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Florida Friendly Landscape Demonstration Garden

Nancy Richie in Coastal Breeze News: “Landscaping the Florida-Friendly way means using low maintenance plants and environmentally sustainable practices that also can save money. South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) and the University of … Continue reading

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Naples Botanical Garden featured in Landscape Architecture

The Naples Botanical Garden was recently featured on the cover of Landscape Architecture Magazine.  While the full article is not available online, you can read an excerpt here. The Naples Botanical Garden website is here.

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Rain Garden at St. John’s

An example rain garden was recently installed at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Naples, with help from the Naples High School Track Team. See a photo gallery from the Naples Daily News here.

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Board Meeting May 20, 2010

The next meeting of the Collier Soil & Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors will be held at 8:30 AM on May 20, 2010 at: 14700 Immokalee Road Naples, Florida 34109 Agenda (PDF, 17 KB)  Minutes (PDF, 24 KB)

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Help Protect Our Water Quality

From the Conservancy of Southwest Florida: “The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is developing changes to our water quality regulation that will create a new lower classification for the “uses” of Florida waters.  This proposal threatens to significantly reduce water-quality … Continue reading

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