Tag: arbor day
2025 Florida Arbor Day Celebration in Crestview
January 9, 2025
In celebration of Florida’s Arbor Day, free tree seedlings will be given away on Saturday, January 18, beginning at 10 a.m. at the John McMahon Environmental Center located at 132 Butler Avenue in Crestview. This event is sponsored ... READ MORE
Category: Events, Home Landscapes, HorticultureTags: Arbor Day, Florida Arbor Day, Tree Give-a-way, Tree Planting
Florida Arbor Day 2024 – Tips for Tree Planting
January 22, 2024
Arbor Day was established to celebrate trees and their beneficial ecosystem services they provide for humans and our environment. Florida Arbor Day is on January 19, 2024, as cooler months are the best time to plant trees, although trees can ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Arbor Day, Florida, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Silvasy, Tree Planting
Let’s Celebrate…National Arbor Day!
April 28, 2023
I first fell in love with trees when I was 8 years old. The house we’d moved to had a huge Ficus benjamina tree with a 40-foot wide canopy in our backyard. It gave such deep shade that sitting underneath it on a hot afternoon, you would feel ... READ MORE
Category: Natural ResourcesTags: Arbor Day, Treejuvenation, Trees, Urban Forestry Extension
Free Trees: 2023 Arbor Day
April 17, 2023
In celebration of Arbor Day and Earth Day, the City of Bradenton and Manatee County has once again partnered with Keep Manatee Beautiful and the Arbor Day Foundation to provide free trees to residents. City of Bradenton and Manatee County ... READ MORE
Category: Community Volunteers, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, UF/IFASTags: Arbor Day, Earth Day, Featured Hot Topic, Florida Friendly Landscape, Free Trees, Trees Are Good
Florida Arbor Day Celebration in Crestview this Friday
January 18, 2023
In celebration of Florida’s Arbor Day, free tree seedlings will be given away on Friday, January 20, 9 am to 1 pm or until trees are gone. This event will be held at the John McMahon Environmental Center located at 132 Butler Avenue in ... READ MORE
Category: Events, ForestsTags: Arbor Day, Free Tree Seedlings, Planting Trees, Tree Give-a-way
Your January Landscape
December 31, 2022
It’s the start of the year, and you may be looking at the next project in your yard. If you are looking for a guide, UF/IFAS has an excellent publication called the North Florida Gardening Calendar. Let us walk through some of the suggestions ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture,Tags: Arbor Day, Horticulture, January Landscaping, Putnam
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
Florida-Friendly Landscaping™: Join us as we celebrate Water Conservation Month!
April 8, 2022
Join us as we celebrate Water Conservation Month! By Doris Heitzmann, Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Program Manager. April and May are typically the driest months of the year in Central Florida. Making this the perfect time to ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, WaterTags: Arbor Day, Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Irrigation, Landscape, Microirrigation, Nine Principles, Pinellas County, Sprinkler, Water, Water Conservation Month
Arbor Day Program
March 14, 2022
Joseph MacKenzie, Levy County Forester and Barbara L. Edmonds, Horticulture PA, UF/IFAS Extension Levy County collaborated with Jennifer Bray, Assistant Principal, Bronson Middle-High School during an Arbor Day 2022 program. Addressing faculty ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural ResourcesTags: Arbor Day, Bronson Middle High School