It's not about a place -- it's about an idea.
It is about the task of perfecting the everyday experience of our own habitat.
While this idea applies equally to inhabitants and their lands everywhere, it
will be explored in the pages of this web site in the confines of one local
region, the barrier islands along the southwest Gulf coast of Florida.
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• A WORD FROM THE WEBMASTER •
NEW! • A GALLERY OF MY 100% NATIVE ISLAND STYLE LANDSCAPE DESIGNS • NEW!
• PINE AVENUE MERCHANTS COMMUNITY GARDENS ~ FLORIDA SUMMER TOLERANT VEGETABLES •
• SLIDE SHOW: A STREETWATER RUNOFF PERCOLATION POND BECOMES A NATIVE BAYSHORE PARK •
• SLIDE SHOW: BARRIER ISLAND PLANTS AND NATIVE LANDSCAPES •
• SPEECH TO THE 2009 FLORIDA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY STATE CONFERENCE & 140 SLIDES •
• 250 SAND : REPLACING TURF GRASS LAWNS AND HARDSCAPE IN NATIVE LANDSCAPING •
• REPLACING AUSTRALIAN PINES WITH NATIVE TREES •
• RECOVERY OF NATIVE PLANTS AFTER BEING UNDER TENTING FOR TERMITES •
• PLANTS NATIVE TO ADJACENT MAINLAND COUNTIES ARE ON THIS PINE FLATWOODS LIST •
| • IDEA • | • PLANTS • | • GALLERY • |
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Here is an account of my personal transformation from decoration of the landscape with exotics to restoration of the natural identity of places with plants native not just to Florida but to the site itself. |
Lists of the plants native to the islands and the adjacent mainland, arranged in sets by the zones which are their natural locations, with links to photos of each to help you in identifying them.
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Photos of my transformation of ordinary island properties into what Mother Nature could have put here if no one had ever come and if when we did come we just slipped our homes into the clearings. |
| • MODELS • | • BOOKS • | • ACTION • |
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Aerial and on site photos of public grounds and private buildings where most or all exotic vegetation has been replaced with plant species specifically native to these local barrier islands.
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Listed here are the best books available about native plants of Florida, both the amply illustrated paperbacks and the hardcover scientific kind. Pricing and Amazon links are also included. |
So you like the IDEA and are eager to contribute. But you can't weed with that back and those knees. And being the poorest millionaire on the island, what on earth can you do? Read this list!
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| • LINKS • | • SOURCES • | • LAWS • |
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Connections to the world of information on native island flora. Retail native nursery sites, a wholesale native nursery finder, USF's Plant Atlas, various Organizations, and the site of Florida's DEP. |
Everything you will need to recreate an island's nature. Trees and plants, irrigation systems, surfacing mixtures of sand and shell, and/or a designer for your landscape, island home or interior.
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What are riparian rights? What and where is the CCCL line? What landscaping needs a DEP ok outside that line? How may I trim my mangroves? Why is a beach front seagrape regulated? |
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