Career Switchers
In-Person Mentoring Opportunity
Talk to native plant industry professionals that can help you get started in your business or career In-person mentorship is available from 10:30am until 1:00pm on Wednesday and Thursday, October 30-31, 2024, at the Native Plant Horticulture Foundation table at the Central Florida Native Plant Seminar hosted by Florida Association of Native Nurseries (FANN) at…
Read MoreGO NATIVE: JANE THOMPSON, NATIVE PLANT GROWER
Podcast interview with Jane Thompson, owner of Indian Trails Native Nursery in Lake Worth, Florida. ABOUT THIS EPISODE Jane Thompson is the owner and operator of Indian Trails Native Nursery, a one-stop shop for Florida native plants in Lake Worth, the western end of Palm Beach County in South Florida. Jane supplies wholesale plants to…
Read MoreGo Native: Jerry Fritz, Native Tree Grower
Jerry Fritz, retired tree farmer, talks about how he got into the native plant industry.
Read MoreGo Native: Carl Bates Indigenous Plants
This is an interview with a Florida wholesale grower and broker for native plants.
Read MoreGo Native: the Business of Native Plants
a new podcast for those curious about starting a career or business with native plants with host Mitzy Sosa About our podcast Go Native is the first podcast to focus exclusively on what it takes to make it in the native plant industry, what is involved in running a native plant business and the many…
Read MoreBringing native plants to an urban downtown
Women-owned native plant nursery starts up on a former used car lot in Central Florida Auto sale and repair shops dominate the East Main Street district in downtown Lakeland, Florida. But a different type of business has transformed one former car lot into an urban green oasis. Visitors stop after spotting the large monarch butterfly…
Read MoreThe PA in the Park
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” – Mary Oliver, award-winning American poet Well, you might consider a native plant landscaping career. Work outside and save the world. Without more professionals who know how to use and maintain native plants in the landscape, we can’t achieve…
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