Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping

December 2025 Activities at the UF/IFAS Extension Clay County Office

by Wayne Hobbs
November 26, 2025

By Wayne Hobbs, Interim County Extension Director and Environmental Horticulture Agent The month of December is here and we have another busy month here at UF/IFAS Extension in Clay County. Our office has a bit of extra holiday cheer with ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Money Matters, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 4-H, Class, Clay County, Clay County 4-H, Financial, Florida-Friendly, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forestry, Garden, Gardening, Horticulture, Pile Burn, Workshop

2025 Master Gardener Volunteer Year in Review for Clay County

by Wayne Hobbs
November 26, 2025

The Master Gardener Volunteer year in Clay County runs from November to November and what an amazing year it has been. Throughout 2025, our 71 volunteers donated over 5000 hours back to community! This comes in a variety of ways including: ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Lawn, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Florida-Friendly, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Garden, Gardening, Horticulture, Landscape, Landscaping, Master Gardener, Master Gardener Volunteer

Horticulture Happy Hour: Ginger in and from the Garden

by Wayne Hobbs
November 25, 2025

If you want a low-maintenance, tropical appearing, and extremely versatile plant for your Florida-Friendly Landscape and herb garden, is there anything better than ginger? This family of plants include everything from turmeric and edible ginger ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Clay County, Florida-Friendly, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Garden, Gardening, Horticulture, Landscaping

Snails in the Garden: Friends or Foes?

by Wayne Hobbs
October 20, 2025

By: Marilyn Young, Horticulture Program Assistant, UF/IFAS Extension Clay County Extension Snails in the Garden: Friends or Foes? By: Marilyn Young, Horticulture Program Assistant, Clay County Extension As you walk through the garden ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Florida-Friendly, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Garden, Gardening, Horticulture, Landscape, Landscaping, Master Gardener Volunteer, Pest, Snail

Horticulture Happy Hour: Pindo Palm

by Wayne Hobbs
June 25, 2025

Have you ever seen a palm tree make fruit? While dates may be the most famous fruit tree from palms, one great Florida-Friendly palm we have growing throughout much of the state should not be overlooked for your landscape. The pindo palm. Try ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Clay County, Florida-Friendly, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruit, Gardening, Horticulture, Landscaping, Palm

Gardening To Ease the Squeeze on Wildlife

by Wayne Hobbs
June 5, 2025

Population Expansion Puts the Squeeze on Wildlife By Marilyn Young, Horticulture Program Assistant, UF/IFAS Extension Clay County Did you know the State of Florida experienced the second highest population growth in the U.S. from 2022 to ... READ MORE

Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping
Tags: Clay County, Florida-Friendly, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Garden, Gardening, Horticulture, Landscaping, Master Gardener Volunteer, Pesticide, Pollinators, Wildlife

Request a Master Gardener Volunteer or Extension Agent Speaker at Your Event! UF/IFAS Extension Clay County

by Wayne Hobbs
January 23, 2025

Do you want a Master Gardener Volunteer, Extension Agent, or Program Assistant to teach a gardening topic to your group or at an event? Check out our new online request portal at https://ufl.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1XPksxmxaDYWhca . This short ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Lawn, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Class, Clay County, Florida-Friendly, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Gardening, Horticulture, Landscaping, Master Gardener, Master Gardener Volunteer, Workshop, Youth

Horticultural Workshops and Events- January 2024

by Wayne Hobbs
January 12, 2024

Come out of the cold and rainy weather this January to learn more about horticulture with the UF/IFAS Extension Clay County and our amazing Master Gardener Volunteers . Here are some of our available workshops this month: Homeowner Hydroponics: ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Lawn, Pests & Disease
Tags: Butterfly, Butterfly Garden, Clay County, Florida-Friendly, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruit, Garden, Gardening, Horticulture, Landscape, Landscaping, Master Gardener, Master Gardener Volunteer, Pollinator, Pollinators, Turf

Scent-sational Shrubs: Unveiling the Aromatic Allure of the Tea Olive

by Wayne Hobbs
September 22, 2023

When it comes to choosing plants for my yard, I follow my nose. And I have found nothing is more aromatically exquisite than the Osmanthus fragrans, tea olive tree. The tea olive is a tree, reaching heights of 20 feet or more, but since it ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Clay County, Florida, Florida-Friendly, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Garden, Gardening, Horticulture, Landscape, Landscaping, Master Gardener, Master Gardener Volunteer

Better with Butterflies: Them and Us

by Wayne Hobbs
December 20, 2022

Welcome to our last butterfly blog of the year. This month I want to summarize all the things we have talked about in the last 11 blogs to encourage you to get involved in protecting these delicate creatures. Butterflies are as essential ... READ MORE

Category: Community Volunteers, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Butterflies, Butterfly, Butterfly Garden, Clay County, Florida-Friendly, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Garden, Gardening, Master Gardener, Master Gardener Volunteer, Pollinator, Pollinators

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