Small Nursery Operation with a Big Impact
Off campus
CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS (CEUs)
Florida DBPR Board of Landscape Architecture – 1 optional CE, Course #0016048
FNGLA Certified Horticulture Professional – PENDING
EXCLUSIVE LIMITED opportunity to visit Micanopy Wildflowers, a supplier of native ecotype wildflowers in 4-inch pots for over 30 years. This is a small, home-based operation providing wholesale native wildflowers to local retail nurseries, the City of Gainesville, the University of Florida and groups installing large-scale pollinator gardens.
Owner-operator Claudia Larsen has developed a highly efficient operation on a relatively small footprint, demonstrating the potential for this business model almost anywhere. Claudia has long collected local native seed and developed propagation methods suited to her schedule and lifestyle. The result is a small, compact growing area that produces over 80 species in 4-inch pots.
Claudia will discuss her planting schedule and answer questions about seed collecting, propagation, growing and marketing plants.
OPTION: After leaving Claudia’s property, visit the Micanopy Pollinator Garden.
Florida DBPR Board of Landscape Architecture – 1 optional CE, Course #0016048
FNGLA Certified Horticulture Professional – PENDING
EXCLUSIVE LIMITED opportunity to visit Micanopy Wildflowers, a supplier of native ecotype wildflowers in 4-inch pots for over 30 years. This is a small, home-based operation providing wholesale native wildflowers to local retail nurseries, the City of Gainesville, the University of Florida and groups installing large-scale pollinator gardens.
Owner-operator Claudia Larsen has developed a highly efficient operation on a relatively small footprint, demonstrating the potential for this business model almost anywhere. Claudia has long collected local native seed and developed propagation methods suited to her schedule and lifestyle. The result is a small, compact growing area that produces over 80 species in 4-inch pots.
Claudia will discuss her planting schedule and answer questions about seed collecting, propagation, growing and marketing plants.
OPTION: After leaving Claudia’s property, visit the Micanopy Pollinator Garden.