Educational Web Sites
- Manatee County Cooperative Extension Service
- Florida Cooperative Extension Service
- Florida Yards and Neighborhoods
- Keep Manatee Beautiful
- Plant Encyclopedia
- The Nature Conservancy Plant & Environmental Info
- International Society of Aboriculture - Tree care info
- Florida Exotic Pest Control Plant Council
- Mote Marine Laboratory
- Florida Native Plant Society
- Association of Florida Native Nurseries
- Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Research Center
- Wildflower Nirvana: Florida Wildflowers
If you have any web sites you would like us to add, please drop your suggestions off at City Hall addressed to the E.E.E.C.
Know the law
The trash pickup guidelines recently mailed to you are not just guidelines; they are governed by city ordinance.
Trash Ordinance Chapter 46, Article 11 Collection
Trash or trash containers are not permitted on the right-of-way prior to sunset of the evening before scheduled pick-up and empty containers must be taken in by sunset on the day of pick-up. This applies to:
Trash pickup which is collected on Mondays and Thursdays between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Recyclable trash which is collected on Mondays between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Yard waste pick-up which is collected on Wednesday between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.