Dr. Heather Kalaman currently serves as the Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Horticulture Agent for UF/IFAS Extension Orange County. She is a graduate of the UF Doctor of Plant Medicine Program and has a master's degree in environmental horticulture, where her research focused on pollinator-plant interactions. Her passions and programing are focus on sustainable landscaping practices, including gardening to support insects and other wildlife, integrated pest management, soil and nutrient mitigation, and water conservation.

Posts by Heather Kalaman:

• Ambrosia Beetles: Small Insects, Big Impact
• Gardening to Support Natural Enemies
• Harvesting Health: Medicinal Plants for the Central Florida Garden
• A Formal Garden Renovation in Full Bloom
• Golden Rain Tree: The Allure of the Invasive Intruder
• Marvelous Mulberries
• Don’t Go Chasin’ Waterfalls – Please, Stick to Smart Irrigation!
• Celebrating National Pollinator Week
• Meet Orange County's Newest UF/IFAS Extension Agent!
• The sweetgum inscriber: A potential new pest of American sweetgum trees

• New hope in the fight against tick-borne diseases
• Giant African Land Snail Eradicated in Florida
• Cactus moth (Cactoblastis cactorum) and implications for native Opuntia
• Citrus black spot: Expansion of quarantine areas in south Florida
• Sinomegoura citricola recently discovered on Florida mango
• Brazilian peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolia) - ongoing biocontrol efforts.
• A bother on boxwood (Buxus spp.)
• Watermelon Woes: Common Diseases and Management Resources
• Crape myrtle bark scale (Acanthococcus lagerstroemia) recently discovered in Florida
• A Friendly Reminder About Ticks

• Black scale (Saissetia oleae): a pest of citrus, olive, and other ornamentals.
• Honey bees and Chinese tallow: What’s really going on?
• Wait... What's that bug?
• Cat’s Claw Vine: Florida Invasive Plant added to State Noxious Weed List
• Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica Thunb.) now a State Noxious Weed
• The New Invasive Mosquito in Town
• Beach Vitex officially declared a State Noxious Weed
• Tree-mendous Tips for the Holiday Season
• Strawberry season pests: Don't catch yourself in a jam!
• The Ring of Fire... Wood: Buy Local, Burn Local.

• Snout scale: a potential new pest for Florida citrus