Homeowner Information

Maintenance

Landscaping & Irrigation

View landscaping and irrigation schedule. Learn how to submit a work order.

Maintenance Landscaping & Irrigation Work Order Guide

The Botanica Lakes HOA onsite management office handles the processing of all landscaping & irrigation work orders – All Botanica Lakes HOA-related calls received by Greenscapes will be directed to contact the BL HOA management office and submit a work order.

Verbal requests and E-Mails will not be pursued – you will be directed to the process below.
If you are not able to access the portal / or are a new homeowner and your portal is not set up yet. You may print out a work order here and drop it off to the office

If you have already submitted a work order, please disregard this message.

Please note that tenants do not have permission to submit work orders. Tenants are required to contact their landlord to have the homeowner submit a request on their behalf.

Below is a step-by-step guide for submitting work orders on the homeowner portal:

Clicking CREATE REQUEST will send the property manager a notification that your request was made
E-mail to receive your homeowner login information

Landscaping Schedule and Guidelines

All Schedules are provided as they are received the vendor.

Botanica Palm Tree Pruning

Please review the following Landscaping and Lawn Irrigation Tips and Guidelines for helpful information.
Please be reminded of the recommended irrigation run schedule of 2 times per week, 15 minutes per zone per mister zone (regular sprinklers) and 45 minutes per rotor zone (rotating head sprinklers). Ensure that your irrigation system is set up correctly.
According to the City of Fort Myers Public Works Department, even numbered homes may water on Thursdays, and/or Sundays, and odd numbers may water on Wednesdays, and/or Saturdays.
It is homeowners responsibitlie to maintain their sprinkler heads, it is recommended to get donuts for around your sprinklers to ensure they do not get ‘burried’ and work properly.

Please be aware that factors such as rain – particularity during the summer months, which bring the rainy season to SWFL – may cause delays or variations in these schedules.

Contracted Services	Times Per Year	Month of Use
Mowing	40	Every 8-10 days
Common Area Pruning	8	Every month and a half
Single Family Home Pruning	6	Every other month
Turf Fertilizing Program	4	Every 3 months
Turf IPM Program	4	Every 3 months
Sedge Herbicide Treatment	2	Every June & December
Shrub Fertilization Program	2	Every 6 months
Shrub IPM Program	2	Every 6 months
Irrigation Checks	12	Once a month

If you have any questions of concerns about the schedule or service issues, please contact our onsite CAM.

Estate Landscaping Schedule to follow a winter schedule bi-monthly lawn cuts until lateFebruary. June-Sept dual week schedule.

Landscaping Portal

Lee County

Arborwood CDD

Learn more about the Arborwood Community Development District (CDD).

Resident Documents

Important Information

Street Parking and Patrol

Street parking is not permitted, as outlined in the DCR’s of the Association, and the City of Fort Myers parking ordinance. Garages, and driveways are for parking. Visitors and over night guests may obtain a visitor pass at the gate house to park in the clubhouse parking lot.

The Fort Myers Police Department and Lee County Sheriffs office are permitted to patrol the streets within Botanica Lakes. To report an illegal vehicle please call (239) 321-7700. Parking on residential streets may result in a parking ticket or a car tow.

ABS Towing is used by both departments, and can be reached at (239) 690-4123. The community wide speed limit is 25 mph.

The HOA has permitted these departments to patrol the community since 2013 for the safety and security of the community.

Parking Rules & Regulations

Parking shall be permitted only on driveways and inside garages. No parking on the streets, grass, sidewalks, or swales is permitted. City of Ft Myers Ordinance 86-89
If parked on driveways, vehicles shall not obstruct traffic on the streets or sidewalks.
Only vehicles belonging to authorized persons, those actively using the Clubhouse Area or have an approved parking pass are permitted to be parked in the Clubhouse Area parking lot area. Any vehicles parked in the Clubhouse parking area overnight must have an approved visitor pass received from the Guardhouse 24 hours/7 days a week or the property manager may provide a parking pass when needed.
No vehicle or other possessions belonging to an Owner or to an Owner’s family member, guest, invitee or tenant, shall be positioned in such a manner as to impede or prevent ready ingress or egress to another Owner’s driveway or mailbox.
No overnight parking of boats and commercial vehicles is allowed unless within the garage of the Home and with the garage door closed. As otherwise provided for in the Declaration, trailers, motor homes and recreational vehicles shall not be parked in the Community or Clubhouse parking lot. Commercial vehicles further defined as but not be limited to any boat, camper, trailer, van other than passenger van and to also add to the commercial and recreational vehicle list the following: any bus, step van, utility trailer, truck tractor, tow truck or wrecker, tractor trailer, limousine, any agricultural, construction or industrial equipment, all-terrain vehicles (ATV’s), quads or any off road vehicle, any vehicle (including a pickup truck with an altered or removed cargo box) designed for transporting people goods or things for profit, any truck with visible work racks or visible work related equipment, supplies or debris, any truck over ¾ (three quarters) of a ton, or any vehicle displaying commercial lettering. Pickup trucks or vans that are deemed commercial vehicles solely because they display commercial lettering and fall into no other commercial vehicle category previously mentioned, may be permitted to park on the driveway of a Lot if all lettering is covered and no longer visible. All other vehicles previously noted are not permitted even when lettering is covered. Commercial lettering can be covered with removable white magnets and/or car covers. All covers are to be weatherproof, clean and neat.
No repairs of vehicles shall be made within the Community unless the repairs take less than twenty-four hours. The only exceptions to the preceding shall be: (a) emergency repairs; and, [b) repairs made within the garage of the Home and with the garage door closed.
Disposal of drained automotive fluids is not allowed within the Community or the sewers.
Vehicles which cannot operate under their own power and/or which remain within the Community for more than seventy-two (72) hours shall be towed at the Owner’s expense, unless parked on the Owner’s driveway or inside the Owner’s garage.
All vehicles shall be kept in proper operating condition so as not to be a hazard or a nuisance by noise, exhaust emission, appearance or otherwise.
No Owner shall keep any vehicle on the Lot, which is deemed to be a nuisance by the Board.
No Owner shall perform restorations of any motor vehicle, boat or other vehicle within the Community unless  made within the garage of the Home and with the garage door closed.
Car washing shall be permitted only on an Owner’s driveway.
Owners shall maintain a current registration and all required insurance coverage for all vehicles parked within the Community.
The operation of golf carts, motorized scooters, go-carts and other non-licensed or non-registered vehicles shall be prohibited in the Community except when used for the transportation of disabled persons or for the business use of the Association.