Sustainable Landscapes in Everyday Life
How often do you experience a sustainably designed, environmentally forward landscape in your daily routine? Join our presenters as they share their expertise on sustainable, native Florida landscapes. They will share opportunities and constraints in utilizing native plantings along with three key initiatives being developed by the City of Groveland.
- Gain a better understanding of native planting approaches and plant material (successes and challenges).
- Learn about Groveland's initiative to become a leading example in the development of sustainable landscapes.
- See examples and understand lessons learned as part of two case studies being implemented in Groveland.
Includes: .1 CEUs
Additional Course Information:
Speaker: Andrew Landis is the Conservation & Strategic Initiatives Division Manager at the City of Groveland, Florida and an Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies at Rollins College in Winter Park. The Conservation Division works across city departments to foster sustainable native landscapes in Groveland, known as the City with Natural Charm. Downtown blocks have been revitalized and showcase native trees and plants. A wildflower rain garden has been installed at historic Lake David Park to help filter stormwater. Working with partners Dix.Hite, Cherrylake, Green Isle Gardens, Life Soils, and the Florida Wildflower Foundation, the city is pursuing native landscapes along state roadways. A complete rewrite of Groveland’s landscape code prioritizes tree preservation, water conservation, reduced sod coverage, native plants, and soil amendments.
Stacey Matrazzo joined the Florida Wildflower Foundation in 2015 as its program manager. Before that, she worked for the Foundation for several years as a contractor. She is the co-author of Native Plants for Florida Gardens, which she wrote with botanist/restoration ecologist Nancy Bissett.
Stacey is an environmental educator with a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies and a master’s degree in liberal studies from Rollins College, where she is also an adjunct professor. A native Floridian and certified Florida Master Naturalist, she spends much of her free time kayaking, hiking, birding and photographing Florida’s amazing natural environments.
A registered landscape architect in the State of Florida, Kody Smith serves as CEO of Dix.Hite + Partners and has lived and practiced in Central Florida since 2008. Kody’s intense respect and passion for the environment and culture of the places he designs is recognized by his teammates, colleagues, and clients, informing his approach and promising excellence in his finished work. His focus on parks, large-scale master-planning projects, and urban design stems from this passion for people, culture, and the power of shared environments. Kody works to transform the perspectives surrounding Florida’s landscapes by demonstrating all that its natural ecologies have to offer. His knack for transforming an existing space into something new, special, and usable shines through with each passing project.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the KRPA office at 785-235-6533 or jamie@krpa.org.
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Policy Overview: Commercial vendors may not register or participate as general workshop attendees unless they are sponsoring the specific event in question. This policy ensures that the presence of commercial entities at KRPA events is aligned with their purpose of networking and building relationships within a professional context, while respecting the intent of these events as learning opportunities for non-commercial attendees.
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