Central Floridians have an opportunity this weekend to go home with new plants for their landscaping needs while helping the Sunshine State’s natural environment. A Florida native plants sale offers ...

It’s gardening season in South Florida, and the message from gardening experts is clear: Make sure to cultivate native plants that grow harmoniously with fellow shrubs, trees and flowers — and steer ...

Why should we plant native plants? I’ve talked to people who think Florida is tropical with no variation in plants year-round; that they are green and blooming all year. Florida is semi-tropical with ...

Julie Becker digs a plant on a hill overlooking a Duke Energy substation and Mattamy Homes subdivision. CLERMONT — On quiet fall mornings, when most of Central Florida buzzes along I-4 and State Road ...

Now that temperatures are dipping ever so slightly, gardeners are getting ready to get their hands dirty for a new season of freshly planted fall foliage. If you’re new to South Florida or new to ...

Mitigation banks can’t exactly replicate pre-development ecosystems, even when they achieve state-mandated native plant goals. (Rose Schnabel/WUFT News) Growing native plants and eradicating invasive ...

Just like the perfect partner in a relationship, native plants are amenable, drama-free, hard-working and good-looking. No wonder it’s so easy to fall in love with them. Native plants will win yet ...

Volunteers from the Florida Native Plant Society conduct yearly surveys to monitor the status of a native plant holdout in a region confronting rapid development. (Courtesy of Valerie Anderson) Their ...

Rebecca Heidenreich and Jamie Snider represent a new generation of gardeners eager to go native with their plants. The two young mothers will open their native plant gardens to the visitors of the ...