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- September Plant Clinic
- August Landscape Chores and Plant Clinic
- Respect for Wasps
- Lawn, Landscape help Available at July Plant Clinic
- June Plant Clinic this Friday (6-21-24) in Fort Walton Beach
- Seed Saving Lecture and Plant Clinic Happening in June
- Time to Apply for the 2024 Master Gardener Volunteer Training Course
- Confusion Over Classification of Southern Peas
- 'Bradford' Pear is Not so Beautiful When it Breaks
- Master Gardener Plant Sale rescheduled to May 25
- Pollinator & Native Plants at Master Gardeners’ Spring Plant Sale
- Tropical Plants for Summer Color Lecture
- Funny Looking Growth on Azalea and Camellia Leaves
- Compost: Trash to Garden Treasure Lecture
- Consider Early Flowering Magnolias for Winter Landscape Color
- Is It a Crape Myrtle or a Coat Rack?
- Wait to Fertilize but Time for Preemergence Herbicide, if Needed
- Let Trees Adjust to Being Transplanted
- Wait to Prune Cold Injured Landscape Plants
- Has This Column Been Helpful to You in 2023?
- Days Left to Participate in 2023 Peanut Butter Challenge
- Fall Lawn Care & October Plant Clinic
- Plant This, Not That Lecture, Master Gardener Plant Sale
- August Landscape Jobs and Plant Clinic
- June Gardening May Include Visit to Plant Clinic
- Plant Clinic to Help with Lawn, Landscape & Garden Questions
- Graze the Yard Lecture
- Weak, Declining Lawns Common in Spring
- Master Gardeners’ Plant Sale includes Native Plants
- Lawn, Landscape Help Available at Plant Clinic
- Learn about Easter Lilies and other Bulb-type Plants
- Master Gardener Volunteer Program turns 50
- Do You Have Weeds in Your Lawn Now?
- Learn about Pollinators for your Landscape and Garden
- Do You Really Need Lawn Grass Lecture
- No Mow March Event on March 27
- Winter Lawn “Weeds,” a Place for Pollinators & Eggs
- No Mow March Events from UF/IFAS Extension in NW FL
- February is Time to Control Summer Annual Lawn Weeds
- How to Prune Roses in North Florida
- Master Gardener Volunteers Ready to Help in Fort Walton Beach
- Florida Arbor Day Celebration in Crestview this Friday
- Landscape Lessons from Recent Freezes
- Cold Damaged Palms
- Care of Freeze-Injured Citrus Trees
- Protecting Citrus from Cold Weather
- Rollercoaster Temperatures in NW Florida
- NW Florida Expecting Freezing Temperatures - Landscape Cold Protection
- Christmas Gifts for the Gardener from UF Extension Bookstore
- October 2022 Home Show Includes Seminar on What to Plant in Fall
- Time to Apply for 2022 Master Gardener Volunteer Training Course
- Pollinator Plants, Plant Clinic & Farmer’s Market
- Successful Gardening in Summer Seminar & April Plant Clinic
- Spring Festival of Flowers April 1, 2 & 3, 2022 in Milton, FL
- Lawn and Groundcovers Webinar (3-31-22)
- Steps to Solve Plant Problem May Include Visit to Plant Clinic
- Getting Ready for Another Lawn Growing Season Presentation
- Apply Preemergence Herbicide in Lawn Now, If Needed
- Join Zoom or Facebook Live this Thursday for Session on Growing Tomatoes in the North Florida Garden
- Let’s Talk Tomatoes Seminar February 15
- Don’t React too Quickly to Cold-Injured Plants
- New Year Resolution: Compost for a More Productive Garden
- Let Citrus Ripen on the Tree
- Gifts for the Gardener
- Florida Forest Week at Blackwater River State Forest (Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2021)
- Time to apply for 2021 Master Gardener Volunteer Training Course
- Healthy Lawn & Herbicide Timing Play Role in Lawn Weed Control
- Florida’s Arbor Day, a Time to Celebrate Trees
- Ideas on Using Fall Tree Leaves
- Confusion on Timing of Winter Annual Lawn Weed Control
- Annoying Gnats abound in Northwest Florida this Spring
- Odd Looking Caterpillar Becomes Beautiful Swallowtail Butterfly
- The Virus was First Discovered in Plants
- Slime Molds are Common During Warm, Wet Weather
- Why Let Your Own Backyard be a Source of Worry?
- Getting Ready for Another Lawn Growing Season Seminar
- Involve Entire Family in Vegetable Gardening
- Upcoming citrus, tomato & vegetable gardening seminars
- 2020 Camellia Workshop in Fort Walton Beach (tomorrow)
- Florida Arbor Day Celebrations in Niceville and Defuniak Springs
- Low Maintenance by Design Landscape Lecture
- Master Gardener Volunteers’ Fall Plant Sale
- When & How to Renovate Your Landscape Presentation
- Growing Orchids at Home Seminar & Wrong Tree in the Wrong Place
- Raised Bed Vegetable Gardening Lecture & Tomato Fruit Problems
- Wise Water Use During Dry Weather
- Master Gardeners’ Spring Plant Sale includes State Wildflower
- Winter Annual Weeds, a Great Place to Hide Easter Eggs
- First Plant Clinic for 2019 & Antique Rose Seminar
- Getting Ready for Spring Gardening & Tomato Seminar
- Time to Apply Preemergence Herbicide to Control Summer Annual Lawn Weeds, if Needed
- 2019 Home Show Includes Lawn, Landscape & Citrus Seminars
- 2019 Camellia Workshop in Fort Walton Beach
- Fire Ant Control may Include Doing Nothing
- The Calm After the Storm
- Storm Damaged Landscapes
- Upcoming Horticulture Events for September
- August Plant Clinic and Pollinator’s Paradise Seminar
- Seminar on How to Grow a Bonsai Tree
- Plant Right Size Plant in Right Size Place - July 13 Plant Clinic
- Lawn Dry Spots May Lead You to Plant Sale or Plant Clinic
- Getting Ready for Another Lawn Growing Season Seminar
- 2018 Home Show Includes Lawn, Fruit & Tomato Seminars
- Care of Freeze-Injured Citrus Trees
- Free Camellia Workshop in Fort Walton Beach
- Control Winter Annual Lawn Weeds in October
- Blame Ragweed not Goldenrod for Fall Hay Fever
- Autumn Creates Changes in Our Landscapes
- Take-all Root Rot, Common in Local Lawns
- Expect Increase of Foliage Diseases with Wet Weather
- October Gardening & Master Gardener Fall Plant Sale
- Caterpillars That Sting are in Northwest Florida
- Learn about Attractive Carnivorous Plants this Wednesday (Sept. 20th)
- Preparing your landscape for storms
- Fall: Florida’s Best Gardening Season seminar & Sept. Plant Clinic
- Plants Don’t Live Forever
- Lunch & Learn Vegetable Gardening Class this Thursday, August 17
- August Landscape & Garden Events Offered by UF/IFAS Extension
- Small Cockroaches Flying Into Homes
- Plant Propagation Lecture & Mini Plant Sale
- July Plant Clinic in Fort Walton Beach
- Do Homework Before Planting Fruit Trees & Attend Growing Fruit Seminar
- Ground Pearls, the Peril of Local Lawns
- June Plant Clinic this Friday
- Multiple Locations to Get Lawn, Landscape and Garden Help
- Container Gardening Lecture & Mini Plant Sale
- Benefit from Beneficial Insects
- 2017 4-H Summer Camp at Camp Timpoochee & May Plant Clinic
- Best Lawn Grass and Mole Cricket Control Questions
- Master Gardener Spring Plant Sale & Native Plant Trail Tour
- Monitoring for Common Lawn Insects
- April’s Plant Clinic & Should I Put Sand on My Lawn?
- Upcoming Lawn & Gardening Events in Northwest Florida
- Tomato Troubles & Upcoming Tomato Seminar
- Keys to Growing Tomatoes in Florida
- 2017 Home Show Includes Lawn, Citrus and Landscape Seminars
- When and How to Prune Roses
- Pruning Oleander, Hibiscus and Azalea
- Is it Winter or is it Spring?
- Overseeding and Dealing with Thatch in Lawn
- Enjoy Japanese Magnolias While They Are In Bloom
- Now is the Time to Control Lawn Burweed
- Eco-Nomic Living Expo at Santa Rosa Mall Saturday, Feb. 11
- Acorns Abound!
- Ideas for Gardening in January
- Gardening is a Healthy New Year’s Resolution
- Christmas Tree Facts
- Mistletoe Can Harm Trees and People
- Christmas gifts for the gardener
- Acorns abound this fall
- Can tulips be grown in North Florida?
- Sandbur control and white specks on magnolia leaves
- Reduce 100 bags of fall leaves to ten
- Water management during dry weather
- Winterizer fertilizer, not for Florida
- Leaf spots abound on hydrangeas this time of year
- Glistening web on tree bark is harmless
- Small branches dying in some local trees
- Don't blame pests for dry spots in your lawn
- Reduce 100 Bags of Fall Leaves to Ten
- Trees for Fall Color in North Florida
- Blame Ragweed Not Goldenrod for Fall Hay Fever
- Scary Things are Happening in Our Landscapes this Halloween
- Seminar on native azaleas and rhododendrons
- Why worry with fall webworms – attend plant clinic
- Final Plant Clinic for 2016 to be held October 14
- Is It a Salamander or Pocket Gopher?
- Seminar on attracting butterflies and hummingbirds this Wednesday
- September Gardening & Master Gardener Fall Plant Sale
- Fall vegetable gardening and September plant clinic
- Plant Clinic in Fort Walton Beach Friday, September 9
- Tropical Sod Webworms Active in Local Lawns
- Journey to more self-sufficient food production seminar
- August Plant Clinic this Friday in Fort Walton Beach
- August Landscape Chores & Plant Clinic
- Try Container Grown Annuals to Brighten Bare Spots
- UF/IFAS offers solutions for your landscape and more
- Creating Beautiful Color Pots seminar
- 2016 4-H Summer Camp set at Camp Timpoochee
- How to Water to Establish a Lawn
- Vertical Gardening Seminar
- Gardening in June may include a visit to the plant clinic
- Bonsai show coming May 21 to Fort Walton Beach
- Cool, Wet Spring Favors Azalea and Camellia Leaf Gall
- Steps to solve plant problem may include visit to plant clinic
- Learn about native plants by taking a stroll along our native plant trail
- Properly Water to Establish a Lawn
- Lawn burweed and April plant clinic
- Why Do People Apply Sand Over Their Lawns?
- Plant clinic and bee seminar offered in March
- Apply lawn preemergence herbicide now, if needed
- 2016 Home Show includes lawn and garden seminars
- February is not "Fertilizer Time" for Lawns
- 2016 Camellia Workshop in Fort Walton Beach
- Time to Plant Pecan Trees
- New Year’s Resolutions for your Landscape Seminar
- Evaluate and Enjoy Your Landscape This Fall
- Participate in Okaloosa County 2015 Peanut Butter Challenge
- Wildflowers of Northwest Florida Seminar & Fall Plant Sale
- Control winter lawn weeds early & attend Plant Clinic
- It is Futile to Fertilize After September
- It’s wise to prepare for a storm
- Plant Clinic this Friday to Help Diagnose Lawn, Landscape & Garden Problems
- It's Wise to Prepare for Storms
- Success with Trees Seminar Wednesday, August 19
- Time to Begin a Fall Vegetable Garden and to Attend Plant Clinic
- Common Azalea Lace Bug Can Be Controlled
- Free canning seminar to teach safest and newest methods of preserving your produce
- Reestablish Old, Declining Lawn and Attend Plant Clinic
- Plant Clinic this Friday, July 10th
- You Can Propagate Memories
- Time to apply for the 2015 Master Gardener training course
- Diagnosing lawn, landscape and garden problems
- Brighten Bare Spots in Your Landscape
- Plant Clinic this Friday in Fort Walton Beach
- Monitor for Mole Crickets
- Brighten Bare Spots in Landscape with Container-grown Annual Flowers
- Inter-planting for Seasonal Color Seminar
- Lawn Weed ID at Upcoming Plant Clinic (Friday, April 10th)
- Controlling Tomato Pests in the Home Garden Seminar
- Wait Until Mid-April to Fertilize North Florida Lawns
- NWF Gulf Coast Beekeepers Association Workshop
- Upcoming Lawn & Garden Seminars
- Upcoming Okaloosa County Lawn & Garden Seminars
- 2015 Home Show includes lawn and garden seminars
- Place tender plants properly to minimize cold injury
- Don’t Let Spring Fever Cause a Lawn Headache
- February Do’s and Don’ts in the Lawn and Landscape
- Fallen Leaves, Great Resource for Gardeners
- Camellia Flowers that Fail to Open
- Rollercoaster Winters in North Florida
- January in the North Florida Landscape
- Truth about Mistletoe
- Trees to Consider for North Florida Landscapes
- Learn about camellias in Fort Walton Beach on Valentine’s Day
- Care of common flowering Christmas plants
- 100 years of Extension, improved lives and shaped a nation
- Trees with Winter Appeal
- Plants change with the season
- Tropical sod webworms are active in local lawns
- A study of native plants
- Fall and winter lawn care
- No cure for trees that suddenly turn brown
- Mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus in Northwest Florida
- August in the North Florida garden
- Lawn, landscape and garden diseases increase with wet weather
- Pickleworms, stinkbugs & leaffooted bugs in the summer garden
- Easy to grow plants for summer color
- Tomato troubles
- Frondless King Sago plants
- The chinch bug fertilizer relationship
- Environmentally-friendly pest control
- Don’t use herbicides in compost pile
- Kudzu bug, new to Northwest Florida
- Confederate Rose is Not a Rose
- Emerald Coast Home Show Includes Lawn & Landscape Seminars
- Time to Begin Fall/Winter Vegetable Garden
- Emerald Coast Home Show Offers Lawn, Landscape Seminars
- Fall into Vegetable Gardening Course at Extension Office
- Wasps Have a Purpose
- Florida Betony: Both Edible Native and Weed
- Wild Wisteria
- 2014 Turfgrass Expo & Field Day Includes Landscape Info
- Tree Cattle are Harmless
- Beware of Too-Good-to-be-True Lawn Grass Seed Advertisements
- Cool, Wet Spring Favors Azalea/Camellia Leaf Gall
- Be Cautious of Too-Good-to-be-True Lawn Grasses
- Spring Fever or Lawn Headache
- Monitor for Mole Crickets in Lawns
- Soil pH is Important
- Weeds VS Lawns, Who Wins?
- Lawn Problems are Common in Spring
- Don't Cut Corners When Renovating Lawn
- 2014 Home Show includes landscape seminars
- New later blooming Japanese Magnolias
- Time to apply preemergence herbicide but wait to fertilize lawn
- Cold injured palms
- Wait to prune cold injured plants
- Tending to freeze-injured citrus trees
- Do homework before choosing fruit trees
- Citrus canker found in Northwest Florida
- Avoid tree damage during construction
- Black twig borers in local trees
- Do Homework Before Choosing Fruit Trees
- Care of Freeze-Injured Citrus Trees
- Preventing tree failure Arbor Day program in Crestview
- A Few Trees with Winter Appeal
- Spring Into Vegetable Gardening Course
- Black Twig Borers in Local Trees
- Trees for Fall Color
- Pros & Cons of Seeding Temporary Winter Lawn and Planting Sod Now
- Enjoy Camellia show in Fort Walton Beach (November 9, 2013)
- Control winter annual lawn weeds in October
- Peanut butter challenge for Okaloosa County
- Brussels Sprouts: Another Fall Vegetable Idea
- Fall: Florida's Best Gardening Season Seminar at Crestview Library
- 2013 Fall Home & Garden Expo
- The Truth About Lovebugs
- September is Here: It's Time to Prepare for Winter Weeds
- Asian Cockroach - Is it a Pest of the Home or the Garden?
- Rains Promote Fungus In St. Augustinegrass
- Tree Cattle are Harmless
- 2013 Turfgrass Expo & Field Day
- Tree cattle are harmless
- Don't Blame Pests for Dry Lawn
- How to Grow a North Florida Lawn Presentation
- Master Gardener Native Plant Sale
- Master Gardener Native Plant Sale
- 2013 How to Grow Tomatoes in Florida Seminar
- Wait to Fertilize Lawn
- Learn how to maintain a Florida lawn
- 2013 Florida Arbor Day Celebration in Crestview
- Annual Camellia Show in Fort Walton Beach
- Do You Want to Become a Master Gardener?
- Fall Home & Garden Expo Includes Lawn & Landscape Seminars
- Virginia Buttonweed is Difficult to Control
- Fall: Florida's Best Gardening Season Seminar
- Hurricane Preparedness Program at EOC May 29