Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping
Salvias for Your Florida Garden
January 30, 2024
What better way to add color into your Florida Garden than to include the versatile Salvia. This is one of the largest genera of flowering plants with a thousand species worldwide. Salvias will grow in full sun to shade, sandy soil to mucky ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Annual, Attract Wildlife, Butterflygarden, Gardening, Mint, Perrenial, Salvia
Attracting Florida Butterflies
January 30, 2024
Arguably the most popular insect in our landscape, Butterflies are beloved by all. Now everyone can easily start a Butterfly Garden to attract and raise butterflies … guaranteed! Here are two easy steps on How to Attract Butterflies and ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS Extension, WildlifeTags: Attract Wildlife, Butterflies, Butterfly Gardening
A call to action: Municipalities urged to join UF/IFAS scientists, compost industry, policy makers to promote compost standards, programs, practices in Florida
January 25, 2024
Food waste is one of the main drivers in Florida’s dependence on landfills, which fuel greenhouse emissions and promote climate change. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), landfills contribute annually up to ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Climate Change, Compost, EPA, Florida Compost Council, Florida Counties, Florida Municipalities, Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, Global Warming, Greenhouse Emissions, Greenhouse Gas, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Landfills, Liz Felter, Methane, Mica McMillan, News, Recycling, Sustainability, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research Education Center, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research And Education Center
The New Year of Garden Care and Beyond | Garden Trends for 2024
January 24, 2024
Garden Trends for 2024 can be summarized into one thought: landscape designs with altruistic objectives. The styles may vary but every garden space shares one common denominator, and that is sustainability. Native Plants Gardening continues ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, HorticultureTags: Edimentals, Foodscaping, Garden Trends For 2024, New Wave Planting, Sustainability
Weekly “What is it?”: The Fertilizer License
January 24, 2024
In most Florida waterways, stormwater runoff is the primary source of pollution. If you think about what gets washed down the drain during a typical rainstorm, it may include anything from trash and construction dirt to oils, gasoline, and ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, WaterTags: Estuaries, Gardening, Water Quality, Weekly What Is It
Meet a Master Gardener Volunteer Series: Shamrock Park Demonstration Garden
January 24, 2024
Welcome to our "Meet a Master Gardener Volunteer" blog series, where we delve into the inspiring stories and impactful contributions of the passionate individuals who form the backbone of our gardening community. These dedicated volunteers bring ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Community Volunteers, Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife, Work & LifeTags: Demonstration Garden, Master Gardener Volunteer, MeetAnMGV, Pgm_HortRes, Shamrock Park, Volunteer
A Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Tale of Survival and Resurgence (Part II): Atala Butterflies
January 24, 2024
Countless species of flora and fauna have been lost in what is now being labeled as the Anthropocene extinction event. Fortunately, two local species have not only escaped from the brink of extinction but have rebounded as humans have improved ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, WildlifeTags: Atala, Coontie, FFL, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, Landscaping, Nature, Pgm_HortRes, Wildlife
Color in the Holiday Landscape: Lipstick Tree/Bixa orellana
January 24, 2024
We promised to share new blogs on many of the beautiful plants that will create an incredible show of color during the winter holidays. Plants in this series are suitable for zone 10a to 11 b. Please note we recommend you plant any of the ... READ MORE
Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, WaterTags: Florida Friendly Landscape, Historical Plant, Medicinal Plants, Natural Food Dye
What Is That Lawn Ornament? Clover Lawn? Here in Florida?!
January 23, 2024
A handful of the "lawn ornaments" that will be featured in this blog series. Top row (left to right): sunshine mimosa, perennial peanut, frogfruit, and fleabane. Bottom row (left to right): pennywort, Lobelia, Florida snow, and blue-eyed ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, LawnTags: FFL, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, Landscape, Landscaping, Lawn, Pgm_HortRes