Jul 6, 2020 | All, Discover Ocala, Ecological, Local Resources
In the midst of the ongoing COVID pandemic, one of the safest places to be is outside in the open air, enjoying the outdoors with your family. Our region is blessed by close proximity to Ocala National Forest only three miles east of the city of Ocala. It is the...
Mar 17, 2020 | All, Ecological, Local Resources
During the spring and summer, Florida definitely lives up to its name as “the land of flowers”– sometimes too well. Our state’s sunny, tropical environment makes it an inviting home for plant species that aren’t native to the area and could...
Jan 29, 2020 | All, Community Spotlight, Ecological
It’s likely that few people in Marion County are as conscious of the need for conservation of coastal resources than Jeff Miller, President of Miller’s Boating Center, and his wife Susan. Their livelihood and the lives of their customers are deeply affected by...
Jul 30, 2019 | All, Buy, Ecological, Equestrian, Local Resources
With the availability of affordable land, mild winters, and proximity to populous areas, small farms in Central Florida are popping up everywhere you look, from vineyards to market gardens to rolling horse pastures. If you’ve been thinking of creating your own little...
Jul 15, 2019 | All, D.I.Y., Ecological
“Wherever I go in America, I like it when the land speaks its own language in its own regional accent.” –Lady Bird Johnson, Wildflowers Across America (1993) Perfectly adapted to Central Florida’s often overwhelming conditions, native plants...
Jan 18, 2019 | Ecological, Equestrian
Many perceive large, bustling cities as the enemy of land conservation. Cities are, after all, easy to contrast against a wide green field of tall grass. Yet in today’s fight for land conservation, big cities aren’t what’s tearing up our pastures. The enemy of open...
