UF IFAS Extension Pinellas County

05/31/2026

Florida-Friendly Landscape Design by Eco System Workshop

Sign-up today to learn how to design a landscape by habitat! 🌳🌴🌲

Join us to learn how to design a landscape by habitat.

05/29/2026

With the recent rains, we've seen an uptick in Cuban treefrogs and cane toads. Both invasive frogs present their own issues. Cuban treefrogs are not only a nuisance with their loud calls, keeping you up at night, but they can outcompete our native treefrogs. Cane toads are well known for their serious threat to dogs. These massive toads secret a toxin that can kill your pets if action isn't taken immediately. UF recommends that these invasive frogs are humanely euthanized to ensure the safety or our pets and native ecosystems. Learn more about both species in Lara's podcast episodes:

🐸Cuban Treefrogs, they're more than just a nuisance! - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cuban-treefrogs-theyre-more-than-just-a-nuisance/id1573268305?i=1000529010262

🐸Toads as Big as Your Head! Cane Toads in Florida - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/toads-as-big-as-your-head-cane-toads-in-florida/id1573268305?i=1000561759039

05/28/2026

Are you interested in a landscape that is attractive and unique as well as low in maintenance and water use? 🌺🌱

Join Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ educators Doris Heitzmann and Melissa West for this hands-on class to explore the Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Right Plant, Right Place-Principle. You will learn how to analyze your site condition and selecting appropriate plants. In addition, we will explore the original Ecosystems in Pinellas County and plants that belong and grow successfully in these environments.

Please register early, space is limited. Cost: $15.00, non-refundable

Cost includes: valuable materials, such as Landscaping for Florida's Wildlife book by Joe Schaefer and George Tanner, and the Florida-Friendly-Landscaping™ Plant Guide 📚

Join us to learn how to design a landscape by habitat.

05/28/2026

📣 Tampa Bay Residents, from Citrus to Sarasota County, we want to hear from YOU! 📣

Flooding impacts many areas across our region. We are asking community members to share their real-life experiences through a regional flood survey.

Your feedback will help the us and the lead team for the Tampa Bay Coastal Master Plan (TBCMP) better understand chronic flooding and where it’s happening across Tampa Bay 🌧️

Your responses will also be used to develop community-drawn flood maps and help prioritize nature-based projects that reduce flood risk, such as living shorelines, wetlands, and other resilient solutions.

📝 Take the Survey before June 10! https://www.partimap.eu/en/p/TBCMP-Flood-Survey/0

Every response helps paint a clearer picture of flooding across the region. Please share with your neighbors and community!

To learn more about the plan, visit www.coastaltampabay.org/

05/27/2026

A good reminder of a key theme I teach in my Florida Waters Stewardship Program..."Everything goes somewhere".

As our summer rains start, so too does stormwater management. Stormwater is considered one of the leading causes of water pollution in the country. The good news is there's a lot we can do to help! Be sure to join us in June as we embark on Stormwater Stewardship Month: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/stormwater-stewardship-month-programs-4244893?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=creatorshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=cp&aff=escb

05/27/2026

Our Time Clock Whisperer, Melissa!

05/26/2026

Are you noticing this with your pine trees?

Recent hurricanes and drought conditions may be affecting them, som...

05/21/2026

📢SUMMER CAMP FOR ADULTS!📢 (and it's FREE!) 🤑

Lara is super excited to offer her 14th annual Exploring Environmental Education Curricula Options (ECO) Educator workshop. This is open to formal, non-formal and pre-service educators. We will feature one day on early childhood curriculum with Project WILD's Growing Up WILD curriculum, one day with Pinellas County 4-H and how to use LEGOs to teach about the environment, one day with Florida Agriculture in the Classroom, one day all about (cause, why not?!), and of course, our traditional offering of Florida Project Learning Tree featuring some new activities we've never done before!

Not only will you have fun and learn, but you will make life-long connections with fellow educators and network with several representatives from different agencies. Did we mention it's FREE?! What are you waiting for? Don't delay and register today: https://eco2026.eventbrite.com

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05/21/2026

We know you're busy with end of school year graduations and the transition to summer, but we wanted to put this on your radar for something else to look forward to this summer 😎. We are trialing a new event called "Stormwater Adventures Day"! 💦

The event will run from 10am-2pm, just stop by whenever you want and stay for as long as you want. There will be live demonstrations, hands-on activities for the kiddos, professionals from the water industry you can talk to, fun prizes and giveaways, and expert-led watershed tours (registration required for those).

Be sure to check it out, help us spread the word and we hope to see you there! For more details and to register: https://stormwateradventures.eventbrite.com

05/20/2026

🤷‍♀️Wondering what to do with your extra free time on this upcoming long weekend?? Join us for a class on Florida Native Plants!! 🌿🌱

Special guest, Davis Byrkit (from Wilcox Nursery) will discuss the tried-and-true native plants that form the bedrock of an attractive , low maintenance landscape. As the interest in native plants grows, a palette of native plants has emerged as the ‘native replacement’ for common exotic plants; these native plants will be highlighted in this presentation. Additionally, Davis will be discussing some up-and-coming ‘natives’ that have been successfully used in landscapes and are increasing in availability.

Join us to learn about native plants in Central Florida!