On Tuesday, April 2, I will begin teaching the Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ class series. This class, which runs for eight Tuesdays (no class on April 9), will teach you how to grow plants here in ...

The 17th State of the River Report was recently released. The report addresses issues affecting the health of the St. Johns River. The report contains information that should be of interest to ...

Snow has already been falling in some of the northern states and our own “Florida snow” is beginning to bloom on lawns around ...

With the water situation in Florida getting worse each year and water rates going up almost as fast as gas prices, all people — not only those involved in the green industry here in Florida — need to ...

Unfortunately, none of this makes gardening easier. The sun dries everything out, and sandy soil is generally unfriendly to plants. On top of all that, rain appears out of nowhere. Gardening can ...

The term Florida-Friendly Landscape has been around for 30 years, but there is still some confusion over what such a landscape would look like. I would like to shed some light on why the ...

Nick and Susan Perfido of Seminole County, Florida, were looking forward to transforming their backyard into an outdoor paradise. They hired Florida Landscape Living LLC, a company based in Maitland, ...

Florida’s nursery and landscape industry is a powerhouse, steadily fueling economic growth across the state. Though its impact often goes unrecognized, it surrounds us every day in the palm trees ...

Have you thought about making your landscape more Florida-friendly? Are you interested in spending less time maintaining your plants and saving money on pesticides, fertilizer and irrigation? If the ...

You might have heard the term “Florida-Friendly Landscaping™” before, but what does it actually mean? The term refers to a landscape that improves the quality of life for its inhabitants while also ...