Plan to Enhance Your Shade
Many landscapes have areas with tree canopies that lend themselves to becoming an attractive low maintenance garden area. Too often we may try to fight our shade by growing turf or pruning trees to allow more sunlight. The low maintenance approach can be to enhance your shaded area with plants and features that are both adaptable to low light and offer seasonal interest. There are a variety of plants that perform well in the shade of a tree canopy, including evergreens, flowering perennials, and groundcovers. This article explores some of those options
“If March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb?”
Weather sayings can be quite colorful. Some of them may be connected to scientific observations, while others are more superstitious in nature. What the weather will do this month can change on a moment’s notice. March is definitely one of the more unpredictable months. One week the temperatures are warm and spring-like. A few days later the weather turns stormy and cold. Depending on the groundhog you follow, spring will be here, or not, in the next few weeks.
Upcoming Events
- March 6: Traditional and Non-Traditional Gardening
- March 20: NFREC Tour, Grow Buckets and Protected Structures
- March 27: Growing Your Own Herbs and Composting
- April 3: Cooking From the Garden
- April 12: Harvesting and Post-Harvesting Your Garden
Friday, March 2, from 10-12 – Brinkley Glen Park – National Invasive Species Awareness Week Hands-On Invasive Species.
Saturday, March 3, from 9:30-? – Goodwood Museum Tallahassee – Hands-On Invasive Species Removal with Glen Mayne.
Tuesday March 6: Traditional and Non-Traditional Gardening, Gardening in Gadsden, Garden Education Series
Tuesday March 6 at 5:45-8:00 p.m. please join us for the 2018 Spring Backyard Gardening Series! , at the Leon County Extension Office (615 Paul Russell Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32301).
Thursday, March 8, from 5:30-7 – UF / IFAS Extension Leon County – All about Bats with Dr. Holly Ober
Friday-Sunday March 9-11. Great American Home & Garden Expo at the Central Panhandle Fairgrounds, 2230 E. 15th Street, Panama City. Three days of exhibits, seminars, and the UF/IFAS Bay County Master Gardener Annual Plant Sale! For seminar schedule and further details, please visit the 2018 Great American Home & Garden Expo Event on Facebook. Free entry, family friendly.
Saturday, March 10, from 10-1 – UF / IFAS Extension Leon County – Build Your Own Bathouse Workshop with Dr. Holly Ober. Cost is $35 to leave with your own bathouse.
Saturday, March 10th, 9:00am-12:00pm CST Do you wonder what should be done to ensure a bountiful bloom on your roses this spring? Are you interested in growing roses but don’t know where to start? Well, the upcoming Rose Care Basics Workshop is for you. On Saturday, March 10th 2018, from 9AM to 12PM, UF / IFAS Extension Washington County (East Wing, 1424 Jackson Ave, Chipley FL) will be providing a rose gardening workshop for gardeners across the Panhandle. Many roses are hard to grow in the Florida Panhandle without investing considerable time and energy into spraying for insect and disease problems. This workshop will teach attendees how to select and sustainably grow roses adapted to the hot-humid conditions of the Southern Gulf Coast. There will be opportunities for outdoor learning and hands-on activities. Pre-Registration required for count: Contact Nikki or Cynthia at 850-638-6180 or email Matthew Orwat at mjorwat@ufl.edu Cost: $5.00
Tuesday March 13, 2018, at 5:45 to 8:00pm Please join us for the 2018 Spring Backyard Gardening Series! At the Leon County Extension Office (615 Paul Russell Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32301)
March 14: Composting on Your Own. At by Myrtle Grove United Methodist Church. Each program will take place on Wednesdays from 6–7 p.m. at Myrtle Grove United Methodist Church, located 1030 N 57th Ave. in Pensacola. To register, visit https://myrtlegrove.eventbrite.com or call 850-475-5230.
Tuesday March 20: NFREC Tour, Grow Buckets and Protected Structures,Gardening in Gadsden, Garden Education Series
Tuesday March 27: Growing Your Own Herbs and Composting, Gardening in Gadsden, Garden Education Series
March 28: Growing Citrus at by Myrtle Grove United Methodist Church. Each program will take place on Wednesdays from 6–7 p.m. at Myrtle Grove United Methodist Church, located 1030 N 57th Ave. in Pensacola. To register, visit https://myrtlegrove.eventbrite.com or call 850-475-5230.
Tuesday April 3: Cooking From the Garden, Gardening in Gadsden, Garden Education Series
Thursday April 12: Harvesting and Post-Harvesting Your Garden, Gardening in Gadsden, Garden Education Series
