Rampart Properties' Clients Have Success with Florida Friendly Landscaping

Due to local soils with the consistency of beach sand and recent hard freezes, some yards in Wellington at Seven Hills, a Rampart Properties managed community, have been replaced five times in the past half-dozen years. It had come to the point where lawns in the community have been replaced so often, the subdivision's grounds manager, Dan Dameron, presented a Florida Friendly Landscaping plan in order to try and stop all the replacements and environmental concerns. Some feared that the landscaping would not be visually appealing. But, now that these lawns have been in a while, something strange and encouraging is happening. Residents are now pleased with Florida Friendly Landscaping. Water bills have dropped, and so has the amount of time people spend working in their yards. It has also begun to meet the approval of even the pickiest of neighborhood recreational landscapers. Of the 729 yards the community maintains, a stunning 382 needed replacing after last winter. Dameron was able to convince only 134 homeowners to accept Florida Friendly Landscaping, which leaves a lot of work and convincing left to be done. But, there's a waiting list for Florida Friendly lawns and more and more people tell him they can't wait to get rid of their current Floratam yards.