Tag: Garden Design

Butterfly Gardening Tips for Central Florida

by Tia Saracino
April 16, 2026

Watch our webinar recording of Butterfly Gardening in Central Florida here. The key to attracting butterflies to your yard is to plant species that butterflies can use for food and shelter. Larval host plants are specific to butterfly species; ... READ MORE

Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Lawn, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Butterfly, Butterfly Garden, Florida, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Garden Design, Hillsborough, Home Landscapes, Sustainable, Tampa, Tsilvasy, UF/IFAS Extension, Video, YouTube

Weekly “What is it?”: Blazing star

by Carrie Stevenson
October 15, 2025

Walking through a northwest Florida wildflower prairie in mid-October, the star of the show is Liatris. Known as dense gayfeather or blazing star, this tall (up to 7’!) stunner of a plant is covered up with clusters of small purple ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Flowers, Garden Design, Habitat Conservation, Weekly What Is It

Weekly “What is it?”: UWF Heritage Roots Garden

by Carrie Stevenson
October 2, 2025

Just about a year ago, a dream team of history and plant nerds assembled around a common goal. The idea was to transform an open, weedy space adjacent to the University of West Florida (UWF) Archaeology Institute into a lush garden. The ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Edibles, Garden Design, Habitat Conservation, Pensacola Bay, Shrubs, Trees, Weekly What Is It

Weekly “What is it?”: Stokes’ Aster

by Carrie Stevenson
May 21, 2025

I first became acquainted with the lovely Stokes’ aster (Stokesia laevis) when we were designing a landscape for the county’s green roof. A rather daunting project, the 33,000 square foot roof is the largest of its kind in Florida. Our ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Natural Resources
Tags: Flowers, Garden Design, Gardening, Weekly What Is It

Weekly “What is it?”: Rain Lily

by Carrie Stevenson
April 17, 2025

For years, I’ve recommended a plant—the rain lily (Zephyranthes spp.)—for people interested in building rain gardens. In truth, I’d never knowingly seen the plant in the field or a landscape, but many horticulture professionals I ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources
Tags: Florida Panhandle, Flowers, Garden Design, Gardening, Weekly What Is It

Weekly “What is it?”: Escambia County Demonstration Garden

by Carrie Stevenson
March 26, 2025

Spring has arrived! Azaleas are in full bloom and the bluebirds are busily working on nests. Also in full bloom are the Demonstration Gardens of UF IFAS Extension, Escambia County. Known informally as the “Demo Garden,” the landscape ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources
Tags: Edibles, Garden Design, Gardening, Insects, Pollinators, Weekly What Is It

Weekly “What is it?”: Passionflower

by Carrie Stevenson
September 4, 2024

There are some things in nature that look so bizarre, so beautiful, or so ornate that one can scarcely believe they’re real. This was how I felt the first time I looked closely at a passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) bloom. Between the ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Edibles, Flowers, Garden Design, Pollinators, Weekly What Is It

Weekly “What is it?”: Fringetree

by Carrie Stevenson
April 3, 2024

We have an incredibly showy tree making a dramatic splash in our demonstration garden right now. The fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus) is a native to the eastern and southeastern part of the United States. Its genus name, Chionanthus, ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Natural Resources
Tags: Garden Design, Native Plants, Weekly What Is It

Eclectic Gardening Class!

by Robert Northrop
February 2, 2022

Eclectic gardening will be the topic of the October 24 “Mondays in the Gardens” series. Florida Master Gardeners Jaci Zwierzchowski and Sandra Sherman will lead the one hour presentation beginning at 10 a.m. in the outdoor classroom under ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Archive, Class/seminar, Creative Gardeing, Eclectic Gardening, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Garden Art, Garden Design, Landscaping, Master Gardener, Plants

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