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Originally Posted by mickey100

In 2001 the Florida legislature said Florida homeowners wishing to minimize maintenance and reduce water bills should consider Florida-friendly landscaping and enacted Florida Statute Section 720.3075:

Homeowners’ association documents, including declarations of covenants, articles of incorporation, or bylaws, entered after October 1, 2001, may not prohibit any property owner from implementing Xeriscape or Florida-friendly landscape, as defined in s. 373.185(1), on his or her land.

So it is a state law. However, that doesn't mean such a landscaping plan will be approved by The Villages. If it is not approved, you'd have to sue The Villages or in some way get them to change any ordinances that are in place so they would comply with the state law.

There was another thread talking about this issue, the xeriscaping is somewhere in the middle of the thread: Purpose of street easement

This is exactly correct and their have been cases of a homeowner successfully suing a HOA over FF landscaping ... and that is what would prob need to happen a time or two in TV.