UF/IFAS Pasco County Extension Service May 2019 Seminars Announcement
UF/IFAS Pasco County Extension Service May 2019 Seminars Announcement
Subject: Ask a Master Gardener
Date: May 1, 2019 (Wednesday)
Time: 5:30-6:30 PM (before the seminar)
Location: Hudson Library
8012 Library Road (off Fivay Road
Hudson, FL 34667
Details: Is something munching the leaves on your perennials? Are you wondering what plants grow best in Florida? Then come to the Hudson Library the first Wednesday of each month for free garden advice. Pasco County Master Gardeners will be in the lobby to answer all of your gardening questions. If you’re having problems with an ailing plant, bring a sample for an on-the-spot diagnosis!
Subject: Ginger
Date: May 1, 2019 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:30-7:30 PM
Location: Hudson Library
8012 Library Road (off Fivay Road
Hudson, FL 34667
Details: This presentation will cover the various types of ginger that can be grown in our region. How to care for, propagate and landscape with gingers will also be presented.
Subject: Learn & Grow Volunteer Days (Monthly Event)
Date: May 4, 2019 (Saturday)
Time: 9:00-12:00 PM
Location: Pasco County Farmden & Community Garden
15029 14th Street
Dade City, FL 33523
Details: Join us the first Saturday of every month through May 4, 2019, for our Learn & Grow volunteer days. We will be weeding, harvesting, washing produce and planting. Learn about gardening as you help us grow food for our community. This fall, all the produce from our farm will be donated to the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry, which is open every Thursday in Dade City. Bring a hat, water, gardening gloves and close toed shoes. This is a family friendly event, but please leave your four legged members at home. Community garden plots are still available to lease for free at the community garden. For more information contact Eden Santiago Gomez at esantiagogomez@pascocountyfl.net or (352) 518-0156.
Subject: Butterflies and their Blooms
Date: May 4, 2019 (Saturday)
Time: 9:00-10:00 AM
Location: UF/IFAS Pasco Extension One Stop Shop
15029 14th Street
Dade City, FL 33523
Details: Learn the steps to create a successful butterfly garden that will attract butterflies, give them a reason to stay and create more of the “flowers that fly”.
Subject: Butterflies and their Blooms
Date: May 7, 2019 (Tuesday)
Time: 6:30-7:30 PM
Location: Land O’ Lakes Branch Library
2818 Collier Parkway
Land O’ Lakes, FL
Details: Learn the steps to create a successful butterfly garden that will attract butterflies, give them a reason to stay and create more of the “flowers that fly”.
Subject: Kitchen Botany
Date: May 9, 2019 (Thursday)
Time: 2:00-3:00 PM
Location: Centennial Park Branch Library
5740 Moog Road
Holiday, FL 34690
Details: You may know more than you think about botany from every day transactions with plants in the kitchen. We will explore where our fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices really come from and how many of them were “domesticated” from wild plants.
Subject: Florida Native Plants
Date: May 9, 2019 (Thursday)
Time: 6:00-7:00 PM
Location: New Port Richey Library
5939 Main Street
New Port Richey, FL 34652
Details: Why use native plants in your landscape? Learn why these plants change your landscape, maintain water quality, bring wildlife to your gardens, attract butterflies and maintain color year round.
Subject: Caring for your Trees
Date: May 11, 2019 (Saturday)
Time: 9:00-10:30 AM
Location: Land O’ Lakes Heritage Park
5401 Land O’ Lakes Blvd/US 41
Land O’ Lakes, FL 34639
Details: Trees require proper care to enhance their beauty, extend their life and create maximum shade. This seminar will give you the skills you need to know to turn trees in your yard into the pride of your landscape. Come and listen to this certified arborist explain the importance of trees!
Subject: Beginning Vegetable Gardening
Date: May 11, 2019 (Saturday)
Time: 10:00-11:00 AM
Location: Zephyrhills Library
5347 8th Street
Zephyrhills, FL 33542
Details: Interested in starting a vegetable garden but have no idea where to begin? You will learn about how to choose a location for a garden, what makes good soil, when to plant different vegetables and how to control common vegetable garden pests.
Subject: Spring into Gardening Series!
Date: May 13, 2019
Time: 2:00-3:30 PM
Location: UF/IFAS Pasco Extension One Stop Shop
15029 14th Street
Dade City, FL 33523
Details: Join us for this free UF/IFAS Pasco County Extension teaching series, where you will learn about various vegetable garden and composting theme topics. Classes will take place the second Monday of each month, January through May 2019.
Class Schedule:
May 13 – Composting Horse Manure 101
Community garden plots are available to lease for free (first come, first serve) at the Pasco County Farmden & Community Garden. There is an optional tour of the Pasco County Farmden & Community Garden on site after each class. For more information, contact Eden Santiago Gomez at esantiagogomez@pascocountyfl.net or (352) 518-0156. Please register for this series at Eventbrite. http://bit.ly/spring gardening
Subject: Backyard Fruit Trees
Date: May 21, 2019 (Tuesday)
Time: 2:00-3:00 PM
Location: New River Library
34043 SR 54
Wesley Chapel, FL 33543
Details: Wondering about what fruit grows well in Pasco, what unexpected surprises may pop up? Learn what, when, where and how to grow and care for fruit trees at home.
For more information on any of these seminars, please call the UF/IFAS Pasco County Extension Office at 352-518-0156.
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Extension programs are free, can provide reasonable accommodation with advance notice, and are open to all persons regardless of age, race, color, sex, disability, religion or national origin. Pre-registration is not required for most of our programs, but contact Extension to be certain and to assist us with planning – http://pasco.ifas.ufl.edu/events_calendar.shtml. For more information, call the Pasco County Extension Office – (352) 518-0156; (727)847-2411; (813)996-2411.
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