Florida Yards & Neighborhoods (FYN) Program
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Introduction / How to Use this Wiki
Welcome FYN Program Participants!
This is a place to communicate, share ideas and success stories, and collaborate on ways to enhance our program.
- Learn about the National eXtension Initiative
- To get started, go to Extension People to set up an eXtension ID.
- Look for answers and help respond to eXtension FAQs covering a wide variety of topics.
- If you need help learning about the use of this Wiki environment, go to Working in MediaWiki - an Article Start to Finish and consider participation in this 6-week online course.
- Learn about the eXtension Communities of Practice (COPs) This site is where members of eXtension's Communities of Practice come to collaboratively generate educational products to serve their designated Communities of Interest.
- Create and share your content, ideas and program tips with other FYN coordinators. Here is an example of an article I created during the MediaWiki online course Landscaping to Attract Backyard Wildlife
How do I get started?
If you’re familiar with wikis and already have an eXtension ID, simply login and create a new page or edit an existing one.
If you’re new to wikis, check out the following helpful resources:
- Best practices for naming pages
- Basic Wiki Editing
- Using Collaborate (a 30-minute presentation on how to collaborate using a wiki)
- Working in MediaWiki - an Article Start to Finish (includes lessons on basic markup, creating links, adding images, etc.)
- Wikipedia Editing Overview with examples
- Quick Guide: single page chart of MediaWiki tags
- All Wikipedia Help topics
You are welcome to contact me with your questions. I would be glad to help you out. Leave a message with me on my User page at Kurtrowe or send me an email at: ksrsrq@ufl.edu
Florida Yards & Neighborhoods Contact Info
State FYN Contacts
Esen Momol, Ph.D. Florida Yards & Neighborhoods State Coordinator, University of Florida, Environmental Horticulture Dept.
PO Box 110675, 114 Mehrhof Hall Gainesville, FL 32611-0675
Phone: 352-392-1831 ext. 330 Fax: 352-392-1413
Kathy Malone Senior Information Specialist, University of Florida Department of Environmental Horticulture FYN Program
Phone: 352-392-1831 Ext. 220 email: dbaruch@ufl.edu
County FYN Websites
Alachua Bay Brevard Broward Charlotte Citrus Collier Duval Escambia Franklin Glades, Highlands & Okeechobee Hernando Hillsborough Indian River Lake Lee Leon Manatee Marion Martin Miami-Dade Monroe Okaloosa Orange Osceola Palm Beach Pasco Pinellas Polk Putnam Sarasota Seminole St. Johns St. Lucie Volusia Walton
Florida Yards & Neighborhoods Partner Contacts
- University of Florida
- Institute for Food And Agricultural Sciences
- Cooperative Extension Service
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- National Estuary Program
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- Florida Wildlife Extension (UF Dept. of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation)
For more on Florida-friendly landscaping, see the FloridaYards.org Website. FloridaYards.org is a project of the Florida Springs Initiative of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and is presented by the following agencies and organizations:
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection -FDEP
- University of Florida IFAS
- Florida Yards & Neighborhoods
- SouthWest Florida Water Management District - SWFWMD
- Fusionsparkmedia
Other Program Parters
FYN Builder & Developer Program Resources
Ondine Wells Statewide Builder and Developer Coordinator, Florida Yards and Neighborhoods University of Florida
112 Mehrhof Hall P.O. Box 110675 Gainesville, FL 32611-0675
Phone: 352-392-1831 ext. 243 fax (352) 392-1413
Email: owells@ufl.edu
This document is educational in nature and not meant to be adopted without full and public discussion of its provisions. It has been developed by a partnership of industries, agencies, local and regional representatives, and other organizations to provide a sound model for the implementation of local control of water use and nonpoint source pollution issues.
FYN Residential Program Resources
Brian Andrew Niemann Statewide Homeowner Coordinator, Florida Yards and Neighborhoods University of Florida
112 Mehrhof Hall P.O. Box 110675 Gainesville, FL 32611-0675
Phone: 352-392-1831 ext. 267
Email: bniemann81@ufl.edu
County FYN Contacts
- Alachua - Wendy L. Wilber, Environmental Horticulture Extension Agent, WLWilber@ifas.ufl.edu
- Duval - Evelyn Pankok, Extension Services Program Assistant, epankok@coj.net
- Manatee - Kurt S. Rowe, FYN Program Coordinator, ksrsrq@ufl.edu
- Polk - Anne Yasalonis, FYN Program Coordinator, aeyasalonis@ifas.ufl.edu
- Sarasota - Annemarie Post, Extension Agent Environmental Horticulture, apost@scgov.net
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Documents and Forms
- Add links and descriptions of program related documents and forms here!
Success Stories
Share what is working well in your County. Add a link and description of your success here!
Tampa Bay Estuary Program (TBEP) awarded a Bay mini-grant to Manatee County Friends of Extension (Florida Yards & Neighborhoods) to help fund a garden project called “Cultivating Kids” on Anna Maria Island at Anna Maria Elementary School (AMES). AMES is situated on a nine acre campus with 300’ of frontage on Tampa Bay. Partners include: Florida Yards & Neighborhoods, 1890 Agricultural Assistant and Master Gardeners from Manatee County Extension; Anna Maria Elementary School students, staff and PTO; Anna Maria Art League, Anna Maria Garden Club, and Rotary Club
This Manatee County FYN program offers free one-on-one 90 minute consultations to homeowners. Our Yard Advisors assist homeowners with planning their Florida-Friendly yard.
Grant Opportunities
Check out grants offered through the county, state and federal government.
