Get The Dirt: My Favorite Native Plants
After paging through the Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ (FFL) Guide to Plant Selection and Landscape Design, I identified 14 native plants that are my favorites. The...
Get The Dirt: Reds, Whites And Blues!
This time of year I’m thinking about a patriotic landscape of red, white and blue. Red is a great color for adding an eye-catching...
Central Florida Gardening Calendar
The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) has many excellent tools for gardeners. This article speaks to the benefits that...
Get The Dirt: Florida-Friendly Landscape Recognition
Do you want to make your neighbors green with envy because of the beauty of your landscape? Here’s how: The University of Florida’s Florida-Friendly...
Get The Dirt: Drought Tolerant Plants And A Dry Spring
How can you balance a dry spring with your desire for landscape plants? Utilize drought- tolerant plants in your landscape. As always, consider the...
Get The Dirt: September 2018, Rainwater Harvesting – Now’s A Good...
Did you know that we offer triple workshops (rainwater harvesting, composting and microirrigation) nearly every month of the year at our office in Seffner?...
Get The Dirt: Hurricanes, A Landscape Pruning Opportunity
By Lynn Barber, Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ agent, and Susan Haddock, commercial horticulture agent
Hurricanes provide many of us with the ‘opportunity’ to prune our landscape plants...
Get The Dirt: Good Time To Create A Rain Garden
It’s that time of year again where we are generally fortunate to receive rain frequently. If you are looking for a way to capture...
Hurricane Season And Horticultural Hurdles…AKA Opportunities
We are now in the midst of hurricane season. What opportunities for flying debris adorn your landscape? If yours looks anything like mine, we...
Get The Dirt: Resolutions Are Upon Us!
Many of us ponder New Year’s resolutions and come up with novel ideas. Some follow through, implement and stick with their resolutions. Others try...
