Sarasota Pollinator Garden

Cottage inspired design with colorful native and Florida-friendly plantings for butterflies and birds, this palette of plants features seasonal large pops of color achieved with the help of native vines, grasses and low growing flowers. I returned for a 2nd Phase where I removed some more of the lawn and created a few “islands” of small native trees with simple native and Florida-friendly understory.

- Annie Schiller, Florida Native Plants Nursery Landscape Designer

Featured plants: Muhly Grass, Skyblue Clustervine, Seaside Goldenrod

A garden filled with pink and light blue flowers in front of a house with a gray exterior and shingled roof.

Featured plants: Skyblue Clustervine and Man-in-the-Ground Vine

Two people standing on a sidewalk in front of a house with lush green trees and bushes around them, one person wearing a hat and the other person with a beard and wide-brimmed straw hat.

Featured workers: Annie and Pete. Featured plants: Bahama Strongbark, Simpsons Stopper and Cinnamon Bark Trees. Wild Coffee, Lantana depressa var. depressa, Dwarf Fakahatchee Grasss, Coontie, Starry Rosinweed, Skullcap (non-native). Behind Pete: Necklacepod and Lakeside Twinflower.

A garden with a variety of blooming flowers, including blue, pink, and white flowers, next to a black metal fence, with a house in the background.

Featured plants: Muhly Grass, White Beach Buttercup, Skyblue Clustervine, Man-in-the-Ground Vine

People planting or landscaping in the front yard of a beige house with multiple gable windows and a front porch, surrounded by trees and greenery.

Featured worker: Pete. Installing: Bahama Strongbark, Simpsons Stopper and Cinnamon Bark Trees.

A garden with blue and pink flowers in front of a house with beige siding and two white-framed windows.

Featured plants: Seaside Goldenrod, Skyblue Clustervine, Beach Dune Sunflower