Sarasota Livin'

One of the sessions I attended at the Manasota Regional Neighborhoods Program was ...

Rob Wright of Sarasota County leading a team of speakers discussing what your neighborhood can do to begin to understand it's environment and understand how to make it better using a "NEST" -- Neighborhood Environmental Stewardship Team

We heard stories about Florida Yards and neighborhoods saving millions of gallons of water used for irrigation. I really want to learn where "my" stormwater runoff goes. Amber a New College student told us about the Bay Neighbor Program where they are doing that around the Indian Beach Sapphire Shores Neighborhood.

Some of the programs discussed included:

University of Florida/IFAS Sarasota County Extension

Florida Yards & Neighborhoods

Some other resources include:
Florida Native Plant Society

Florida Wild Flower Council