UF/IFAS, Monroe County Extension Service offers free plant clinics. Master Gardener Volunteers will be onsite at regional plant clinics to help assist with plant identification, disease diagnosis, insect identifications/problems, and other services related to diagnosing gardening and/or landscape problems.

You can Register for the Plant Clinic by Clicking the Link Below:

https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvcOutrTgoHtFlkj-S0J3sZJfG4USIjvql

COVID-19 UPDATE:

Virtual Plant Clinics: 

Every Tuesday from 10AM to 11AM via zoom.  Registration link is posted above.

In-Person Plant Clinics: 

Home Deopt Marathon- every 3rd Saturday of the month 9AM-12PM 

Island Home Garden Islamorada- every 4th Thursdat of the month 9AM-12PM 

MASKS and SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIRED at all In-Person Plant Clinics!

What to Bring with You: 

Photo: clear photos of the issues you are having will help master gardeners with diagnosis. Make sure photos are if focus and take one of the whole plant and some close-ups of the problem(s).

Plant Sample: Samples should include healthy material and material showing issue(s) to be identified. Bring material in a plastic bag and, if possible, collect on the same day as the plant clinic, otherwise keep sample refrigerated.

Insect Sample: Samples should be placed in a jar or other suitable container. Collect more than one specimen if possible. Insects may be dead or alive.

Not able to attend a plant clinic? No problem, you can email our Environmental Horticulture Agent, Michelle Leonard-Mularz, at mularz-michelle@monroecounty-fl.gov. Please include detailed photographs.