Lawn & Garden Links
University of Florida Websites
- EDIS Home Page (UF/IFAS Publications Online)
- Featured Creatures
- Florida Plant Identification
- UF Department of Environmental Horticulture
- UF Herbarium (FLAS)
- UF Home Page
UF Sample / ID / Test Forms
- Container Media Test Information Form (Feb. 2009)
- Extension Soil Testing Laboratory (soil testing info)
- Insect Identification Form
- Landscape & Vegetable Garden Test Information Form
- Nematode Assay Form Info
- Request for Plant Information Form (Plant ID)
- UF Soil & Water Science Department
- Water Test Information Form (irrigation only)
State Extension Services
- Colorado State University Cooperative Extension
- College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources - University of Hawaii
- Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources - University of California
- North Carolina Cooperative Extension
- Texas AgriLife Extension Service
Best Management Practices (BMP)
- BMP Manual for Protection of Water Resources by the Green Industries
- Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection BMP publications
Botanical Gardens
- American Public Gardens Association (APGA)
- Dunlawton Sugar Mill Gardens.org
- Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
- Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
- Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden
- National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG)
- The New York Botanical Garden
- The State Botanical Garden of Georgia
- The University of South Florida Botanical Garden
Composting
- Composting101.com
- Compost Info.com
- Compost Tips for the Home Gardener
- Construction of Home Compost Units
- How to Build a Keys Composter
- How to Compost in the Florida Keys
- Living Green - Composting
- Master Composter Website
- Recycling Yard Wastes
- Tips for Compost Success
- Trouble Shooting Guide
- Turn Over a New Leaf
- Using Seaweed to Build your Keys Soil
- Vermicomposting
- Worms Eat My Garbage
Children's Gardening
- Beginning Level - Getting Started in Entomology
- Entomology Project - Advanced Level Workbook
- FL Dept. of Agriculture - Insect Coloring Book
- FL Dept. of Agriculture - Wildflower Coloring Book
- The Bug Club
Environmental Topics
- EnviroWorld.com
- Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council (FLEPPC)
- The Nature Conservancy
- National Audubon Society
- National Wildlife Federation
Groundcovers
- Conserving Water in the Home Landscape
- Converting Yard Wastes into Landscape Assets
- Coping with Drought in the Landscape
- Insect Management on Landscape Plants
- Landscape Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- Low Maintenance Landscapes
- Mulches for the Landscape
- Microirrigation in the Landscape
- Native Florida Plants for Home Landscapes
- What's Bugging Me? A Guide for Environmental Landscape Pest Control
Gardening
- Butterfly Gardening
- Building a Floating Hydroponic Garden
- Community Garden.org
- Florida Gardener.com
- Florida Gardening.com
- Florida Gardening Calendar
- Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide
- Flower Beds: Getting Started
- Green Garden Chef.com
- Grow Your Own Vegetables Without Soil
- Guide for Real Florida Gardeners
- Guide to Seedling Images - Is it a weed or wildflower?
- Hort on the Internet - Houseplants
- Horticulture Magazine.com
- Organic Gardening.com
- Sustainable Gardening for Florida by Ginny Stibolt
- Tropical Plant Photos.com
- UF Vegetable Gardening website
- Vegetable Gardening in the Florida Keys by Kim Gabel
- Wildflowers in a Dry Landscape
Horticultural Societies
- American Bamboo Society
- American Hibiscus Society
- American Rose Society
- American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS)
- Botanical Society of America
- Florida Association of Native Nurseries (FANN)
- Florida Hibiscus.org
- Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS)
- Florida Nursery Growers & Landscape Assn. (FNGLA)
- Florida Wildflower Foundation
- Florida Wildflowers.com
- International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
- The Tropical Hibiscus
Insects (Good & Bad)
- Africanized Honey Bee website
- Africanized Honey Bee fact sheet
- Africanized Honey Bee (AFBEE Program) UF website
- Bee Proofing for Florida Citizens
- Explaining the Best Management Practices for Maintaining European Honey Bee Colonies
- Frequently Asked Questions about the Africanized Honey Bee in Florida
- FDACS / DPI / BPAI / Africanized Honey Bee web page
- Living with Africanized Honey Bees in Florida's Outdoor Workplaces
- Living with Africanized Honey Bees presentation by Dr. William Kern
- What to do About Africanized Honey Bees: A Consumer Guide
- Bed Bugs
- Bed Bugs Prevention Methods
- Bed Bugs: News You Can Use
- Brown Recluse Spider
- Brown Recluse Spider
- Brown Recluse Spider
- Brown Recluse Spider: Quotes from a Medical Authority
- Cotton Seed Bug
- Croton Scale - DPI Pest Alert
- Croton Scale
- Dengue - Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
- Dengue Factsheet
- Dengue Flyer (from Florida Keys Mosquito Control)
- Exotic Palmicultor Mealybugs in Florida
- Featured Creatures
- Ficus (Fig) Whitefly
- Fire Ants - USDA website
- Florida Keys Mosquito Control
- Invasive Pests website
- Pest Alert - FDACS / DPI website
- Pink Hibiscus Mealybug
- Red Palm Mite
- Red Palm Mite Informational Handout
- Rugose Spiraling Whitefly (a/k/a Gumbo Limbo Spiraling Whitefly)
- Hort on the Internet - Insects
- Spider Identification Guide website
- Spider Research website
- Termites - Ft. Lauderdale Research & Education Center website
- Venomous Spiders in Florida
- Whiteflies in the Landscape by Kim Gabel
- Whiteflies in the Landscape by Dr. Catherine Manion
Invasive Exotics
- Extension Invasive Exotic Species website
- Got Invasives? Get Help!
- Plant Management in Florida Waters
- UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
Landscaping before and after a hurricane
- Preparing your Landscape for Hurricane Season
- Trees and Hurricanes
- Assessing Damage and Restoring Trees After a Hurricane
Palms
- A Resource for Pests and Diseases of Cultivated Palms
- Symptoms of Diseases and Disorders of Palms
- Screening Aid to Pests of Palms
- Palm Varieties
- The International Palm Society
- Virtual Palm Encyclopedia
Plant Pathology
Poisonous Plants
- Plants Poisonous to Dogs and Cats
- Poisons and Poisonous Plants
- Poisonous Plants of Florida
- Poisonwood (Metopium toxiferum) color photos
Rainbarrels
- "How to Make a Rain Barrel"
- Rain Barrel Booklet
- Rain Barrel source.com
- UF/IFAS/Florida-Friendly Landscaping Program
- You Tube Video: "How to Build a Rain Barrel"
Shrub Fact Sheets and Care
- Camellias in Florida
- Cold Protection of Ornamental Plants
- Converting Yard Wastes into Landscape Assets
- Coping with Drought in the Landscape
- Insect Management on Landscape Plants
- Ixora for South Florida
- Landscape Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- Microirrigation in the Landscape
- Mulches for the Landscape
- What's Bugging Me? A Guide for Environmental Landscape Pest Control
Snakes
- Dealing With Snakes in Florida's Residential Areas - Introduction
- Dealing with Snakes in Florida's Residential Areas - Identifying Commonly Encountered Snakes
- Dealing with Snakes in Florida's Residential Areas - Preventing Encounters
- Dealing with Snakes in Florida's Residential Areas - Emergency Planning
- Online Guide to Snakes of Florida
- Online Guide to Venomous Snakes of Florida
Spanish publications
Tree Selection and Care for South Florida
- Community Tree Care
- Dispelling Misperceptions about Trees
- Enviroscaping to Conserve Energy: Determining Shade Patterns for South Florida
- Florida Forest Trees
- Homeowner Questions & Tree Descriptions
- How to Prune Trees
- Laurel Wilt Disease
- Tree Species at KEYS 2011 Giveaway
- Tropical Bamboo Nursery
- Where are Tree Roots?
Tropical Fruit
- Tropical Fruit Trees
- Tropical Fruit Photography website
- Nursery List for Tropical Fruit Trees
- Going Bananas Nursery
- Jene's Tropicals
Turf
- Better Lawns & Gardens Radio Show
- Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Pattern Book
- Florida Lawn Handbook, 2nd edition, 2003
- Lawn Care
- Lawn and Garden
- Your Florida Lawn
Wildlife
- Bird flu - Avian influenza
- Bats and Agriculture
- Bats in buildings
- Bufo toads - if your pet is poisoned by one
- Control of Roof Rats in Fruit Trees
- Dealing with Unwanted Wildlife in an Urban Environment
- Dealing with Iguanas in the South Florida Landscape
- Key Deer Fact Sheet
- Key Deer and Iguana Plant Preferences
- Rat and Mouse Control
- South Florida Frogs
- Florida Wildlife Extension
- UF Dept. of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation website
- UF Division of Herpetology - Dr. Kenneth Krysko's research efforts