Many of these examples are award winners in The Villages. There are also single-family houses from other central Florida communities. This is a work in progress.
2023 in The Villages
2023 Jo's Yard
Dwell Magazine
Features Native Landscape in The Villages Read the article.
Flip my Yard You Tube
Resident Examples
Florida Native Plant Society
Landscape Awards scroll down to find these awards in The Villages
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2020 Award of Merit Designer Home, The Villages
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2020 Award of Merit Designer Home, The Villages
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2020 Award of Merit Two side-by-side Designer Homesites
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2018 Award of Honor Carol Spears Wildflower and Butterfly Yard
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2017 Award of Honor Gerry Family, Courtyard Villa
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2016 Award of Excellence Turnipseed Residence - Conversion of a Turfgrass Lawn into a Native Landscape
UF | IFAS Florida Friendly Landscaping
Scroll down until you see Outstanding Residental Landscape. Click the small down arrow to see the pictures. This house also won FNPS Award of Excellence for 2020.
Project Owner: Skilings
Project Designer: Grounded Solutions
Project Contractor: Green Isle Gardens
Award Category: residential
Location: Lady Lake, Lake County
As we planned to move from Broward County to Central Florida, we knew we wanted a sodfree yard with predominantly native plantings. We were familiar with native landscaping, having converted much of our South Florida yard to a sod-free native landscape. Ultimately, we chose to build a home in Lake County on an empty lot within a community governed by an HOA, with the upfront agreement that the developer would forgo installing their standard landscape and work with us according to the instructions we would provide.
The guiding principles for our overall design and plant choices were: Utilize native plants; Be
sod-free; Provide habitat; Attract pollinators; Showcase the beauty of a native landscape within
an HOA community; Minimize maintenance.
Green Isle Gardens Projects
Green Isle Gardens is located in Groveland. This is the closed native plant nursery to The Villages. Many yards in The Villages use Green Isle Garden resources for plants, design, installation and maintenance.
