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The UF/IFAS Extension Residential Horticulture program provides research-based gardening and landscaping information to the residents of Polk County.
A Plant Clinic is staffed during business hours to answer questions related to your lawn and landscape. Workshops and presentations are open to the public and can be offered to groups through our speaker’s bureau. Youth and school-based programs are provided to supplement current school standards.
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When it comes to butterfly gardening, monarch butterflies seem to get all the love. Monarchs are the butterfly “homecoming queens”! They are drama queens, too, as they lead fascinating lives of intrigue, participating each year in a...
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Throughout the year, I collect pinecones, acorns, grasses, and seedpods in my yard and on hikes (where permitted). However, in the fall I really step up my activity. Mother nature is drying some of them for me this time of year and I love to...
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There has been a lot of publicity surrounding the Asian giant hornet in the United States, but as of today, the hornets (Vespa mandarinia) have only been found in Washington state. Of course, insects can be transported across state...
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