Tag: Featured Hot Topic

Flood Recovery for Edible Gardens

by Kaleena Davis
October 16, 2024

Our communities are resilient, and so is nature. With hurricane season in full swing and storms bringing wind and flooding across the state, let’s discuss necessary steps we must take to rebuild beautiful gardens safely following a flood. ... READ MORE

Category: Disaster Preparation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Food Safety, Fruits & Vegetables
Tags: Edible, Featured Hot Topic, Flood, Florida-friendly Landscaping, Garden, Garden Recovery, Hurricane, Kaleena Davis, Saltwater Flooding, Soil Health

Hiring an Arborist Post Storm

by Alyssa Vinson
October 2, 2024

Listen/view my recent radio interview on this topic here. As we take stock of our losses from Hurricane Helene, many questions will arise about our trees, whether limbs broke, small branches shed, whole trees toppled, or we are already thinking ... READ MORE

Category: Disaster Preparation, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources
Tags: Featured Hot Topic

Tree-mendously Misunderstood: Clearing Up Common Tree Care Confusions

by Alyssa Vinson
September 12, 2024

Selecting a Tree You shouldn't pick the first one that catches your eye. I love these flowers! This bark is gorgeous! It’s hot, I need some shade! Reasons abound for choosing to plant a tree in your landscape. You might be lucky enough to ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources
Tags: Featured Hot Topic, Tree Care, Tree-mendously Misunderstood, Trees, Urban Forests

New Fungal Disease in Mangroves?

by Alyssa Vinson
September 3, 2024

Mangrove CNP: A threat to Florida's mangroves? Background: Mangrove trees are essential to our dynamic coastal and estuarine environments. Found throughout tropical and subtropical regions around the world, mangroves are trees which exhibit ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Tags: Coastal Resilience, Featured Hot Topic, Fish Grow On Trees, Fungal Disease, Mangroves

Leave that Tree

by Alyssa Vinson
June 21, 2023

What do we really lose when we lose a tree? A thousand silent voices removed from the universal chorus. The tree is not a stand-alone unit, a single entity, a monument of stony bark, the tree is they. A connected symbiosis of lichens, fungi, ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Backyard Trees, Featured Hot Topic, Florida Friendly Landscape, Trees, Urban Forests, Wildlife

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