Proper preparation for native plant installations is critical for success. Large areas of turf can be an intimidating prospect, and weeds can pose problematic competition. This guide is intended to help homeowners preparing small sites (less than 2500 square feet).
The goal of these surveys is to document routes that motorists, cyclists and hikers can view showy stands of native wildflowers. Surveys of Corkscrew Swamp vicinity are part of an ongoing effort to expand the number of routes for viewing Florida native wildflowers. This report represents the cumulative results of our site evaluations based on…
Developing Best Management Practices for Establishment of Plantings by Seed and Enhancement of Naturally-Occurring Population This report is one of several guiding documents for the Florida Wildflower Program, including its purposes and procedures.
Guide to common wildflowers of Florida’s Eastern Panhandle and where to see them
Guide to common wildflowers of Florida’s Eastern Panhandle and where to see them
Flyer explaining the grant and how to donate to support it.
Viva Florida Landscape Demonstration Garden Grant Program The application period for the 2026-27 Viva Florida Landscape Demonstration Garden grant cycle is open from Jan. 1 to Mar. 15, 2026. To apply, all applicants must first complete the pre-application survey, which is open until Feb. 28, 2026. The pre-application survey determines your organization’s and project’s eligibility…
Our First 25 Years Florida’s first Coreopsis State Wildflower specialty license plate, WFL 001, was pre-purchased by Gary Henry of Tallahassee in May 2000. Other prominent native wildflower enthusiasts, including Elizabeth Pate, Marion Hilliard, Carolyn Schaag, Laura Mock, Anne MacKay, Frank Walper, Willson McBurney and Jeff Norcini, followed Gary’s lead and pre-purchased their own WFL…
As we consider our resolutions for the new year, there are so many ways we can protect and preserve natural Florida through our own landscape and gardening practices.
Bee City USA® City of Gainesville Bee City garden planting at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Join us at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on Saturday, December 14 at 9am to help install a Bee City native pollinator garden! Additional details and registration here. Check out our previous planting days at Grow Hub and ACT’s Bubbe’s Secret Garden.
Our Summer Bloom Report from Jeff Norcini, PhD will have you seeing red in the most beautiful way! Vibrant red native wildflowers brighten the landscape, and those with tubular flowers will attract hummingbirds (and butterflies, too).
Meet Taryn Evans of Weirsdale, Florida. Taryn is an enthusiastic member of the Florida Wildflower Foundation. She has shared her expertise on pollinators at previous Florida Wildflower Foundation symposia and with the Florida Native Plant Society’s Marion Big Scrub Chapter.
