About

The Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ (FFL) Program is a statewide initiative to protect Florida's water resources and natural habitat through the adoption of nine landscape management principles. Adopted into state law (F.S. Ch. 373.185), the FFL Program serves homeowners and industry professionals.

Florida-Friendly Landscapes protect Florida's unique natural resources by conserving water, reducing waste and pollution, creating wildlife habitat, and preventing erosion. Any landscape can be Florida-Friendly if it is designed and cared for according to the nine FFL principles, which encourage individual expression of landscape beauty.

The Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ (FFL) Program operates under the Center for Landscape Use Efficiency (CLUE), headed by Director Michael Dukes, Ph.D., and is part of University of Florida's Environmental Horticulture Department. CLUE faculty and affiliated faculty provide science-based landscape information on numerous disciplines to FFL programs statewide. The FFL program is headed by Esen Momol, Ph.D., and is comprised of four program areas:

1. The Florida Yards and Neighborhoods (FYN) Homeowner program

2. FFL for Community Associations

3. The FYN Builder & Developer program

4. The Green Industry Best Management Practices (GI-BMP) program