Design, Landscape & Construction Management

What would you like to do?

• Contact us for more information
• Fill out online forms
• Buy a tree
• Plant a tree
• Prune a tree
• Hire an Arborist
• Learn about trees and storms
• Learn about plants and trees
• Learn about pests and diseases
• Learn about invasive plants and trees
• Find some good reading
• Find tree and plant- related organizations
• Find government- related plant and tree resources
• Design your new landscape
• Care for plants and trees; learn about general gardening
• Learn about tropical fruit
• Start composting at home
• Learn about plants/agriculture in space
• Certify your Plantation home, school or business as a wildlife habitat

Fill Out Online Forms

• 2011 P.L.A.N.T. Awards Application
• Tree Removal Permit Request Form
• Landscape Planning and Review Board Application
• Homeowner Street Tree Trimming Request & Permit

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Buy a Tree

• Buying A Tree – provided by City of Ft. Lauderdale
• Information on Selecting, Planting and Caring for Trees- From the USDA Forestry Service

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Plant a Tree

• Follow theseImportant Steps from ISA when planting new trees.


• How to plant trees - provided by American Forests


• Information on Selecting, Planting and Caring for Trees – sponsored by USDA Forestry
• Tree Planting - A Quick Guide for Homeowners- by A.G.B. Hunsberger, University of Florida Extension.
• Call Before You Dig

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Prune a Tree

• Proper Tree Pruning – Broward County DPEP


• Pruning Trees – Dr. Edward F. Gilman, University of Florida, illustrates major pruning types in this exceptional site.


• Don’t Abuse Trees – City of Ft. Lauderdale


• The Art of Pruning- by Jeff Wasielewski, former Assistant Curator of Tropical Fruit at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.

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Hire an Arborist

• Broward County Licensed Tree Trimmers


• Find a Certified Arborist – a service of the International Society of Arboriculture, the organization that sets the standards!


• Finding An Arborist – American Society of Consulting Arborists

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Learn About Trees and Storms

• Hurricane- Proof Your Landscape Now
• Preparing Trees to Survive Storms
• Lawn and Garden Weather Forecast

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Learn About Plants and Trees

• Desert Tropicals – an excellent resource on tropical plants


• Florida Plants


• Did you know? – Benefits of Trees Fact Sheet


• Residential Horticulture – provided by the Broward County Extension Education Division


• Fruitscapes – Everything you need to know about growing fruit trees in your yard


• Palms for South Florida - An Online Slide Show


• Dave’s Garden - a great plants database


• Florida Forest Trees and Plants - University of Florida IFAS


• Florida Native Plant Society: learn about Native plants and native landscaping

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Pests and Diseases

• Citizen’s Guide To Pest Control from the Broward County DPEP
• Insect Management on Landscape Plants
• Lethal Yellowing of Palm Trees in Florida
• Tropical Plant Pests and Diseases
• University of Florida Pest Alert
• The Smart Way to Avoid Landscape Pests and Other Problems
• What's Bugging Me? – A Guide for Landscape Pest Control for Homeowners
• Home Owner's Guide to Integrated Plant Disease Management
• Featured Creatures

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Invasive Plants and Trees

• Invasive 101


• Invasive Exotic Plants, by the Florida Native Plant Society


• 2005 Invasive Plant List

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Good Reading

• The Simple Act of Planting a Tree – TreeLink
• The Lorax – By Dr. Seuss
• The Giving Tree – By Shel Silverstein
• Tree – by Harry Behn
• Great Books to Order – from Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

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Find Tree and Plant-related Organizations

• Betrock’s Hortworld


• Citrus Canker Update


• Society Of American Foresters


• The National Arbor Day Foundation


• Tree Care Industry Association


• American Forests


• International Society of Arboriculture


• Fairchild Tropical Gardens


• National Tree Trust


• Treelink Community Forestry Resource


• Florida Chapter International Society of Arboriculture

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Find Government-related Plant and Tree Resources

• Local & City Resources – Environmental Initiatives
• County Resources – Broward Urban Forest Initiative
• Broward County Residential Horticulture – Includes a checklist on what to plant and what is blooming each month
• State Resources – Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
• Division of Forestry


• Florida Urban Forestry Council
• Federal Resources – US Environmental Protection Agency

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Design Your New Landscape

• Xeriscape Seven Steps – City of Ft. Lauderdale


• A short course in residential landscape design


• Selecting a Turfgrass for Florida Lawns - University of Florida IFAS Extension


• NatureScape Broward

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Care For Plants and Trees; General Gardening

• City of Plantation Residential Landscape Manual- coming soon!!!


• Proper Tree Care – Broward County DPEP
• The Florida Gardener
• Information on Selecting, Planting and Caring for Trees – provided by the USDA Forestry Service

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Learn about tropical fruit

• Fruit crops in the Landscape, Dr. Jonathan Crane: excellent alternatives to citrus!
• Tropical Fruit Photography, Ian Maguire: beautiful Pphotography of tropical fruit!


• Photofruit: The largest fruit image bank on the net
• Tropical Fruit Growers of South Florida: includes some great recipies

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Start composting at home

• Florida’s Online Composting Center
• Compost Guide
• Earth 911, Organics && Composting, Recycling

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Learn about plants in space

• NASA’s Space Biology Research Program
• Space Agriculture in the Classroom
• NASA Advanced Life Support
• NASA Office of Biological & Physical Research

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