FLORIDA ARTICLE ARCHIVE
Below you will find our growing collection of Florida-specific articles. Enjoy!
WE GOTCHA COVERED!
Cover crops for Florida vegetable gardens Story and Photos by Bill Pitts Cover cropping is an ancient agricultural technique for improving the soil. The practice is regaining popularity not only in farming, but also in home gardens because it is sustainable – and because it works. This is especially true in Florida, where certain cover …
UNDER THE CANOPY
Gardening under your trees Story by Theresa Badurek I am a true Floridian and I often seek out shady spots for relief from the sun. I will even park my car far from an entrance if there is a shady place beneath a tree: Shade before convenience. But shade can be less than convenient in …
HYSSOP
Story by Kenny Coogan kennycoogan.com Hyssop can be grown in containers, along perennial borders, or trimmed to form a low hedge in sunny gardens or along walkways. Author Henry Beston of Herbs and the Earth (1935) says, “The garden has no more quietly dependable and satisfactory border plant.” Hyssop’s showy purplish blue, pink, or white flowers …
JUDY AND BART LIPOFSKY
Right place, right landscape Story and Photo by Diana Sageser When Judy and Bart Lipofsky built their Brevard County home in 1986, the 1-acre plot was covered in pines and palmettos. A berm, created in the 1950s to allow canal water to be channeled in the direction of either the St. John or Indian rivers …
SPECTACULAR HELICONIAS
Prima donnas of the tropical garden Story and Photos by Karinluise Calasant I am a sucker for heliconias. It seems every year I cannot resist adding one, or two, of these bold, colorful, but elusive, members of the Zingiberales order to an already burgeoning garden. These cousins of gingers and bananas are the prima donnas …
THINK INSIDE THE BOX
Consider window boxes as great container gardening options Story and Photos by Tom Hewitt Many years ago I wrote an article about window boxes for Florida Gardening. Though the basic rules remain the same, the wide selection of plant material available today means we’re long overdue for an update. I still insist window boxes would …
PALMS IN PARADISE
A look at Florida’s native palms Story by Theresa Badurek When you think of Florida, you may picture palm trees swaying in an orange-blossom scented breeze. Tropical romantic scenes painted by savvy real estate investors lured many a dreamer (and quite a few cold Michiganders) to Florida’s shores. But how realistic is that picture when …
LIFE AFTER GRASS
Landscaping alternatives for your Florida lawn Story and Photos by Lynette L. Walther Our luscious, spacious, green, and greedy lawns – those aristocratic symbols of conspicuous consumption, are beginning to appear so “Downton Abbey.” In other words, grand and appealing but perplexingly dramatic and dated as dinosaurs. Many now find themselves questioning their practicality. After …
THE KING OF TEXTURE
West Palm Beach landscape designer Todd MacLean knows a thing or two about adding texture to a garden Story and Photos by Tom Hewitt Lush vegetation surrounds the Spanish bungalow he shares with real estate agent Geoff Darnell, covering almost 1/3 of an acre. But even though green is the predominant color, it is a …
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