Visitors are invited to our free open house/tour of the Culverhouse Community Garden on Nov. 16. Culverhouse is the largest community garden in the Sarasota County Community Garden program. This tranquil space, proximal to the Legacy Trail, ... READ MORE
Category: Events, Home LandscapesBy MINDY HANAK Gardens Program Coordinator, UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County Have you ever wanted to look over the fence into one of our community gardens? If you’ve marveled at the tasty veggie treats, or the dedication of the gardeners ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
By Mindy Hanak Gardens Program Coordinator Planting carrots was a consistently popular request this season as we, along with Master Garden volunteers and staff from other UF/IFAS Extension programs, provided hands-on assistance at nearly three-dozen ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & VegetablesGet back to (or set down anew) your gardening roots! Culverhouse Community Garden has four, highly coveted plots available for the 2018-19 growing season. The Culverhouse plots, like those in all community gardens overseen by Sarasota County ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables
By MINDY HANAK Gardens Program Coordinator You’ve probably heard of arts in the park programs, a popular way to make art accessible to the public. But how about “arts in the garden”? Talent, determination, and help from a partner ... READ MORE
Category: Community Volunteers, Fruits & Vegetables
Butterflies, birds and bees are fun to watch and an important part of food and flower gardens. In our free, one-hour class, we'll teach you techniques to attract and keep them in your yard and garden, what they need, and some of their favorite ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Natural Resources
The first season of One Seed is winding down, and you've got a bounty of green beans. What are you going to do with all that goodness? How about trying a wonderful recipe for "Parmesan Roasted Florida Snap Beans," from our friends at Fresh from ... READ MORE
Category: Work & Life
Whether you garden in your backyard or patio, or just enjoy fresh, local food, One Seed is for you. One Seed is a shared, edible-gardening experience designed to build a community around food. Open to anyone, this new program launches this ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & VegetablesShade for small scale Florida food producers (both backyard and market gardeners) can be both a blessing and a curse. For many situations, the optimum conditions most vegetables prefer — eight to 10 hours of full sun — just aren’t ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureWhat is a community orchard? It is simply an orchard that is not being managed for private profi t and is cared for by some community of people. The community orchard movement seems to have started in 1992 in England when Common Ground, a quirky ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture