Tree falls on Brandon home, cars
BRANDON (FOX 13) – A family of six is out of their home and cars Thursday night after a massive tree came toppling down into their yard. Four cars were nearly crushed from the weight of the tree....
View ArticleUp to 100 acres on Egmont Key burned by wildfire
EGMONT KEY, Fla. (WFLA) — Egmont Key State Park remains closed Wednesday due to a wildfire that has burned between 80 and 100 acres on the island, which is at the mouth of Tampa Bay just south of Fort...
View ArticleExtreme ‘Grey Swan’ Hurricanes in Tampa Bay: a Potential Future Catastrophe
A “black swan” hurricane—a storm so extreme and wholly unprecedented that no one could have expected it—hit the Lesser Antilles Islands in October 1780. Deservedly called The Great Hurricane of 1780,...
View ArticleDiggin’ Florida Dirt: Say ‘Aloha’ to summer-blooming plumeria
Widening the path through our garage a couple weeks ago, I found a tree limb. Where’d that come from? Our garage holds ancient typewriters, displaced toilets (plumber husband), and pots and pans...
View ArticleMan survives touching power line while trimming tree
An emotional story of survival for a St. Petersburg man after he was shocked by 7,200 volts of electricity while working. Bradley Cater was just days away from his first Father’s Day when he went to...
View ArticleTampa Bay needs an Adopt-A-Tree Program
Tallahassee, Leon Country are encouraging tree planting through an Adopt-A-Tree program. Do you think this would work in the Tampa Bay area? Fall and winter, when both temperatures and tree’s leaves...
View ArticleHe saved the trees. For that and more, he’s remembered as a guru of the garden
Bob Brennan, resident arborist at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden and ardent defender of Coconut Grove’s lush canopy, died Dec. 24 at his North Grove home of lung cancer. He was 63. A jovial, bearded...
View ArticleNew Discovery Smells Like Victory for Florida Avocado Growers
UF/IFAS scientists might have just tracked down the right scents to help deter a beetle that’s been delivering disease and devastation to Florida avocado growers. According to a recently published...
View ArticleGet It Growing: Citrus Trees
Move to Florida and start your day with a glass of fresh-squeezed juice from your backyard citrus tree. It sounds easy, but when trying to grow citrus, many people realize it’s a lot trickier than one...
View ArticleResearchers work to solve mystery of rare Florida tree
An endangered species of magnolia that only grows in the Florida Panhandle has been named the 2017 plant of the year by the Garden Club of America. The timing couldn’t be better, says Gary Knox,...
View ArticleHe saved the trees. For that and more, he’s remembered as a guru of the garden
Bob Brennan, resident arborist at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden and ardent defender of Coconut Grove’s lush canopy, died Dec. 24 at his North Grove home of lung cancer. He was 63. A jovial, bearded...
View ArticleNew Discovery Smells Like Victory for Florida Avocado Growers
UF/IFAS scientists might have just tracked down the right scents to help deter a beetle that’s been delivering disease and devastation to Florida avocado growers. According to a recently published...
View ArticleGet It Growing: Citrus Trees
Move to Florida and start your day with a glass of fresh-squeezed juice from your backyard citrus tree. It sounds easy, but when trying to grow citrus, many people realize it’s a lot trickier than one...
View ArticleResearchers work to solve mystery of rare Florida tree
An endangered species of magnolia that only grows in the Florida Panhandle has been named the 2017 plant of the year by the Garden Club of America. The timing couldn’t be better for this rare Florida...
View ArticleTampa Tree Laws Undercut by New Bill
Although House Bill 1159, signed by the Governor July 1, 2019, prevents cities from regulating trees on residential property, property owners still can’t trim, prune, or remove trees as they please....
View ArticleFlorida-friendly landscaping 101
You don’t have to be an expert gardener or landscaper to create a Florida-friendly yard. All it takes is a willingness to learn and a desire to build a beautiful yard that helps protect Florida’s...
View Article22 Ideas for low-maintenance, low-cost Florida landscaping
Many homeowners desire a beautiful landscape but are often discouraged by the lack of time and money needed to create and care for the garden of their dreams. Pleasing, low-care, low-cost Florida...
View ArticleLaurel Wilt Disease – Florida Dept. of Agriculture Info
Laurel wilt disease is a deadly pathogen of redbay (Persea borbonia) and other tree species in the Laurel family (Lauraceae). The disease is caused by a fungus (Raffaelea lauricola) that is introduced...
View ArticleHow drones and dogs are saving Florida’s avocado trees (video)
In Florida, a devastating disease threatens the nation’s nearly half-a-billion dollar avocado industry. That’s leading researchers to use extreme measures: drones and dogs. Avocado grove owner Art...
View ArticleFungus killing Florida Everglades trees at stunning pace
From climate change to polluted waters to pythons, there’s always something threatening the beauty and serenity of the Everglades ecosystem. The latest monster is a fungus, and it’s killing trees at a...
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