Category: Pests & Disease

Hydroponic Organic Tabletop Strawberry Project–Events in Orlando & Citra!

by Hannah Eason (formerly Wooten)
January 22, 2025

USDA Urban Agriculture Hydroponic Organic Tabletop Strawberry Project A team of UF/IFAS, FAMU, and UGA scientists are engaged in cutting edge research analyzing various strawberry cultivars grown in a tabletop hydroponic organic system under ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Conservation, Crops, Events, Farm Management, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Ag, Agriculture, Central Florida, Cffarms, Cflandscapes, Chef, Extension, Farm, Field Day, Florida, Florida Organic, FOG, Fresh From Florida, Hwooten, Hydroponic, Hydroponics, Local Food, Nutrient, Nutrition, Orange County, Organic, Organic Growers, Research, Strawberries, Strawberry, Urban Ag, Urban Agriculture, Urban Farm, Usda Organic, Workshops

UF/IFAS Extension Orange County Commercial Horticulture Classes–2025

by Hannah Eason (formerly Wooten)
January 20, 2025

Good things are growing in Orange County, Florida! Let's keep our minds as sharp as our tools and learn together in 2025. The exciting line-up of classes is designed to build upon topics from the basics to specifics of commercial horticulture ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Turf
Tags: Basics Of Landscaping, Best Management Practices, CEUs, Cflandscapes, Commercial Horticulture, Commercial Landscaping, Commercial Lawn And Ornamental, Commercial Pesticide, GI-BMP, Growers, Home Hydroponics, Hydroponics, Landscape Maintenance, Lawn And Ornamental, Lawn And Ornamentals, Limited Lawn And Ornamental, Limited Urban Fertilizer Applicator License, Palms, PCO, Pest Control, Pest Control Operator, Pesticide, Pesticide Applicator License, Pesticide Ceus, Producers, Pruning Palms, Set It And Forget It

2/19/25 GI-BMP in Orange County + Sun Spot Safety Lunch with Swag!

by Hannah Eason (formerly Wooten)
January 20, 2025

That is right! Fertilizer is regulated in Florida and in Orange County and beyond! You are required to learn about it and follow the rules. We want to keep things interesting and beneficial for you, the landscape professionals. This year, UF/IFAS ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Management, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Certified Instructor, CEU, CEUs, Cflandscapes, Class, Classes, Clean Water, Continuing Education, Fertilizer, Fertilizer Class, Fertilizer Training, Gibmp, Grass, Grass Class, Green Industries Best Management Practices, Green Industry, Hwooten, Orange County, Regulated Fertilizer, Train, Trainer, Training, Turf, Turfgrass, Water, Water Glass

GI-BMP Class in SPANISH 12/12/24

by Hannah Eason (formerly Wooten)
October 30, 2024

El fertilizante es regulado en la Florida y en Orange County. Cada persona que aplica fertilizantes por contrato por ley está obligado obtener una certificación para la aplicacion de fertilizantes. El fertilizante está regulado porque sabemos ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Management, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Applicator, Best Management Practices, BMP BMPs, CEU, CEUs, Cflandscapes, Clases, Clases En Espanol, Commercial, Español, Fertilizer, Fertilizer Applicator, Fertilizer License, FFL, Florida, Florida Friendly, Gibmp, Green Industries, Green Industries Best Management Practices, Hwooten, Landscape, Ornamentals, Plants, Spanish, Spanish Class, Turf, Turfgrasses

Palms–to prune or not to prune?

by Hannah Eason (formerly Wooten)
October 9, 2024

Let your palms sway! Most palms are well adapted for Florida’s humid sub-tropical climate. Palms have pinnate, palmate, or bipinnate leaves that dance in the wind and drip excess water off their leaf tips. The trunk stands strong like a concrete ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, HOME LANDSCAPES, Home Management, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Cflandscapes, Florida Friendly, Heason, Hwooten, Landscape, Landscapes, Lawn And Ornamentals, Ocextension, Ornamentals, Palm, Palm Issues, Palm Maintenance, Palms, Pruning, Pruning Palms

Basics of Landscaping in Florida–Free Webinar–English on 8/15/24 & Español en 8/22/24

by Hannah Eason (formerly Wooten)
July 29, 2024

During this webinar, learn basic concepts about developing sustainable landscapes in Florida, such as planting the right plant in the right place, keeping plants the proper height, and following mowing and pruning best practices. ENGLISH CLASS WHAT: ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, HOME LANDSCAPES, Home Management, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Alachua, Basics, Best Management Practices, Best Practices, Bilingual, BMP, BMPs, Book, CEU, Cflandscapes, Commercial Horticulture, Continuing Education, Continuing Education Unit, Event, FFL, Florida Friendly, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Free, Free Book, Free Class, Grass, HOA, Home, Home Landscape, Homeowners Association, Horticulture, Hwooten, Ifas, Intro, Introductory, Landscape, Landscape Basics, Landscapes, Landscaping, Master Gardener, MGV, Mow, Mowing, Orange, Ornamental, Ornamentals, Ort, Plant, Plants, Prune, Pruning, Residential, Seminole, Shrub, Spanish, Tree, Trees, Turf, Webinar

Basics of Landscaping in Florida–Bilingual Booklet in the UF/IFAS Bookstore

by Hannah Eason (formerly Wooten)
July 25, 2024

Better landscaping practices are good for Florida! Even though Florida has a lot of water resources, there are also a lot of people and industries sucking from the tap...and more keep coming. Long story short, Floridians need to conserve ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Blog Community, Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Disaster Preparation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, HOME LANDSCAPES, Home Management, Horticulture, Lawn, Money Matters, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, Wildlife, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Alachua, Alachua Co, Basics Of Landscaping, Best Practice, Best Practices, Big Box, Big Box Stores Selling Plants, Bilingual, BMP, BMPs, Ceu Continuing Education, Cflandscapes, Community Leaders, Community Planners, Crape Myrtle, Cultural Ipm, Elected Officials, Epd, EPDs, FFL, Flooding, Florida, Florida Friendly, Florida-friendly Landscape, Heat, Heat Island, Heat Islands, How To Landscape, Hwooten, IPM, Land Developers, Landscape, Landscape Professionals, Landscaper, Landscapes, Mow, Mowing, Nursery Growers, Orange, Orange Co, Palm, Parks Departments, Planner, Planners, Prune, Pruning, Residents, Seminole, Seminole Co, Spring, Springs, Turf, Uf Ifas Uf Ifas Bookstore, Usda, Water, Water Quality, Water Quantity

Virtual Limited Pesticide Applicator’s License Review and CEUs–7/31/24

by Hannah Eason (formerly Wooten)
July 10, 2024

The limited pesticide applicator licenses allow the licensed applicator to apply pesticides to landscapes around buildings. There are 2 primary limited pesticide applicator licenses: Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance (LCLM) for individuals ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: CEU, CEUs, Cflandscapes, Class, Continuing Education, Continuing Education Units, Fdacs, Hwooten, Insect, Integrated Pest Management, IPM, Land, Landscape, Lawn, Lclm, Limited, Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance, Limited Lawn And Ornamental, Llo, PCO, Pest Control, Pest Management, Pesticide, Pesticide Applicator

Landscape University CEU Day! In Person, In Lake Co.–5/15/24

by Hannah Eason (formerly Wooten)
April 11, 2024

Let's hang out and talk about plants at our upcoming Landscape University CEU Day! Join your esteemed Extension Agent hosts from UF/IFAS Extension Lake, Orange, and Seminole Counties for a fun morning of learning together in person, in Lake ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Bmoffis, Central Florida, CEU, CEUs, Cflandscapes, Continuing Education, Continuing Education Unit, Fertilizer, FFL, Florida, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Gardening, Horticulture, Horticulturist, Hwooten, IPM, Lake, Landscape, Landscape Management, Landscape Professional, Lawn, Mpinkerton, Orange, Ornamental Horticulture, Pest Management, Pests, Seminole

Trees, Streets, and Sidewalks

by Hannah Eason (formerly Wooten)
March 26, 2024

From a society standpoint, we are encouraged to think about the greenhouse gas removing qualities of trees, specifically, their ability to take up a lot of carbon dioxide. Running quick numbers, 1 cubic foot of concrete results in about 150 ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Disaster Preparation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, HOME LANDSCAPES, Home Management, Horticulture, Lawn, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Arbor, Arboriculture, Buckled Sidewalks, Cflandscapes, Cma, Community Design, Community Managers, Conservation, Enews, Florida-Friendly Landscapes, Heat Island, HOA, Hoas, Homeowners Associations, Horticulture, Hwooten, Isa, Landscape, Landscape Design, Landscapes, Mature Trees, Ocextension, Planners, Shade, Sidewalk Repair, Sidewalks, Tree, Tree Conflicts, Tree Issues, Tree Planning, Tree Removal, Tree Replacement, Trees, Urban Canopy, Urban Forest, Urban Forestry, Urban Forests

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