1. RIGHT PLANT, RIGHT PLACE
  • Landscape Planning
  • USDA Hardiness zones
  • Site Analysis, Soils, Compaction
  • Common Landscape Mistakes
  • Proper Tree Planting
2. PLANTS FOR ALABAMA
  • Desirable Plant Traits
  • Plant Lists for Proper Plant Selection
    • Plants for Wet and Dry Conditions (Natives and Exotics)
    • Plants for Black Belt Region
  • Turfgrass
3. WATERING EFFICIENTLY/IRRIGATION PRACTICES
  • Watering Practices Until Establishment
  • Irrigation BMPs
  • How to Calibrate an Irrigaiton System
4. CARE AND MAINTENANCE
  • Pruning
  • Mowing BMPs
  • Ideal Grass Heights for Common Alabama Grasses
  • How to Fertilize your Lawn
  • Fertilizer BMPs
  • Watering-in Fertilizer
  • Fertilizing Woody and Herbaceous Landscape Plants
  • How to Calculate the Amount of Fertilizer Needed
  • Interpreting Soil Test Results
5. MULCHING AND ORGANIC MATTER
  • Mulch Pros
  • Mulch BMPs
  • Using Recycled Mulch
  • Benefits of Utilizing Organic Matter at Planting
6. RECYCLING YARD WASTE
  • Yard Waste BMPs
  • Composting Pros and Basic How To's
6. ATTRACTING WILDLIFE
  • Requirements for Wildlife
  • Butterfly Gardens in Alabama
  • Pollinators and Honey Bees
8. MANAGING YARD PESTS
  • IPM
  • Common Landscape Pests and their Management
  • Pictures of Beneficial Insects
  • Understanding Environmental Damage
9. REDUCING STORMWATER RUNOFF
  • Nonpoint Source Pollution
  • Making Every Raindrop Count
  • Rain Barrels
  • Connecting Rain Chain to Rain Barrel to Rain Garden
  • How to Construct a Rain Garden
  • Constructed Wetlands
  • Retention Ponds
  • Managing Mosquitoes
10. PROTECTING THE WATERFRONT
  • Saltwater Considerations
  • Freshwater Considerations
  • Man-made Lakes and Ponds
  • Pond Management Do's and Don'ts
  • Seasonal Ponds
11. IS YOUR YARD HEALTHY?
  • Indicator Species of a Healthy Environment
  • Indicator Species of an Unhealthy Environment
12. RESOURCES
  • Extension Agents
  • Extension Publication Database
  • Plant Lists
  • Native Plant Resources