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Where Have All The Flowers Gone?


July 27, 2018

Florida - The Land of Flowers Ponce de Leon named Florida in 1512. "La Florida," he called this land, Spanish for flowery, covered with flowers, or abounding in flowers. Yet our landscapes of today are mostly green masses of foreign lawns, ... READ MORE

Category: , Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Water, Wildlife, Work & Life
Tags: Air Pollution, Birds, Development, Flowers, Gardening, Health, Insects, Landscapes, Native, Noise Pollution, Pesticides, Water, Water Pollution, Wildlife

What’s So Bad About Invasive Plants?


February 22, 2016

As my colleague Lara pointed out on February 15th, this week is National Invasive Species Awareness Week. We'll be teaching many classes (schedule at link above) around Pinellas County to help you learn about invasive plants. So why are invasive ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Work & Life
Tags: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Flowers, Invasive, Native, Native Plants, Plants, Wildlife

Look What’s Coming Up in October!


October 1, 2013

Hi there! Check out this list of educational programs offered throughout Pinellas County this month by Extension educators. Most programs are free to attend, however they all require advance registration at the link provided. To register ... READ MORE

Category: Work & Life
Tags: Activities, Archaeology, Barrel, Bats, Bay, Biological, Bird, Bones, Book, Botany, Brooker, CEU, Community, CORE, Cultural, Efficiency, Energy, Ferns, FFL, Florida, Flower, Food, Forestry, Free, Friendly, Fumigation, Garden, GHP, Gopher, Guided, Harvest, Herb, Hike, Identification, Kids, Landscaping, Lawn, LCLM, Limited, LLO, LS, Manasota, Money, Myth, Native, Nutrition, Ornamental, Photography, Plant, Plants, Preserve, Quest, Rain, Rainwater, Reality, Roundup, Run, Salt, Salty, Scats, School, Shade, Signs, Structural, Tampa, Termite, Tour, Tracks, Training, Tropical, Turf, Vegetable, Volunteer, Weedon, Wildflower, Wildlife

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