Master Gardener Al Hendry long ago told me something very wise that I have never forgotten. ...more

March 4, 2009

The semi-tractor-trailers started rolling in about midnight Thursday carrying 2,000-pound rolls of turf harvested the same day at Bent Oak Farm in Foley, Ala. It's supersod for the Super Bowl. Crews got to work early this morning carefully laying the 41-foot–long strips at Raymond James Stadium. ...more

January 9, 2009

Rows of plants slump in the sandy soil behind the laboratories at the University of Florida's research station, craving nourishment. ...more

September 10, 2008

Horticulturist offers advice on how to identify trees that might not last in the event of a hurricane. ...more

June 22, 2008

I don't normally think of a rainy Wednesday night as an ideal time for a hike through the finest trees here, but I had already signed up for the U.S. National Arboretum's popular Full Moon Hike. If I missed it on this cold, miserable night, it might have been weeks before I could try it again. ...more

January 20, 2008

SEBRING — John C. Alleyne, a horticulturist and former university professor, traveled the world, from the Caribbean island republic of Trinidad to the world's highest mountains in Nepal, before deciding to settle in Sebring. He's finishing his second week as the new director of the Highlands County Cooperative Extension Service and says he feels lucky to be in this county, rated No. 2 among the state's 67 counties in citrus production. Alleyne won't be directly involved in helping the citrus growers, as his specialty is commercial horticulture. Citrus work, he said, is handled primarily by the extension office's citrus agent, Tim Hurner. ...more

December 17, 2007

Dozens of dead orange trees lay stacked here among vast green rows of grove. ...more

September 10, 2007