Your FIRST Native Garden: How to plant a Native Garden for Beginners

[@sowinthecity]

Yess!! It’s sooo important to grow native plants! - Taryn

[@WildFloridian]

Yes Taryn! 🙌

[@oreopaksun2512]

Loved sitting in on such a smart conversation between two wonderful, yet very different, Florida gardeners! This was so informative, and whether you are going native or not, this is chock full of good ideas to consider in planning a garden, or doing a refresh. Congratulations, Jacqueline, on adding Native planting consulting to your offerings, and this video is a great example of how good you are at this! Love seeing what you see or look for when assessing Petrina's yard, and even incorporating her camera-shy husband's preferences. Petrina's clear statements of her objectives, intelligent questions about the possibilities, taking in new information, and flexing or reevaluating her options was a lesson in how to enjoy, learn, and get the most out of a consult. (I bet it will reduce the intimidation factor of an "Official Wild Floridian" consultation for some fans) Thank you, ladies!

[@WildFloridian]

🥰 This comment just made me feel so good 🥰

[@lindapedersen-hylka7170]

How exciting, my two favorite ladies together again. Seriously, thanks to you two I am now a successful Florida gardener. Just this year I transformed my small front garden into a native garden. Things are still sprouting but I can see what they will become. Love the idea about putting the flowers in near the vegetable garden for pollinating. That will be my next project. Thanks again for all your tips & tricks. Always so much information. Love you both.

[@HomegrownFloridaZ9a]

Jacqueline is such a wealth of information! I’m now in love with natives

[@lindapedersen-hylka7170]

@@HomegrownFloridaZ9a I agree. I started watching both of you to learn to grow vegetables, which I'm doing great with now. After hearing her go on about natives I decided to look into it & now have one started in my front yard. Thanks to you both.

[@HomegrownFloridaZ9a]

Yay! 🎉

[@WildFloridian]

Aww 🥰 Linda! I’m so excited that you are starting the journey into native plants!!!

[@lindapedersen-hylka7170]

@@WildFloridian That's thanks to you. I'm just absorbing all the info you ladies are putting out. It's awesome.

[@samlc69]

My two favorite gardeners, always happy to see new videos!! Always learning something new from you both! 💚🌱

[@HomegrownFloridaZ9a]

Thank you Jacqueline! I love all the amazing ideas you gave me for my garden. The butterfly 🦋 and bees 🐝 are so happy now!

[@WildFloridian]

You are SO welcome Petrina! As always, I love hanging out with you. Helping with your garden layout was super fun! Can't wait for our next chat. 😄

[@marilyna597]

Perfect timing!! I am going out today to get some natives to plant some pollinator pots. Got some added inspiration from Florida Native Plant Society & Florida Wildflower Society videos. With the timing of this video, I think it's a sign. Thanks for the videos, which always serve as inspiration.

[@WildFloridian]

Yay Marilyn is getting native plants! 💃

[@mistycarter9809]

Perfect conversation from my 2 favorite FL women 😊. I'm so excited at the butterflies in my garden now. Got a nice pic yesterday. Thank you. Please keep it up!

[@WildFloridian]

Yay!!! I’m so glad you are getting butterflies!!!

[@MissGabriela829]

So happy you are doing the consultations! I had wanted to reach out a while back but felt awkward doing so.

[@HomegrownFloridaZ9a]

She is the best! I never could have done this on my own

[@WildFloridian]

I can totally understand. All the ones I have done have been because people reached out to me privately and requested it. I was worried I would not have time to do all the requests if I let it be widely known. But I have a system now, so I figured the more the merrier 🥰 Everyone who has done one has loved it. So when your ready, I’m sure you’ll like it.

[@WildFloridian]

Thanks Petrina!!!

[@monagomz1]

Big fan of you BOTH 😊

[@GypsyKhi]

Omg I have some of those blooming right now in the panhandle! Love it

[@muriellockhoff9560]

Enjoying your garden and talk about information ❤

[@WildFloridian]

I’m so glad Muriel! It was a blast hanging out with Petrina

[@MrRKWRIGHT]

Hello Jacqueline and Petrina. Excellent collab. The garden's looking lovely. I'm definitely following your tips on planting a native garden. 🌹🌼🌼🌼

[@WildFloridian]

Thank you Richard! I hope the tips help you and I can’t wait to hear how it goes 😍

[@MrRKWRIGHT]

@@WildFloridian You're quite welcome 😊😊

[@USA1492]

I LOVE the tea bush!!!! I get so many bees every day! 🐝

[@WildFloridian]

That’s awesome! I want to get one 😍

[@FloridaGrowing]

Sanctuary is mostly for me, the gardener 🎉 2nd for the birds and bees. Love you

[@WildFloridian]

🥰

[@Florida882]

I did this at my house. Got chip drop and then started adding stuff to it and let it go. Just keep adding. Mine is still pretty sparse because it’s such a large area under my fruit trees. But I’d say about 50% done. Depends on the paycheck. I love that you are doing this. Advice for different lawns.

[@WildFloridian]

You have and are doing such an amazing job converting to native!!!! 50%! I had a blast helping Petrina. I really enjoy doing other yards and styles... it is like a puzzle to solve!

[@robynloveschocolate]

I'm in Ontario, Canada, but I love your channel! I'm making a native flower garden this year and i can't wait till the end of May when I can start planting things! 😄

[@WildFloridian]

OMG! So far away! I’m so excited for you to add natives whether you live here or in Canada 🇨🇦

[@robynloveschocolate]

@@WildFloridian thank you! I bought some seeds for wild bergamot, false sunflowers, and all 3 types of native Milkweed, so hopefully they all germinate! 🤞 they're in the fridge right now pretending it's winter hahaha. I've got 10 Common milkweed plants already, and some other native plants scattered around, but I want more! Lol also I love that we live so far apart, but black eyed Susans are native for both of us! So fun! 😄

[@christinemartin1127]

Love the collaboration. Been following you for quite a while but I'm in Katrina's zone so the combination is great for me. ❤

[@WildFloridian]

That is perfect! 💪 We are similar and different 😄 I’m glad it is helping you Christine

[@JpCharisma]

I love seeing the passiflora multiflora I suggested do well and surrounded by zebras!!!

[@WildFloridian]

Yes Jordan 🙌 Your suggestion was amazing! I have an insane amount of zebra longwings now! I keep an eye out for you at LWR. Are you there? Or are you on to new adventure?

[@JpCharisma]

Hi Jaquelín Im no longer there, I have decided to try and start my own business and do content creation full time!!!

[@joann2544]

My local nursery has just added a large area devoted to Florida native plants and trees. So excited as I am ready to install my next butterfly garden and will incorporate many more natives that were previously not available to me!

[@WildFloridian]

Happy Dance!!!! 💃

[@beckykelley8726]

Thank you, I learned so much. Ladies, you are awesome.

[@user-hz7kv6js6l]

You can fill in among the flowers with growing ginger. Ginger is very tropical looking and editable at the end of the season. I grew some in grow bags along th edge of my patio. They gave my patio a very tropical look. They have pink and white flowers among the leaves and they bring in the pollinators.

[@opheliaflful]

Me too! :) Inspired by you and now seeking out nurseries that sell native plants in my area. I have gained such appreciation to see the true beauty in native plants. I have so changed from when I would just buy the showiest thing at the big box store, yes sometimes these are not as showy or have more discreet beauty. AND the bees and butterflies! Omg, multiplied x a bunch. Trying electroculture, cuz meh, why not. Wonder what you may think of that concept? Thank you!

[@WildFloridian]

🥰 That warms my heart Karen 🥰 I’m so excited for you to start the journey! I’ve never heard of electro culture. But I’m off to Google to find out 😄

[@opheliaflful]

It will seem odd, copper squiggles you put in the pots, but I tell you, I kinda think it's doing something? 9b here and we should be wayyy past growing full size tomatoes, but still producing! Plus, I like copper anyways lol :)

[@katiecannon8186]

I have the tea bush. In my yard, which is a very old yard on a lake, it doesn’t grow very large. But because of where they are, I also keep it trimmed back. And, yes, it’s a small bee magnet. The larger bees don’t really use it.

[@WildFloridian]

Thanks for sharing Katie! That makes sense that the bigger bees aren’t as excited. The flowers looked small to me.

[@ronrampfel2197]

Well mother nature has given me the opportunity to replant most of my garden. 6 inches of HAIL. In melbourne Florida? Everything but my tomatoes are shredded. I'm definitely going More native.

[@WildFloridian]

Hail in Melbourne?!?!?! Whoa! That is crazy! Sorry you lost so many plants

[@johnliberty3647]

This was very helpful.

[@WildFloridian]

Yay!!! I’m glad it helped ☺️

[@zm35r2bn]

You could also put in some kind of a water feature like with rocks around it and then your pollinators and everybody would have something to drink

[@xxpowwowbluexx]

If you don’t have so-called “pests,” then you won’t have any predators to eat them. But don’t worry; if you plant a bunch of native species, you’ll be building a good ecosystem with both.

[@yesidtac7863]

Execelente dia

[@brucemullis479]

I think Plumeria are a good choice for tropical.

[@brucemullis479]

Oh yea not native .

[@WildFloridian]

LOL! You are correct but definitely Florida Friendly! And very pretty

[@nancycaldarola3090]

What are ur thoughts on planting crepe jasmine in part sun?

[@WildFloridian]

Not sure I have many thoughts. I'm not personally familiar with that plant.

[@hanwin651]

I put mostly native plant in my small garden . I also put Solar rat, mole and snake repeller which beeps . Do you think this beeping sound scare away butterflies?

[@WildFloridian]

I don’t think the noise would matter but I have no data either way.

[@MineralMouse]

Do you have any updates on the garden yet??

[@ms.penguin6252]

Mine is so sandy.

[@USA1492]

What about Scorpion 🦂 Tail for the beneficial predators?

[@teresaminnick2252]

I can see they like linear nice neat areas. We all start out like that… lol.

[@champagnegardening5182]

I have sugar sand. I have no clue what to do

[@WildFloridian]

Think native beach plants. Dune Sunflower, Railroad vine, or sea grape

[@champagnegardening5182]

@@WildFloridian awesome advice. Thanks.

[@teresaminnick2252]

“As wild as I can stand”

[@nickl2426]

First!

[@WildFloridian]

😄

[@sonnyamoran7383]

When you start a native garden area, do you have to have bare soil? If I were to clear a narrow space, say 6 inches, will it eventually kill grass as it grows? Or will the grass grow through it? I'm asking because I'm living in what was a cow pasture. So thick grass. Takes a whole lot of work to clear it.

[@WildFloridian]

Every time I’ve done a native garden, I’ve killed the grass with hit mulch and then plant into it. Depends on the type of native plant on whether it will be able to out compete. You could also do a control burn since you are in a rural area. I would get professional help. There is a good KZbinr in Alabama who discusses control burns a lot and would be a good resource for understanding on how fire can be used in converting your land to native plants

[@2021-j2d]

Oh, wait, WHAT? You girls do consultations? Can you hear Delightful Dunedin calling you?

[@petabread91]

I hope one day Petrina takes out all the water sucking grass. Not beneficial for our environment.