Tag: Dade City
The Value of Community Gardens: Cultural Impact
April 18, 2024
What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think about community gardening? You may be picturing a patch of land dedicated to growing fruits and veggies collaboratively, or a collection of individual plots. And you would be correct. ... READ MORE
Category: Crops, Horticulture, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Central Florida, Community Garden, Community Gardens, Dade City, Food, Garden, Gardening, Gardens, Goals, Health, Healthy, Horticulture, Nutrition, Produce, Resilient Landscaping, Right Place, Right Plant, UF/IFAS Pasco Extension Office, Vegetables, Water Wise
“Buying Local” at the County Fair…Priceless
March 1, 2018
“Buying Local” is all the rage and has different meaning for different people. For market steer participants in both 4-H and FFA, it has many levels that should be acknowledged. With the Pasco County Fair in the books for 2018 and the Sumter ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Livestock, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: 4-H, Buy Local, Dade City, Pasco County Fair, Steer Show, Sumter County Fair, Youth
Healthy Lifestyle Guidance from Farm to Table and Home
January 26, 2018
The University of Florida/IFAS Pasco County Extension Office, located in Dade City, offers a large variety of free healthy lifestyle and eating classes of which you may not have heard. Some of the programming includes the Family Nutrition Program ... READ MORE
Category: Community Volunteers, Food Safety, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Horticulture, Money Matters, Recreation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Balanced Meals, Budgeting, Classes, Community Gardens, Dade City, Family Nutrition Program, Foor Preservation, Gardening, Healthy Eating, Money Management, Personal Finance, UF/IFAS Pasco Extension Office, Veggies
Dade City Watson Park Community Gardens are Open for Planting!
January 26, 2018
January 26, 2018 was a great day for the UF/IFAS Pasco Extension Office. County Extension Director/Urban Horticulture Agent, Dr. Whitney Elmore, opened the planting ceremony by thanking sponsors, Eden Santiago-Gomez (Community Garden Program ... READ MORE
Category: Community Volunteers, Crops, Events, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Horticulture, Recreation, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Community Gardens, Cox Elementary, Dade City, Dade City Garden Club, Dr. Mukhtar, Mayor Camille Hernandez, Parks, Pasco Master Gardeners, UF-IFAS, Watson Park
Dade City Watson Park Community Garden: Get your free plot now!
January 8, 2018
The first community garden in Florida to arise through the cooperation of the University of Florida and a local municipality, Dade City Watson Park Community Garden is off to a great start and destined for abundant success. Just a month after ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Budget, Community, Community Garden, Dade City, Eating, Healthy, Master Gardener, Municipality, Parks, Program, Skills, University Of Florida, Vegetables, Volunteers, Wheelchair
New Community Gardens Arriving in East Pasco County – Get Your Own Free Plot to Garden!
November 8, 2017
In the upcoming months, two new community gardens will be erected in East Pasco County by the UF/IFAS Pasco County Extension Office, through their Community Gardens Program and with the help of gracious partners like the City of Dade City. The ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Budget, Community Gardens, Dade City, Eating, Free Plots, Fresh Fruit And Vegetables, Gardening, Healthy, Horticulture, Local, Low-income Communities, Nutrition, Volunteers
Garden Education Grows in Community Garden
June 28, 2017
Figure 1: Stacey Struhar (FCS Agent), utilizing My Plate to teach portion control and how to balance a meal correctly with the Food Pyramid five food groups. Located in Resurrection Park off of Calle de Milagros (a/k/a Lock St), the Mariposa ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, CurriculumTags: Balanced Meal, Community Garden, Curriculum, Dade City, Garden, Lock Street, My Plate, Nutrients, Pasco Extension, Vegetables, Youth