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Learn, grow and connect with UF/IFAS Extension Broward Master Gardener Program at the Nov. 9 open house

by Lourdes Mederos
October 3, 2024

There is something for everyone at UF/IFAS Extension Broward County. Whether it’s finding the right 4-H youth activity, growing your garden, training to be an arborist or needing an expert to diagnose your landscape woes, UF/IFAS Extension ... READ MORE

Category: Community Volunteers, Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Management, Horticulture, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: (MGV), Broward County, Butterfly Garden, Citizen Science, Conservations, Environmental Stewardship, Fall, Fall Gardening, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Gardening, Irrigation, Landscape, Lorna Bravo, Master Gardener Volunteer, Noelle N. Guay, Orchids, Pest Management, Resilience, Spring, Summer, Sustainability, Sustainable Landscaping, UF IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Broward Extension Office, Urban Horticulture Program, Vegetable Gardening, Water Ambassador, Water Conservation, Winter, Winter Gardening

From the Ground Up workshop set for January 2022

by Wayne Hobbs
November 30, 2021

January is not always the nicest of times to be working in a Florida garden. Why not spend the day with Master Gardener Volunteers learning about Northeast Florida gardening and getting ideas to improve your own landscape at the "From the Ground ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Lawn, Pests & Disease
Tags: Class, Florida Friendly, Garden, Gardening, Herbs, Hydroponics, Landscape, Landscape Design, Landscaping, Orchids, Workshop

Invite Native Orchids to your Yard

by Lorna Bravo
April 12, 2021

Article by UF/IFAS Extension Broward County Urban Horticulture Agent Lorna Bravo Reintroducing Native Orchids to South Florida The UF/IFAS Extension Broward County Florida-Friendly Landscaping program has joined forces with The Fort Lauderdale ... READ MORE

Category: Community Volunteers, Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, Wildlife, Work & Life
Tags: Broward, Broward County, Conservation, Florida Friendly Landscape, Growing Orchids, Million Orchid Project, Native, Native Orchids, Natural Conservations, Orchids
Cattleyas love to grow on trees!

Orchids grow on trees!

by Donna Corbelli Castro
May 28, 2020

We have all heard the saying: "Money doesn't grow on trees!", but here in South Florida, orchids grow on trees. Most people only see orchids growing in pots, but in nature, most of them grow on trees. Epiphytes NOT parasites! Epiphytes are ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension, , Work & Life
Tags: Epiphytes, Growing Orchids, Mounting, Newsletter2, Orchids, Trees
close up of orchid blooms

Orchids: Beauty and Easy-Care

by David Austin
May 7, 2020

A half-day field trip to Orchid Jungle down in South Florida put orchids on my list of 'MUST HAVE' plants. The scents and beauty of the blooms took my breath away. There was even an orchid which smelled just like chocolate! What most people ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension,
Tags: Chocolate Orchid, Dividing Orchids, Edis, Live Oaks, Moth Orchid, Orchid Care, Orchid On Wood, Orchids, Vanilla Orchid, Vanilla Orchid Vine, Water With Rain

UF/IFAS Experts: Skip the Roses and Go Straight for the Orchids on Mother’s Day

by Brad Buck
May 7, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- What’s better than roses on Mother’s day? Orchids, which are easier to take care of and can last for years, according to University of Florida experts. Wagner Vendrame, a professor of environmental horticulture at ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Events, Horticulture, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, Work & Life
Tags: IFAS, Mother's Day, News, Orchids
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Event: Gulf Coast Orchid Alliance Orchid Show

by Samantha Murray
February 6, 2018

UF IFAS Extension Collier County and Collier County Parks and Recreation are pleased to join with area orchid enthusiasts to present Orchids in the Park. A local Orchid Show and Sale located at the North Collier Regional Park on Livingston ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Community Volunteers, Conservation, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Collier County, Gulf Coast Orchid Alliance, North Collier Regional Park, Orchid Show, Orchids, Twyla Leigh

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