UF/IFAS Extension
Orange County
The Smith/Lever Act of 1914 established the Cooperative Extension Service (Orange County - February 23, 1914). Since then, numerous Extension professionals have dedicated their lives to help identify county needs and develop results oriented programs to help solve those needs.
Contact
orange@ifas.ufl.edu
(407) 254-9200
6021 S. Conway Rd.
Orlando, FL 32812
Hours
Monday - Friday
8a.m. - 5p.m.
Plant Clinic
Monday - Friday
8a.m. - Noon; 1p.m. - 5p.m.
Bring Home Hydroponics for the Holidays!
Interested in growing your own? Need a gift for the green thumb? Give the gift that keeps on giving, or harvest your own homegrown hydroponic lettuce for your holiday meal!
Join UF/IFAS Extension to learn about options for growing food in urban areas and how to deal with the pests that want to eat it, too! Not only will you learn, you will build your own hydroponic lettuce bucket with the kit you will pick up the week before class, which.
11/03/2020
Be S.M.A.R.T. and Say “NO” to Resolutions in 2021
Resolutions Rarely Succeed
Since the time of the Babylonians, people have used the transition to a new calendar year as a time to make positive changes (history.com)
12/11/2020
What's Going on Near You
UF/IFAS Extension Orange County “Safely Resuming Operations”
Beginning on Monday, June 1, 2020, the Orange County Extension Education Center, 6021 S. Conway Road will SAFELY resume operations on a limited basis from 8:00am – Noon, Monday - Friday
05/21/2020
New Vegetable Gardener — Greens in the Cool Season Garden
Greens are a mainstay in the Florida Cool Season garden. Leafy greens are nutritious as well as bountiful in a well maintained vegetable garden
11/24/2020
Pandemic eating among the food-secure: more comfort foods, but not a drastic increase
During the first three months of the pandemic, food-secure people did not change their eating habits very much, although some of them turned a bit more to comfort foods, new University of Florida research shows. The study also serves as a cautionary tale for how people might want to eat in future pandemics
01/05/2021
Holiday Treats to Feel Good About
January 1st, 2020. More than 51% of Americans started the year, as they have many others, with the New Year’s Resolution to “eat healthier” (Buchholz, 2019)
12/11/2020
Holiday Plant Care – Should you Keep Them or Toss Them?
It is that time of year when we see many holiday plants that may be brought into homes and may ultimately end up in our landscapes. Sometimes it is confusing to decide what to do with them so I hope to offer you tips that may make your decision easier -- Should you keep them or toss them into the yard waste after the holiday season is over?
These are the top ten holiday plants that I most often see at this time of year:
12/11/2020
New Vegetable Gardener — Greens in the Cool Season Garden
Greens are a mainstay in the Florida Cool Season garden. Leafy greens are nutritious as well as bountiful in a well maintained vegetable garden
11/24/2020
Home-grown lettuce for the holidays
Set it and forget it…until the holidays. UF/IFAS Extension will teach you how to grow greens just in time to serve at your holiday meal
11/18/2020
