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RESIDENTIAL HORTICULTURE

Residential Horticulture at UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County helps residents and professionals build and maintain beautiful landscapes that foster, rather than endanger, the wonderful ecosystem that is Florida. We can provide you with practical, how-to solutions based on University of Florida research. We provide training, in partnership with myriad university researchers, to help find the answers you need, when you need them. In these ways, and many more, we connect you with the land and what it offers.

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RECENT RESIDENTIAL HORTICULTURE BLOG POSTS

Post-Hurricane Landscaping Tips: Check for ‘Widow Makers’

Hurricanes can wreak havoc on our landscapes, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. Lately this destruction seems constant, Irma, Ian, and now Idalia have all caused significant tree damage to our area in recent years. While many people...
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A Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Tale of Survival and Resurgence (Part I): Coontie Cycads

Countless species of flora and fauna have been lost in what is now being labeled as the Anthropocene extinction event. Fortunately, two local species have not only escaped from the brink of extinction but have rebounded as humans have improved...
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Welcome to our new residential horticulture agent!

We are excited to announce that Ashley Ellis has joined UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County as our new residential horticulture agent. Ashley brings expertise, experience and energy to a position key to Sarasota County Extension and one of our...
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