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Gardening & Nature

The way we eat has a huge impact on not just our own health but the earth’s health as well. Learn more about the benefits of buying local, eating organic, and gardening at home.

  • The Farm was established in May 2003, when the Project’s first group of student interns cleared dying hemlock trees, poison ivy, shrubs, and weeds from a forgotten corner of Farnam Gardens.....Read More
  • Fritz Haeg knows a thing or two about fecundity. It’s not just that the artist has been impressively prolific in a variety of aesthetic fields over the last few years (though he certainly has).....Read More
Gardening
  • American Horticultural Society.... Read More
  • American Society of Landscape Architects .... Read More
  • Certified landscape professionals .... Read More
  • Bioscaping is defined as “landscaping to improve habitat, conserve water, decrease maintenance and use of fertilizer, pesticides and other chemicals”.... Read More
  • Florida-Friendly Landscaping”.... Read More
  • Florida gardening information”.... Read More
  • Say “No to Cypress Mulch” which is banned in Winter Park”.... Read More
  • Tips about gardening in Central Florida... Read More
  • University of Florida Extension Service (IFAS)... Read More
Gardens:
  • Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables (Miami), FL: ...Read More
Plants:
  • Association of Florida Native Nurseries... Read More

  • Florida Exotic Plant Pest Council (FLEPPC)... Read More

  • The International Palm Society... Read More
  • Orlando Area Historical Rose Society... Read More
  • The International Palm Society... Read More
  • Orlando Area Historical Rose Society... Read More
  • Palm and Cycad Societies of Florida... Read More
  • Pategai On Plants (landscape plants information)... Read More
Parks/Natural Areas:
  • Audubon Center at the Birds of Prey Center, Maitland, FL... Read More

  • Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge... Read More

Learn about the critters that make up our natural world:
  • Guide to the Snakes of Florida... Read More

Get a handle on the invasive plants and animals that surround us:
  • Xerces Society (bees, butterflies and other pollinators)... Read More

  • Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants... Read More

  • Florida Exotic Plant Pest Council (FLEPPC)... Read More

 
 

Contact Us

Troy Attaway
Staff Liaison,
Public Works Director

407.599.3233
tattaway@cityofwinterpark.org

Tim Maslow
KWPB Executive Director/ Sustainability Coordinator

407.599.3364
tmaslow@cityofwinterpark.org