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This movement grows when you share it.

You do not need to spend a dime to push this mission forward. Every action on this page is free, takes about two minutes, and matters more than money. A review, a share, a library request. That is how one backyard becomes a thousand.

Two minutes, big impact

Leave a review

If one of the books helped you, an honest review helps other growers find it. That is all we ask. Say what worked for you and what did not. Honest words carry the most weight.

The Florida Perennial Garden

Easy Plants That Thrive in Heat, Sand & Humidity

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Grow Food NOT Lawns

Simple Steps To Turn Any Yard Into A Year-Round Garden

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Discipline: What Nobody Wants to Hear

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Reviews are never rewarded or incentivized. Honest opinions only, per Amazon's community guidelines.

Costs you nothing

Put the books in your library

Libraries and local bookstores order what people ask for. One request from a card-holding patron puts these books in front of your whole town. Copy the note below and hand it to the front desk, or paste it into your library's purchase request form.

Please consider adding these titles by Florida author Jermaine Jefferson to your collection. The Florida Perennial Garden, by Jermaine Jefferson Grow Food NOT Lawns, by Jermaine Jefferson Discipline: What Nobody Wants to Hear, by Jermaine Jefferson They are regional gardening guides written specifically for Southern growing conditions, plus a personal development title. For ISBNs and ordering details, ask us for the ISBN at contact@growfitfl.com.

Want the full version with ISBNs and pricing? It lives on our library page.

The algorithm listens to you

Share a video

Every share tells YouTube this content matters. Send a video to one friend with a yard and you have done more for the mission than most marketing budgets could. Subscribing is free and counts double.

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youtube.com/@GrowFitFL

Better late than never

We finally joined Facebook

We will be honest: we are late to the Facebook party. But we are here now, and we are bringing the whole movement with us. If you spend your time there, follow the page and invite a gardening friend. Every early follower helps us reach families who have never heard "grow food, not lawns."

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Growers grow growers

Bring a friend

Know somebody staring at a lawn wondering what to do with it? Two ways to bring them in, and both are free for them.

The biggest support of all? Grow with us.

Every share keeps the lights on. Joining the Plan builds the whole thing: the tools, the community, the curriculum that turns Southern yards into food.

Join The Southern Garden Plan