Lee County Extension
Florida Yards and Neighborhoods
2009 Conference
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• Third Annual "Florida Yards and Neighborhoods" Conference, February 28, 2009, at Edison State College from 8:00AM to 4:00PM
  Handouts/ - Evaluating Green Communities: 
   Topics            Top Eleven Questions to Ask (pdf)
                          by Dr. Mark Hostetler, Department
                          of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation,
                          University of Florida
  
                        Living Shorelines (pdf) --
                          by Debbie L. DeVore, South Florida
                          Coastal Program Coordinator,
                          US Fish & Wildlife Service
  
                        Park the Mower and Start Greening
                          Your Community (pdf) --
                          by Dr. Mark Hostetler, Department
                          of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation,
                          University of Florida

                                At the Waters Edge - Plants that Love
                                  Water - 1 (pdf) --
                                  by  Roy Beckford - Lee County IFAS
                                  Agriculture/Natural Resources Agent

                                At the Waters Edge - Plants that Love
                                  Water - 2 (pdf) --
                                  by Ernesto Lasso de la Vega - Lee
                                  County Hyacinth Control District

                                Creative Pathways and Florida-Friendly
                                  Alternatives to Turgrass (pdf) --
                                  by Jenny Evans, Sanibel-Captiva
                                  Conservation Foundation, Native Plant
                                  Nursery Manager

                                Conserve Water, Have Happier Plants-
                                  Rain Barrels for your Home Landscape
                                  (pdf) -- by Warren & Joan Bush

                                Funtastic Container Gardening (pdf) --
                                  by Debbie Hughes, Ford and Edison
                                  Estates Horticulturist

                                Got a Wet Spot? Planning a Rain
                                  Garden or Stone Flowway (pdf) --
                                  by Tom Becker, Lee County IFAS
                                  FYN Agent

                                How to Color your Landscape (pdf) --
                                  by Sonya Smith, Lee County
                                  Master Gardener

                                Native Landscape Challenges (pdf) --
                                  by Elizabeth DeGrauwe, Florida
                                  Native Plants Society -
                                  Coccoloba Chapter

                                Native Plants for Water Garden (pdf) --
                                  by John Sibley, All Native Garden
                                  Center, Nursery & Landscapes

                                Visual Tour of Florida Friendly
                                  Landscape - 1 (pdf) --
                                  by Pat & Hope Rooney, Lee
                                  County Master Gardeners

                                Visual Tour of Florida Friendly
                                  Landscape - 2 (pdf) --
                                  by Marty Kendall, Lee County
                                  Master Gardeners