Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Incentive Program (FLIP) Workshop

3-Part Series 9:00am - 11:45am

Saturdays: March 21st, April 25th, and May 30th

Location: UF/IFAS Extension, Hillsborough County, 5339 County Road 579,
Seffner, FL 33584-3334

Register for the first in a series of 3 workshops for the new Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Incentives Program (FLIP) brought to you in partnership with Hillsborough County and the City of Tampa. Workshop 2 will be held Saturday April 25, and workshop 3 will be held Saturday May 30. Please plan to attend all 3 workshops.

Who should register? Hillsborough County and City of Tampa utility customers irrigating lawn with drinking water who want to reduce outdoor irrigation by converting a portion of irrigated lawn to a water-wise landscape. Expand your existing landscape, incorporate native plants for butterflies, and improve the resilience of your landscape. The workshop series also prepares county and city utility customers who would like to apply for a FLIP rebate after successfully completing the workshop series and installing their approved Florida-Friendly landscape design.

What will you learn? Workshop 1 teaches microirrigation and helps customers identify an area of lawn to convert to a water-wise landscape or garden. Workshop 2 teaches landscape design basics and reviews garden themes. Workshop 3 teaches plant selection and soil preparation.

Participants attend 3 FLIP workshops based on the 9 principles of FFL with the goal of installing their Extension-guided landscape design in place of an irrigated lawn area up to 500 square feet. FLIP application and landscape evaluation will be provided with the workshop to determine eligibility for a rebate.

Cost = $10.00 per household

If you have any questions, please contact the UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County at (813) 744-5519.

***The University of Florida is committed to providing universal access to all of our events. For disability accommodations such as sign language interpreters and listening devices, please contact: Lynn Barber, [email protected], 813-744-5519 Ext. 54105, at least 1 week in advance. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.

Sponsored by UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County, Hillsborough County Public Utilities, University of Florida/IFAS, Tampa Bay Water and the City of Tampa Water Department.

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