Tia is a Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Extension Agent in Orange County. She provides educational programming to help homeowners implement water conserving practices, strategies to recycle household and yard waste, and work towards more sustainable landscapes. Email her at tsilvasy@ufl.edu, join the Facebook for updates https://www.facebook.com/GardenFlorida/, and check Eventbrite for upcoming events https://www.ocextension.eventbrite.com/

Posts by Tia Silvasy:

• 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