• The five Florida Water Management Districts have experts and many programs that offer information about Florida friendly sustainable landscape practices, water conservation and resource protection:
South Florida Water Management District
Naples, FL
http://www.sfwmd.gov
Southwest Florida Water Management District
Brooksville, FL
http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us
Northwest Florida Water Management District
Havana, FL
http://www.nwfwmd.state.fl.us/index.html
St. Johns River Water Management District
Palatka, FL
http://sjr.state.fl.us
Suwanee River Water Management District
Live Oak, FL
http://www.srwmd.state.fl.us
• Contact your local Native Plant Society, garden and horticultural clubs, botanical gardens, trade organizations and state and local colleges for landscape and plant material usage and education.
• Consult your IFAS or Cooperative Extension offices, green building coalitions, environmental, governmental and educational entities, and your local chapters of FNGLA that are there to help you with sustainability, environmental and green issues.
• For help in identifying what is a native or invasive species you can contact the Florida Native Plant Society chapter near you.
http://www.fnps.org/ (See link to Florida Native plant Society local chapters).
• Please see the Florida-Friendly Plant Database for a list of native and drought-tolerant plants: http://floridayards.org/fyplants/index.php
• All Florida Counties feature IFAS/Cooperative Extension expert staff that can provide educational information and answers regarding horticultural methods: http://fyn.ifas.ufl.edu/local.htm
• Contact the local chapters of FNGLA (Florida Nursery, Growers, and Landscape Association) who offer many educational programs, tradeshows, and meetings to educate and promote the landscape and agricultural growing industry. http://www.fngla.org/
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