Florida Yards and Neighborhoods can help you transform your yard into a beautiful oasis that will not only conserve precious water resources and reduce pollution, but will also help you save time, effort and money.

The program was developed to address serious problems of pollution and disappearing habitats by enlisting homeowners in the battle to save our natural environment. This program provides specialized educational and out-reach activities for our community to help residents reduce pollution and enhance their environment by improving home and landscape management.

For information about this program, visit

• Florida Yards and Neighborhoods Web site
• Contact Evelyn Pankok, Extension Services Program Assistant
• Check out the new and improved web site at http://www.floridayards.org/ for help with your landscape.  Choose from Florida-Friendly Landscaping 101, Interactive Yard, Florida-Friendly Plant Database or Professional's Corner.    

We are launching a new component that is called Florida-Friendly Yard Recognition.  If you live in Duval County and are interested in applying for yard recognition, please click here to   download  the Florida-Friendly Yard inspection form.