Featured Projects - Landscaping
FNPS has created a model landscape ordinance. This model ordinance is intended to assist local governments with development and update of their landscape ordinances with a goal toward making them not just "Florida Friendly" but native friendly as well. The model ordinance is not intended to replace local ordinances, but rather to be a guide for making them sustainable. They encourage practices to conserve water, protect water quality, avoid problem non-native species (invasive species), and provide habitat for desirable insects and wildlife.
The Council of Chapters spearheaded the development of six regional native plant brochure. Each brochure has easily gown plants (trees, shrubs, and herbaceous species) characteristic of the region. The brochure is full color and distributed through the FNPS chapters.
Poster versions are available for sale from our TeeSpring Store.
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In 2008: Two Christmas palms, growing too close to the Bismarck were removed and replaced with plantings of Simpson stopper, dwarf holly, and firebush.
2015: Seven years later, everything has matured into a nice grouping. The additional plantings in the left background (in front of the house) include Paradise tree, with an understory of stoppers, wild coffees, lyre-leaf sage, wild petunias and rouge plant.
2021: The front "island" now fully matured partially screens the house from the street, provides cover for birds, nectar for pollinators, and fruits for birds. Hidden from view, a mass of corky-stem passion vine winds up into the trees adding more wildlife value to the mix.
