Statewide Television Show to Showcase Bradenton Home in Educating Florida Yard Owners

Many Floridians are concerned about our state's natural resources, such as our water and waterways, and feel compelled to preserve them for future generations. This is a growing concern with several environmental issues affecting various areas of the Sunshine State, including recent concerns in South Florida regarding Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades. So, how can the average Florida family do their part to preserve these precious natural assets? There is something that we all can do, and it starts in our own backyard, literally.

Chad Crawford, host of the Emmy Award winning television show "how to Do Florida," will feature an episode in the upcoming seventh season of the show on having a Florida yard makeover, as they document landscaping a yard in the Bradenton area from start to finish. Crawford will discuss various low maintenance, efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for Florida yards. Crawford’s large team of landscapers will completely remove everything from the yard and replace it with all native landscaping in a single day, on May 5, 2016. The before and after images will be noticeably different!

The following are a few tips that the episode will address:

· Value of reducing your turf area.

· Cost savings and water savings of going with all native plants and grass.

· Maintenance and other benefits of using all native plants and grass.

· Tips on saving on your irrigation bill.

Partnerships for the production of the show are the Florida Associaiton of Native Nurseries and the Florida Wildflower Foundation.

In addition, viewers can visit the “how to Do florida” website at http://howtodoflorida.com/ before the production date of May 5, 2016 to submit questions that Chad will address on the taping of the show.

Also, be sure to visit http://howtodoflorida.com/ for an air date on the show and other season seven episodes in the Bradenton area on WWSB, ABC 7.