Natural Florida Landscaping

by Dan Walton, Laurel Schiller

As Florida is developed the native flora is often replaced with non-native plants. Wildlife habitat is reduced; water, fertilizer and pesticide usage increases; and the appearance of Florida is altered. But you can help reduce the damage being done to our ecosystems by viewing your yard as part of the natural system. This book will help you make a plan that will work for your yard and choose the native plants that will thrive there. You will have the joy of creating an aesthetically pleasing, life-supporting, and environmentally sensitive landscape. Methods for a small fruit and vegetable garden are also covered.

Genres: Nature, Gardening

136 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 2007

Reviews

[Steven McKay · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very good introductory book. Well organized and clear. A good starting point for someone just getting started.

[Annie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Anyone who envisions a Florida yard as a manicured lawn with a lone palm tree and a plastic pink flamingo should read this book. Actually everyone in Florida should read this book. With specifics on different varieties of Florida native plants, it presents the challenges and solutions to gardening in Florida with an enthusiastic and progressive spirit.

Written by local experts, this book infuses the philosophy of planting natives with detailed and experienced specifics of those natives. It encourages me to be environmentally sensitive by viewing gardening not only on a smaller and more personal aesthetic level but on a grander scale that impacts all forms of life - I can make a difference with something as simple as my yard - that is empowering.