Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping
Video: Collecting a Quality Plant Sample
April 28, 2022
Having a quality turf or plant sample is important to help us at UF IFAS Extension diagnosis a problem or identify a plant. Learn how to collect a sample of both turf and plant material if you will be bringing a sample to your local UF IFAS ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Lawn, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Diagnosis, Disease, Insects, Pests, Plant Identification; Extension, Problem Solving, UF IFAS Extension
Let’s Celebrate National Arbor Day 2022
April 26, 2022
This Friday, April 29, 2022, will be National Arbor Day, a holiday invented to recognize the importance of trees. It is most often observed by the planting of trees, either as a part of a group or as an individual homeowner. Here in Florida, ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, WildlifeTags: Arbor Day, Eva Pabon, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, UF IFAS Extension
WATER WEDNESDAY RECAP – HOW CAN I BE A GOOD STORMWATER NEIGHBOR?
April 26, 2022
Florida is known as the Sunshine State. In fact, it rains a lot here. The annual rainfall amounts range from 40 to 60 inches depending on the location (Florida Climate Center. 2016), which in turns generates a lot stormwater runoff. When it ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Lawn, Natural Resources, Water, WildlifeTags: #WaterWednesday, GI, Green Infrastructure, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Low-impact Development, Stormwater, Water Wednesday
A key to saving our planet is right under our feet
April 25, 2022
Every day over 900 people move to Florida. Last December, my wife, my son, and I became three of those people. Like most new residents, we were drawn to Florida’s natural beauty, and we’ve also spent a lot of time driving through neighborhoods, ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Lawn, TurfTags: Andra Johnson, Center For Land Use Efficiency, Earth Day, Urban Landscape Summit
Carolina Wild Petunia
April 25, 2022
You may be seeing the Carolina Wild Petunia (Ruellia caroliniensis) popping up in your lawns in early spring. It is a pretty little plant native to Florida and endemic to the southeastern U.S. It is a herbaceous, long-lived perennial and ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, LawnTags: Common Buckeye, Mexican Petunia, NE Florida Native Plants, Ruellia Caroliniensis, White Peacock
Better with Butterflies The Cloudless Sulphur
April 21, 2022
Welcome back to our monthly blog in which we discuss a few interesting facts about butterflies in general and a specific type of butterfly. This month I want to talk about how and what butterflies eat. With very few exceptions butterflies ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, WildlifeTags: Buttefly, Butterflies, Caterpillar, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Garden, Gardening, Landscape, Landscaping, Master Gardener, Master Gardener Volunteer, Pollinator, Pollinators
How to Grow a Forest – My 25 Year Experiment
April 21, 2022
Why make a forest? I was born in Buffalo, NY and then moved to Durham, North Carolina after college. Both of these areas were less populated and had lots of forested areas near the urban centers. South Florida, I soon discovered, had hardly ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, , Wildlife, Work & LifeTags: Bird Habitat, Climate Change Solutions, Earth Day, FFL, Florida-Friendly Landscapes, Low Maintenance, Making A Forest, Newsletter, Newsletter2, Plant More Trees, Planting A Forest, Recipe For A Forest, Urban Forest
Atala Infographic Wins Award
April 20, 2022
Introduction I am honored to announce that my colleague Michele Wood and I are the recipients of the Association of Communication Excellence International Bronze Award in the Graphic Design Posters category for the Atala Steppingstone Infographic. ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, WildlifeTags: #ufbugs, Atala, Butterfly, Extinction
Orange County Florida-Friendly Landscaping Rebates and Incentives
April 18, 2022
Interested in adding some Florida-Friendly Landscaping practices to your yard? Depending on the municipality you live in there are various incentive programs to help you reduce your water use in the landscape. If you are an Orange County ... READ MORE
Category: , Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & LifeTags: Central Florida, Florida, Incentive, Incentives, Orange County, Orlando, Rebate, Utilities, Water Savings, Winter Park