Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ in a Minute
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Episode #171 | Original Air Date: October 26, 2020

 Related Resources

• FFL Handbook for Home Landscapes - Principle 8: Reduce Stormwater Runoff
• Gardening Solutions: Stormwater Runoff

Transcript

Rainwater can run off your landscape onto asphalt and other hard surfaces where it can’t penetrate into the ground. But in Florida-Friendly yards, rainwater soaks into the ground and stays on site, helping protect Florida’s waterways.

Reduce the amount of rainfall that leaves your landscape by using porous materials like gravel, mulch and permeable pavers for your sidewalks and driveways. Densely growing turfgrasses and groundcovers help capture rainwater, filter pollutants, and reduce erosion. You can also keep water on site by directing downspouts into landscape beds, planting rain gardens, and using rain barrels, and cisterns.

Keep rainwater in your landscape and help protect our fragile environment.

Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ in a Minute is a production of the University of Florida’s Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Program, IFAS Extension, and WUFT-FM in cooperation with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ in a Minute is a production of the University of Florida’s Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Program, IFAS Extension, and WUFT-FM in cooperation with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.