Tia is a Residential Horticulture Extension Agent in Hillsborough County. She leads the Master Gardener Volunteer program and provides educational programming to help homeowners work towards more sustainable landscapes.

Posts by Tia Silvasy:

• Proper Palm Pruning
• Blackout Compliant Fertilizers and Amendments
• No Mow Lawns in Florida
• Bamboo Building Model Instructional Booklet
• AMPIC: An Important Conference for Florida Extension Agents
• Exploration Gardens - A UF/IFAS Extension Botanical Garden
• Microirrigation for Vegetable Gardens
• Orange County Florida-Friendly Landscaping Rebates and Incentives
• Jardinería de Mariposas en Florida
• Florida Wildflower Lawns

• Emily Tells All: Learn about Vegetable Gardens with Commissioner Bonilla and Tia Silvasy
• Garden Festival and Plant Sale - Orange County Extension
• Lakefront Landscaping webinar recording
• Lakefront and Aquatic Landscaping
• List of Freshwater Aquatic Plants for Florida
• Lakefront Landscaping webinar Feb. 16 at 2pm
• Cold Protection for Palms, Fruit Trees, Flowers and Vegetables
• Webinar recording - Florida-Friendly Edible Landscaping
• No Spray Roses for Central Florida
• Orange County Plant Clinic FAQ's

• Soil Testing at Orange County Plant Clinic
• Are Rock Yards Florida-Friendly?
• Success Story: FFL Demonstration Garden in Orange County
• Success Story: Flip My Florida Yard
• Florida-Friendly Wildflowers 3-part Educational Series
• Non-native Invasive Plants Common to Central Florida
• Right Plant, Right Place
• Low Maintenance Florida-Friendly Alternatives to Turfgrass Lawns
• Florida Butterfly Gardening
• Florida-Friendly Edible Landscaping

• Giant Milkweed - A Big Milkweed for Monarch Caterpillars
• Vermicomposting (Using Worms for Composting)
• Tree-cycle: Recycle your Fall Leaves
• Seed Saving Basics
• Are My Black Eyed Peas Ripe?
• Using Insectary Plants to Attract Pest Predators
• Easy Herbs for Central Florida
• Free Spring Fertilizing Webinar for Orange, Seminole and Volusia Counties
• Milkweed for Monarchs in Central Florida
• Drought Tolerant Plants for a Florida-Friendly Landscape – Zone 9

• Sustainable Landscaping Class
• Red Berries for Holiday Decorations
• Reduce Environmental Impacts with Sustainable Landscaping
• Conserve Water with High-Efficiency Rotary Irrigation Nozzles