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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Project Paradise," an eye-opening documentary shown at the Society of the Four Arts last week, examined Florida’s most valuable natural resource: water. From the beautiful Crystal River on the Gulf ...

Pickup trucks and wagons filled with florals and foliage exited a parking lot-turned-plant display as hundreds welcomed spring with open arms and green thumbs. The Florida Museum of Natural History ...

“Take your little piece of land and steward it. It will give you a sense of power. Your choices matter. You can make a difference.” With punishing wind, rain and flooding, Hurricanes Debby, Helene and ...

It's not enough, in these days of climate change and population explosion, to just have a garden of pretty shrubs and flowers and leave it at that. Today's gardens are important environmental oases, ...

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 ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - "An invasive species has a very specific definition," said Alyssa Vinson, an urban forestry extension agent with Hillsborough County. "It's one that is not from here, and it is ...

Leafy green with tiny, red fruits, the Brazilian peppertree is a land manager’s enemy. Parts of the plant can be toxic to birds and cause rashes in humans, but that’s not why it raises concern. It’s ...