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You can have a low-maintenance landscape that saves you time, money, and water. Find landscaping solutions for your yard with Florida Yards & Neighborhoods.
The following program services are available:
- Seminars, workshops, and classes
- Neighborhood "walk and talk" sessions to help you implement the Florida Yards & Neighborhoods principles
- Consultations with builders, devolopers, and contractors to preserve native vegetation and plan efficient landscapes
- Literature on Florida-friendly landscapes
Contact Jessica for more information about the above services. Find your local Florida Yards & Neighborhoods contact.
Florida Yards & Neighborhoods focuses on practical landscaping principles that protect our natural resources:
- Water efficiently
- Current irrigation restrictions: St. Cloud (billed by OUC) , Toho Water Authority, Osceola County.
- Mulch
- Recycle- click here for free instructions on building your own rain barrel.
- Fertilize appropriately- click here to learn the connection between chinch bugs and fertilizing.
- Manage yard pests responsibly- click here to find out how to prevent lawn pests.
- Prevent water pollution- click here to see how a rain garden can help keep our lakes clean.
- Provide for wildlife- click here to learn about Florida Backyard Landscapes for Wildlife certification.
Jessica Sullivan
Extension Faculty
Florida Yards & Neighborhoods
E-mail: jsul@osceola.org Phone: 321-697-3000
Cindy Rutherford
Secretary
Natural Resources/Horticulture E-mail: crut@osceola.org Phone: 321-697-3000




