Category: Horticulture

Skip-a-Week of Irrigation

by Melissa West
February 6, 2026

There is still time to Skip-a-Week of Irrigation By Doris Heitzmann, Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Program Manager If you have an automatic sprinkler system, the winter months are the perfect time to save water and increase the health ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Conservation, Florida Friendly, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Irrigation, Landscape, Landscaping, Lawn, Pinellas, Pinellas County, Pinellasco, Skip A Week, Sprinkler, Water

Don’t Let Your Plants Catch a Chill

by Theresa Badurek
January 26, 2026

Winter in Florida? Yes, we do get wintry days in Florida, although they are (thankfully) few and far between. Pinellas County is in USDA hardiness zone 10 and freezes are uncommon, but frosts can happen even when the forecast temps range in ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic, Work & Life
Tags: Cold, Cold Protection, Freeze Protection, Frost, Frost Protection

Integrated Vegetation Management Field Day

by T
May 25, 2023

Integrated Vegetation Management Field Day By Jp Gellermann, UF/IFAS Extension Director Pinellas County Roughly three years ago, there was an idea to bring together vegetation management professionals from around the county to share and ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Integrated Vegetation Management

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