Landscape & Forestry
Educational Articles regarding Urban Forestry:
Click here For Article from Washington Post- "The Greening of America"
Florida Yard Brochure for Residents CLICK HERE
Florida Yard Brochure for Commercial CLICK HERE
Legacy Bench & Tree Program Site
"Plant
a Tree in someone's memory"
Free Compost and Mulch
Composting is a great way to reuse yard waste and reduce household
waste, while creating a natural fertilizer for your garden.
We want your
garden to thrive and to require less water in the process.
The county is offering free compost and mulch to residents
at five county park locations. Compost is a valuable soil
amendment while mulch protects root systems, thus requiring
less watering. The "garden gold" is processed from
yard waste picked up in the curbside collection program.Available
to residential users only, the compost and mulch is obtainable
during regular park hours at designated co post bunkers within
the parks. Bring your own containers, shovel, and if needed,
a tarp to cover your load to prevent littering. Please take
only what you need and do not bring yard waste to this site
for disposal.
Park locations are:
Butler
Park - 6205 West Price Boulevard, North Port (941) 316-1172
Laurel park - 509 Collins Road, Laurel (941) 486-2753
Longwood Park - 6050 Longwood Blvd, Sarasota (941) 316-1383
Nokomis Community Park - 234 Nippino Trail, Nokomis (941)
486-2595
Shamrock Park - 3900 West Shamrock Drive, Venice (941) 486-2706
Free compost and mulch is also available at the Bee Ridge
Landfill and the Central County Landfill (941) 861-5000
Bulk Sales at Central County Landfill, contact Veolia Environmental
(941) 486-0085
Should you have any questions about the composting or if you
need to reach the UF/IFAS Sarasota County Extension, please
contact the Horticulture
Help Desk
Phone: (941) 861-9807, FAX (941) 861-9886
Charlotte County sells Earth Machine Composter Units at their Environmental Services office, 25550 Harbor View Road, Unit 1, Port Charlotte, Florida 33980 (just off I75 at Exit 167. They are open for sales Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm. The price is $25.00.
For more information about Charlotte County composters:
(941)
764-4360
email: swr@charlottecountyfl.com
Web Resource Links
http://www.treesaregood.org/
http://www.arborday.org/learn/
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/
http://www.fufc.org/
http://www.sustainablesites.org/why/
http://www.fleppc.org/list/list.htm
http://orb.at.ufl.edu/FloridaTrees/index.html
http://sarasota.ifas.ufl.edu/
http://floridayards.org/fyplants/index.php
For More Information on the City of Sarasota's Environmental Management
Please contact: Alison Albee at 941-365-2200 x. 6317
