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MEETING THE SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGE: NATIVE The Native Plant Horticulture Foundation helps young people immerse Top left, from left: Students and their major focus: themselves in the native plant movement by involving them in special events and Wayne Baker, horticulture, Shannon Collins, botany, programs, providing professional and informal education opportunities, connecting Ivy Henderson, landscape architecture, Gabe Campbell, them with valuable professional contacts and inspiring them to see native environmental horticulture, Zach Zeller, sustainability. plants, and the business of native plants, in new ways. We’re looking to this next generation to bring innovation and future leadership to the native plant industry. The foundation sponsored the first all native episode of the fantastic new TV series, Flip My Florida Yard, produced and directed by Emmy award-winning and always entertaining Real Florida advocate Chad Crawford. This new TV show promotes water conservation through better plant choices and landscape design. FLIP MY FLORIDA YARD NATIVE PLANTS, THE NEW NORM. YOU CAN MAKE 48


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