Come out and join us for a lake bank planting at Lakewood Ranch's Town Hall, 8175 Lakewood Ranch Blvd, Lakewood Ranch. We will be there Saturday, March 27th from 9 am until 12:00pm. Bring your gloves and a shovel to help install a vegetative buffer zone along the shoreline of Lake Uihlein.
This is a grant funded project made possible by the South West Florida Water Management District. Establishing a “maintenance-free zone” of at least 10- feet between your landscaped areas and the waterfront filters pollutants and protects the water from runoff. Lake Uihlei'sn maintenance-free zone will not be mowed, fertilized, or have pesticides applied.
Before
After
What a difference a year makes. Lakewood Ranch was having trouble with turf that was installed next to a trafficked roadway. In the photo on the top you can see how the turf was in poor condition. In the photo above you can see how they extended the landscape beds to eliminate some turf (high volume irrigation area) and replaced the St. Augustine with Zoysia. This is a considerable reduction in water usage. Through out the entire community Lakewood Ranch has converted over 10 acres of turf into landscape beds. Based on recommended irrigation levels this equals a savings of over 7 million gallons.
What a difference a year makes. Lakewood Ranch was having trouble with turf that was installed next to a