/tags/gardening gardening en-US WLRN Tue, 30 Apr 2024 18:00:00 GMT /education/2024-04-30/food-forests-offer-living-lessons-cool-shade-at-miami-dade-schools-program-is-growing This month, the Education Fund got a boost of $50,000 from the LifeTime Foundation, a nonprofit run by a national fitness company, to expand and maintain the forests. Since the Food Forest Program started in 2015, 30 school in the county have planted food forests. Tue, 30 Apr 2024 18:00:00 GMT /education/2024-04-30/food-forests-offer-living-lessons-cool-shade-at-miami-dade-schools-program-is-growing Ashley Miznazi | Miami Herald /environment/2024-04-26/misinformation-could-cause-floridians-to-harm-not-help-monarch-butterflies-a-scientist-says An open letter from a researcher reveals that Floridians could be inadvertently contributing to the spread of a life-threatening parasite among monarch butterflies. Fri, 26 Apr 2024 13:17:24 GMT /environment/2024-04-26/misinformation-could-cause-floridians-to-harm-not-help-monarch-butterflies-a-scientist-says Kayla Kissel /2022-05-11/two-palm-beach-county-non-profits-create-on-site-gardening-workshops-that-educate-food-insecure-children Two Palm Beach County non-profits create on-site gardening workshops that educate food insecure children Wed, 11 May 2022 19:18:00 GMT /2022-05-11/two-palm-beach-county-non-profits-create-on-site-gardening-workshops-that-educate-food-insecure-children Yvonne Bertucci zum Tobel /local-news/2021-03-09/a-community-garden-in-immokalee-offers-culinary-links-to-home There is a community garden tucked behind the Mission Peniel food distribution and outreach center in Immokalee. It’s called “Cultivating Abundance” and features produce not normally found in stores, but which is prolific in the native countries of many of the town’s inhabitants. Tue, 09 Mar 2021 11:42:54 GMT /local-news/2021-03-09/a-community-garden-in-immokalee-offers-culinary-links-to-home Julie Glenn /news/2021-02-05/suppliers-field-growing-demand-for-seeds-from-pandemic-gardeners Many people stuck at home during the pandemic turned to gardening for the first time. The unexpected spike in demand has seed suppliers struggling to keep up. Fri, 05 Feb 2021 11:53:12 GMT /news/2021-02-05/suppliers-field-growing-demand-for-seeds-from-pandemic-gardeners Dana Cronin /2019-06-26/gov-desantis-signs-new-florida-laws-on-street-racing-opioids-and-gardens Street racing, vegetable gardens and opioid abuse are among the topics of several bills Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into Florida law Monday... Wed, 26 Jun 2019 13:10:34 GMT /2019-06-26/gov-desantis-signs-new-florida-laws-on-street-racing-opioids-and-gardens Associated Press, Associated Press /2019-03-06/bill-to-allow-front-yard-veggie-gardens-takes-root Local governments would no longer be able to prevent residents from growing vegetable gardens in their front yard if a senate proposal becomes law. Wed, 06 Mar 2019 17:39:41 GMT /2019-03-06/bill-to-allow-front-yard-veggie-gardens-takes-root Blaise Gainey /2018-02-12/lawmakers-plot-protect-front-yard-vegetable-gardens The state’s highest court will not weigh in on Floridians’ right to front yard vegetable gardens. But the food fight isn’t over in the state capital. Mon, 12 Feb 2018 22:40:28 GMT /2018-02-12/lawmakers-plot-protect-front-yard-vegetable-gardens Kate Payne /show/topical-currents/2015-08-19/tips-from-south-florida-master-gardeners 08/19/15 - Join us for Wednesday’s Topical Currents, when we’re “At Your Service” on South Florida gardening. A sub-tropical climate often calls for… Wed, 19 Aug 2015 17:00:00 GMT /show/topical-currents/2015-08-19/tips-from-south-florida-master-gardeners Joseph Cooper, Richard Ives /news/2014-09-04/when-nearly-60-year-old-broward-church-is-gone-its-garden-might-still-bloom The Episcopal Church of the Intercession first opened its doors in Fort Lauderdale in the late 1950s. But churchgoers dwindled over recent years and the… Thu, 04 Sep 2014 21:45:42 GMT /news/2014-09-04/when-nearly-60-year-old-broward-church-is-gone-its-garden-might-still-bloom Jessica Meszaros