Ways to Help Nature And Our Mission

2026 SPRING FUNDRAISER NATIVE PLANT SALE

We are now taking advance PRE-orders for nursery-grown native plants.

This is a fundraising event supported by a local nursery that wishes to remain anonymous at this time. The majority of the proceeds from each plant sale will go to our land acquisition fund.

You will receive an email/phone call with a time and location when your plants are mature and ready for pick up between

February - April.

Checks can be made payable to The Environmental Conservancy of North Port, Inc. (our legal corporate name) and mailed to 3465 Alfred Road, North Port, FL 34286 with a printed order form or click the below link to provide your order and pay by credit/debit card and be sure to include your name, telephone number and email address so we can contact you.

https://ecaf7228-3b68-430c-bdd7-427e04b730fd.paylinks.godaddy.com/e08dd070-76f0-458f-ad47-4c3

Help Nature In Your Yard

In Your Yard

Plant local native plants and trees (order from us (see above order form) or Florida Native Plants and Sweetbay are 2 native plant nurseries in Sarasota/Bradenton)
Create a no-mow zone in your lawn and let natives grow back naturally
Don't hurricane-cut your Sabal Palms
Reduce or eliminate night-time lighting to benefit moths, bats and other nocturnal insects/wildlife
Install nest boxes for birds
If building a home, keep existing native plants/trees in the rear 10% utility easement at the time of lot clearing
Remove invasives (such as Potato Vine, Caesar's weed, Brazilian pepper, Cogan Grass)
If you live in a Florida Scrub-jay zone, plant Scrub Oak trees
If you don't have a Live Oak tree in your yard already, plant one
If you must cut down a hazardous tree, leave the trunk at a reasonable safe height and let it serve as a food and nesting source for birds and insects
Leave the leaves - don't rake your yard completely in the fall

Help Nature In Your Life

In Your Life

Join a local Audubon Society
Join your local Florida Native Plant Society Chapter
Read Doug Tallamy's book "Nature's Best Hope" (there is also a youth edition)
Read Doug Tallamy's book "The Nature of Oaks"
Attend UF/IFAS workshops to educate yourself on native plants, wildlife and your local environment:

https://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasota/

https://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/charlotte/

Take the UF Florida Master Naturalist training:

https://masternaturalist.ifas.ufl.edu/

Educate yourself on urban sprawl with Jason Vuic's book "The Swamp Peddlers" or watch his video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsPvRogVcQk
Support other environmental non-profits in your area - collaboration is important to saving local nature.

Donate Your Land

Donation of your land to the Neighborhood Land Conservancy may bring you significant tax credit, possibly up to the current appraised value. Contact your accountant to discuss, and if you choose to move forward, we will handle the donation paperwork at no charge to you.

Estate Planning - Make a Bequest

What is a Bequest?

A bequest is the giving of personal property or financial assets such as stocks, bonds and cash through the provisions of a will or estate plan. Bequests can be made to a non-profit organization such as ours.

Email contactus@neighborhood-land.org to obtain written bequest instruction assistance.

We Recommend https://www.freewill.com/ and/or seeking the advice of an estate planning attorney.

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One in six people who use FreeWill choose to leave a bequest to charity. Leaving a bequest to nonprofit organizations in your will can be an incredibly powerful way to make an impact for the causes you support.

Stock Gifts - https://stockdonator.com/

Stock Donator has an industry leading 11 years of experience helping nonprofits accept stock donations. Click this link to learn more about the stock donation options they offer: https://stockdonator.com/how-to-donate/

Retirement/Annuity/Life Insurance

Make the Neighborhood Land Conservancy a beneficiary of your Retirement or Annuity accounts or your life insurance. Speak to your accountant or investment plan manager for more information. Provide us with a copy of the beneficiary designation for our records for future reference.

sponsor our mission monthly or annually

Your recurring monthly or annual sponsorship support via PayPal will help us continue to meet our mission goals.

When making your sponsorship contribution via PayPal please indicate it is for a recurring monthly or annual sponsorship in the "Notes" section of the donation page.

Levels for Annual Sponsorship are:

$6,000 ($500/month) Land Guardian Level

$2,400 ($250/month) Land Steward Level

$1,200.00 ($100/month)- Gopher Tortoise Level

$900.00 ($75/month) - Slash Pine Level

$600.00 ($50/month)- Live Oak Level

$300.00 ($25/month) - Sabal Palm Level

$180.00 ($15/month)- Native Plant Level

$120.00 ($10/month) Pollinator Level

$60.00 ($5/month ) Insect Level

Set up your recurring donation today by clicking the "Donate Now" button below!