Tag: Broward County

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

Citizen science project leads volunteers to live healthier lifestyles

by Brad Buck
February 20, 2024

Citizen scientists help researchers collect valid data. But University of Florida scientists wanted to know how citizen-science projects change the volunteers. In a newly published study, a project involving urban gardening led participants ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Alachua County, Broward County, Catherine Campbell, Citizen Science, Eat Healthy, Family, Orange County, Tomatoes, Urban Gardening, Youth And Community Sciences

Citizen science program: Grow your own tomatoes to help address food insecurity

by Samantha Murray
February 28, 2022

During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, victory gardens emerged as a popular way for people to grow their own food and explore a healthy hobby. Now a new program from UF/IFAS aims to understand what home growers need to be successful. ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, HOME LANDSCAPES, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Alachua County, Broward County, Celina Gomez, Citizen Science, Environmental Horticulture, Featured, News, Orange County, Special Topics

Join beach cleanups this Saturday during International Coastal Cleanup

by BLOGS.IFAS
September 19, 2019

By Rhett Register GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- This weekend is the 34th annual International Coastal Cleanup, an effort by coastal communities to remove trash from their beaches and coastal areas. Created and run by The Ocean Conservancy, a national ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, EVENTS, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Ana Zangroniz, Brittany Scharf, Broward County, Cedar Key, Florida Sea Grant, Hernando County, International Coastal Cleanup, Laura Tiu, Miami-Dade County, Nature Coast Biological Station, Okaloosa County, Plastic, Pollution, Savanna Barry

Broward Residents to Survey Local Wildlife for Science

by Samantha Murray
March 18, 2019

Get your binoculars ready — a BioBlitz is coming to Deerfield Beach. This citizen science event connects regular people with scientists to help collect information on the plants and animals in a given area. Think of it as nature watching ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Forests, Invasive Species, NATURAL RESOURCES, Recreation, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: BioBlitz, Broward County, Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, Lorna Bravo, Mathieu Basille, News

BioBlitz: Broward Residents to Survey Local Wildlife for Science

by Samantha Murray
October 10, 2018

Get your binoculars ready — a BioBlitz is coming to Broward County. This citizen science event connects regular people with scientists to help collect information on the plants and animals in a given area. Think of it as nature watching ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Forests, HOME LANDSCAPES, Invasive Species, NATURAL RESOURCES, Recreation, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Broward County, Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, News

4-H youth win college scholarships for grilling flair

by Samantha Murray
October 18, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The smell of cooking meat wafted through the covered patio at the UF/IFAS Extension Straughn Professional Development Center last Saturday as 30 youth crouched over charcoal grills, brushing on glazes and checking internal ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Livestock, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Broward County, Leon County, News, Pasco County, Walton County

UF experts offer tips for tree, lawn survival post-Irma

by Brad Buck
September 19, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- As property owners and managers clean up lawns and trees in the wake of Hurricane Irma’s wind and rain, University of Florida experts offer several tips for tree planning and recovery and lawn improvement. Michael ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Broward County, Environmental Horticulture, Hurricane Irma, Laurie Trenholm, Lawn Care, Mike Orfanedes, Monica Elliott, Monice Elliott, News, Plant Pathology, Tree Care

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