Solutions For Your Life

At Extension, helping you find solutions for your life is our mission. Backed by the expertise and research of University of Florida staff, we provide community initiatives, classes, and volunteer opportunities related to six core areas: 4-H youth development; agriculture; gardening and landscaping; natural resources; nutrition and healthy living; and sustainability. We provide practical education to build a better future.

100 Things You Can Learn About at
UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County

Agriculture

Sustainable Agriculture

1. Food systems
2. Agriculture best management practices

Gardening and Landscaping

Gardens

3. Community gardens: how to join a local garden
4. Community gardens: garden management practices and new garden considerations
5. School gardens: best practices and growing tips
6. School gardens: trainings for teachers and curriculum recommendations
7. Edible gardening: seasons (what grows when)
8. Edible gardening: planning your edible garden
9. Edible gardening: sustainable pest control
10. Edible gardening: mulching
11. Edible gardening: beneficial insects
12. Edible gardening: nematodes
13. Edible gardening: watering
14. Edible gardening: fertilizing
15. Edible gardening: heat tolerant vegetables
16. Edible gardening: fruit tree selection for our area
17. Edible gardening: seed starting
18. Edible gardening: container gardening
19. Edible gardening: herbs for florida
20. Edible gardening: tomato growing
21. Understanding your soil

Horticulture (Commercial)

22. Tree planting techniques
23. Benefits of trees
24. Green industry best management practices

Horticulture (Residential)

25. Florida-Friendly Landscaping™
26. Sustainable landscaping in your homeowner/neighborhood association
27. Weeds
28. Wildflowers
29. Plants for pollinators
30. Plants for birds
31. Butterflies and pollinators
32. Florida snakes

Natural Resources

Chemicals in the Environment

33. Mosquitoes
34. Biorational pesticides

Ecology and Natural Resources

35. Gopher tortoises
36. Coyotes
37. Owls
38. Sharks
39. Eagles
40. Bats
41. Alligators
42. Bobcat/panthers
43. Scrub jays
44. Bird beak adaptations
45. Prescribed fire
46. Invasive plants
47. Invasive animals

Marine and coastal

48. Mangroves
49. Marine debris
50. Living shorelines

Waste Reduction

51. Recycling
52. Composting
53. Food waste reduction
54. Plastics reduction
55. Green business practices

Water resources

56. Healthy ponds
57. Nutrients in reclaimed water
58. Bay-friendly fertilizing
59. Citizen science opportunities
60. Microplastics
61. Aquifers
62. Where your drinking water comes from
63. Safe drinking water
64. Importance of drinking local
65. Freshwater wetlands
66. Nitrogen footprint
67. Irrigation best practices
68. Rain sensor maintenance
69. Drip irrigation

Nutrition and Healthy Living

Family and Consumer Sciences

70. Disaster preparedness
71. Closing up your (Florida) home
72. Cooking with herbs and spices
73. Preserving food through dehydration
74. Instant pressure cookers
75. Water bath canning and pressure canning
76. Food safety in the kitchen
77. Food safety in the workplace: safe-staff training
78. Dietary guidelines for Americans
79. Physical activity guidelines for Americans
80. Nutrition on a budget
81. Meal planning
82. Best practices for healthy snacking
83. The importance of whole grains
84. Green cleaning
85. Age-friendly: fall prevention

Sustainability (Community Development)

Sustainability

86. Energy efficiency
87. Water efficiency
88. Solar energy technologies
89. Solar energy basics for kids
90. Universal design/age-friendly housing
91. Property-assessed clean energy (PACE) financing
92. Sustainable living
93. Electric vehicles
94. Climate change
95. Indoor environmental quality of your home
96. Green building
97. Energy equity

Youth Development

4-H

98. 4-H youth development
99. 4-H youth leadership
100. 4-H youth service learning

In addition to the links noted above, you can find our helpful resources via:

• our current classes and events at our Eventbrite page (ufsarasotaext.eventbrite.com);
• webinar recordings, tutorials and other videos at our YouTube channel (via tiny.cc/ufsaraext_youtube);
• quick notes and tips shared via our social media accounts (facebook.com/ufsarasotaext, instagram.com/ufsarasotaextension, twitter.com/ufsarasotaext, and linkedin.com/company/uf-ifas-extension-sarasota-county);
• our Plant Clinic help desks, at our main office and at satellite locations across Sarasota County; and
• short- and long-form blog posts (blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco), covering information from each of our programs, plus other areas of interest.

Extension videos

Contact

Lee Hayes Byron
County Extension Director

6700 Clark Road
Sarasota, Fla. 34241

sarasota@ifas.ufl.edu
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Hours

Office
  8a to 5p, Mon–Fri

Plant Clinic
  In-person: 9a to 3p, Mon–Wed
  Learn more: Plant Clinic web page

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