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Purple passion flower

Flower Friday: 4 Unusual and Aesthetic Edibles

by Duval MGV
May 16, 2025

May is "Gifts From the Garden Month" and to explore that theme, the flowers featured this week are from unusual and aesthetic edibles! Edible landscaping is a top trend right now, and a traditional vegetable garden isn't the only way to grow ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Edible Ornamentals, Edible Plants, Edimentals, Florida Friendly Landscaping
Tomato plant leaves showing white squiggly lines in the leaves

What’s making these squiggly lines all over my leaves?

by Stephanie Means
May 6, 2025

As the weather reaches summertime temps and humidity levels, you may start seeing more pests in the yard.  One question we get a lot at the Extension Office is "What are these squiggly lines all over my leaves?"  The answer is: leafminers!  ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Florida Friendly Landscaping, Integrated Pest Management, IPM, Leaf Miners, Leafminers, Plant Pests, Vegetable Gardening
Dune sunflower flower with a bee on it.

Flower Friday: 4 Native Plants Blooming Now

by Duval MGV
May 2, 2025

Native pollinators are a crucial part of our ecosystem.  Our native flowers and plants support those native pollinators in many ways that nonnative plants often cannot. Keep your eyes peeled for these blooms opening in nature near you.  Whether ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Florida Friendly Landscaping, Flower Gardening, Flowers In Florida, Native Plants, Pollinator Gardening, Wildflowers
Bird feeds its young and bird peeks from birdhouse

Less Lawn, More Life: How We Turned Our Florida Yard into a Wildlife Haven

by Duval MGV
April 2, 2025

Hi, I’m Amy Franqui, a Master Gardener Volunteer based in Atlantic Beach, Florida. I’m excited to share how my husband Mike and I transformed our yard into a certified Florida-Friendly landscape—and became the first residential yard in ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Duval, FFL, Florida Friendly, Florida Friendly Landscaping, Gardening, Landscape, Native Plants
bucket of weeds

Woe, what are these weeds?

by Stephanie Means
February 28, 2025

Weeds.  They're on every gardener's list of woes. We often have clients come into the office asking for a weed to be identified.  Then the next thing they ask is how to swiftly eradicate just that one weed from their landscape.   "I don't ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Black Medick, Cool Season Weeds, Florida Betony, Florida Friendly Landscaping, Herbicide, Lyreleaf Sage, Spring Garden, Turfgrass, Weed Control, Weeding, Weeds, Wild Geranium
hydroponic lettuce in a raised bed

Happy New Gardening Year! Make Your Gardening Resolutions

by Beth Marlowe
January 10, 2025

It’s that season, Gardeners!  The year is young, and we look ahead with fresh optimism.  We make resolutions about what we will do better this year than last.  There are the usual ones.  “I’m going to eat healthier, get more exercise, ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
Tags: Duval, Florida Friendly, Florida Friendly Landscaping, Florida Gardening, Gardening Advice, Gardening Resolutions

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