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Spring Gardening Tip: Prepping a Landscape Bed for Planting

by Anne Yasalonis
April 7, 2025

Spring is a great time to plan for that new garden or landscape bed, and one of the most important steps to take for the future health and beauty of your new plants is pre-planting landscape bed preparation. Unfortunately, it is often a dreaded ... READ MORE

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Tags: Anne Yasalonis, Ayasalonis, Bed Prep, Central Florida, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Florida-Friendly Plants, Flowers, Master Gardener, Master Gardener Volunteer, Mulch, Polk County, Polkgardening, Spring, Spring Gardening, UF/IFAS Polk County, Your Central Florida Yard Podcast

Springtime gardening with iconic Florida citrus trees

by Brad Buck
March 20, 2025

Do you have a green thumb? Maybe you’re interested in growing something that will blossom in your yard. The spring gardening season is a good time for planting a citrus tree in your yard. Such trees used to be a common site around Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
Tags: 'UF RedLime', 'UF SunLime', Brite Leaf Nursery, Citrus Breeding, Citrus Research And Education Center, Dooryard Citrus, Finger Limes, Fred Gmitter, Home Citrus, Jude Grosser, Nate Jameson, Nurseries, Oranges, Planting, Spring Gardening, Sugar Belle

Spring is dry season in Central Florida—Check irrigation systems!

by Hannah Eason (formerly Wooten)
March 9, 2023

It is true that swampy Florida has a dry season, and the landscape is typically thirstiest in April. No April showers here! There is a season to apply more water and calibrate the system, and there is a season to back off the irrigation. If ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: BMPs, Calibrate, FFL, Green Industry, Hwooten, Irrigation, Irrigation Calibration, Landscape Professional, Lawn, Ocextension, Spring Gardening, Turf, Water, Water Use

Spring Plant Market 2023 in Osceola County

by Eva Maria Pabon
February 3, 2023

UF/IFAS Extension Osceola County Master Gardeners will hold their annual Plant Market on Saturday, Feb. 25 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Osceola Heritage Park.  Stroll through our open-air market; join in on the free classes offered throughout ... READ MORE

Category: Community Volunteers, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: (MGV), Plant Sale, Spring Festival, Spring Gardening