Preparing for Hurricanes

No one knows more about preparing for hurricanes than Floridians, but in the rush to fortify our homes, we often forget that our landscapes need to be prepared as well.

UF/IFAS Sites

• Hurricanes and the Landscape in the Keys
• Trees and Hurricanes: Establishing a Wind Resistant Urban Forest

UF/IFAS Publications

• Green Garden Newsletter: Prepare the Landscape for Storms (PDF)
• How to Minimize Wind Damage in the South Florida Garden
• Hurricane Preparedness for the Landscape (PDF)
• Prepare Your Landscape Now for Future Tropical Storms (PDF)

Also on Gardening in a Minute

• Tree Pruning for Hurricanes

Other Sites

• City of Gainesville: Hurricane Center 2008
• A Homeowner's Guide for Coastal Landscape: Prepare for the Storm--Southeast Mississippi Resource Conservation and Development Council (PDF)
• Hurricane Preparedness--National Hurricane Center
• Landscaping in Hurricane Prone Areas--Brevard County (FL) Natural Resources Management
• Prepare Landscape for Storms, Hurricanes--Louisiana State University AgCenter

More on Hurricanes

General information about hurricane preparedness can also be found on the UF/IFAS Extension Web site and at your county extension office.