Anne is the Residential Horticulture Agent and Master Gardener Volunteer Coordinator at UF/IFAS Extension Polk County. She offers education to residents on landscaping and gardening in central Florida. Contact Anne at anneanne@ufl.edu or follow along on social media @PolkGardening.

Posts by Anne Yasalonis:

• Lawncare 101 for Central Florida Lawns
• Composting for Beginners
• UF/IFAS Extension Polk County Master Gardener Volunteer Projects Earn International Recognition
• The Importance of Planning in the Garden
• Herbs: A Series of Helpful Fact Sheets
• Fallen Oak Leaves Make a Great Mulch
• What does frost and freeze damage look like?
• Florida Friendly Demonstration Garden at UF/IFAS Extension Polk County
• Spring Plant Sale
• Planning your Spring Vegetable Garden

• Bees and Wasps: What to know and when to be concerned
• Garden Guide and Journal Available for Sale
• Suspicious Seed Packets New Updates From FDACS
• Growing Happy Houseplants
• Do you need tree work? Find a certified arborist.
• Vegetable Gardening Link Round-Up from UF/IFAS Extension
• Mosquitoes in and around your home
• Build your own pollinator hotel
• Earth Day Round-Up: What to do, attend, and learn!
• Let the worms do the work! Build your own worm farm for composting

• Resources from UF/IFAS for teachers, parents, and kids
• Gardening tasks during a time of social distancing
• Happy Birthday to...Florida!
• Alternatives to the Normal Valentine's Day Bouquet
• Spring Cleaning in the Florida-Friendly Landscape
• Muhly grass is a showstopper this time of year
• Should I be worried about the puss caterpillar?
• Disinfecting your garden tools
• Micro-Irrigation: A Water Saving Alternative
• Preparing Your Landscape for Hurricane Season

• Vegetable Garden Prep: Step-by-step videos to help you get started
• 2019 UF/IFAS Extension Florida Master Gardener Training in Polk County
• How to Video: Seasonal Pruning of Roses
• How To Video: Cut and Deadhead Roses
• A must do in gardening: Vegetable crop rotation
• Request a speaker for your adult or youth group
• Save Your Lawn and Your Water Bill with These Easy Steps
• How To Harvest a Luffa Gourd
• Fall Color in the Florida Landscape
• Basketgrass, A Common Landscape Weed

• More Garden Hacks to Beat the Heat in Your Central Florida Yard
• Gardening Hacks to Make Outdoor Chores a Little Easier
• Managing Your Lawn During the Summer: 5 Steps to a Healthy Lawn
• Planting a Cutting Garden
• UF/IFAS Extension Polk County Events for May-August 2018
• What is a Master Gardener?
• Spring Vegetable Gardening for Central Florida
• Spring into Florida-Friendly Landscaping™
• Spring into Florida-Friendly Landscaping™
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: How to practice environmental sustainability every day

• Protecting your landscape plants from freezing temperatures
• Succulents
• Hurricane Recovery Round-Up
• Trees and Hurricanes
• Are you a Purposeful Pollinator?
• Fact Sheet: Creating Succulent Dish Garden
• New Home, New Landscape
• Ten Tips for Saving Water