & Legislative Committee Chair, Gene Kelly, FNPS has studied and addressed the specific parcels proposed to be sold.  Read the FNPS letter to the Water Management District  HERE    Read the multiple environmental orgnaization letter to the Water Management District HERE 

This is a well done publication and can be used as an example in other regions of the state.  View the booklet HERE 

These landscape ordinance guidelines are intended to be used by local governments that wish to adopt or amend their existing landscape ordinance to encourage or require the use of appropriate native vegetation in all landscaped areas. This document provides sample language that can be adopted (in whole or in part) by a local government that wants to promote these goals and acquire the benefits of appropriate native landscaping.Click here to view the model ordinance in pdf format. Click here to view the model ordinance in Word document format. Right-click either link, then select "Save Target (or Link) As", to download. 

The Land Management Partners (LMP) subcommittee is requesting a liaison/contact person from each FNPS chapter to assist in identifying FNPS volunteers interested in assisting with local LMP support activities.    Please click here for additional detail.

Read an Amercian Forests Article regarding Dr. Tallamy's findings HERE.   Contact Timber Press or a bookseller to order his book Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife   and read this fascinating book that succinctly outlines what every American Citizen should know about the differences between exotic and native plants.    With as many as 33,000 species imperiled in the U.S., it is clear that we must change our approach to landscaping if we hope to create homes and food for our local biodiversity. Native plants will play a key role in the restoration of our living spaces because only natives provide the coevolved relationships required by animals. By supporting a diversity of insect herbivores, native plants provide food for a large and healthy community of natural enemies that keep herbivores in balance and our gardens aesthetically pleasing.   Read the book and you will learn:Why we need biodiversity;Why we need to change landscaping paradigms to save biodiversity;Why animal diversity depends on native plants;What a sustainable suburban ecosystem might look like. Read a book review by Ron Houser by clicking HERE      Please click here for additional detail.