Sticking up for life
and growing a better world
“All the world’s problems can be solved in a garden” – Geoff Lawton
Spurred Butterfly Pea: Native Florida host plant
Spurred Butterfly Pea (centrosema virginianum) is a Florida native vining perennial. These fragile fines can grow up to 6 feet long or more at a
Gandules trees: edible beans on a tree
Gandules are a huge part of the success of our zone 9b food forest. We grow these fast-growing, beneficial trees ALL OVER the property. We
Candlestick Cassia: pollinator and nitrogen fixer
Candlestick cassia is a popular permaculture plant in our zone 9 food forest. They are great, fast-growing, nitrogen-fixing chop-and-drop plants that are buzzing with pollinators
support local - Brevard county
Growing a garden can have a positive impact on our fragile ecosystem and the environmental problems we are facing here in Brevard County Florida (zone 9b).
Our food forest: zone 9b, Florida
Since 2014, we have been turning our 2.6 acre property in zone 9b, into a food forest- filling our landscape with edible and beneficial plants
Native Florida plants and why to plant them
Native plants are easy to grow, and very much needed to support our local species of wildlife. Why Native Florida Plants? Native plants have adapted
Norman’s natives
Norman’s Natives growing natives in Florida, zone 9b Why Plant Native Florida Plants? Native plants are easy to grow, and are very much needed to
Great gardeners explore their yard frequently to see what’s going on out there. You can learn so much by simply observing the leaves, soil, insects.
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