Got mulch? It’s good for water conservation and feeds plants while keeping weeds down.
The City of Miami has plenty to spare and will share free mulch with anybody who will come get it, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Head to the Virginia Key mulch facility, 3851 Rickenbacker Cswy.
On Saturday, Feb. 25, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., the Miami-Dade County Cooperative Extension is holding a free open house. In addition to seminars on topics such as proper pruning, vegetable gardening made easy, and new pests in South Florida, there will be a plant diagnostic clinic and children’s activities. Click here for details on the event, which will be held at the John D. Campbell Agricultural Center, 18710 SW 288 St., Homestead.
On Wednesday, July 13, at 6:30 p.m., Pinecrest Gardens’ From the Ground Up–A Garden Re-Imagined series continues with Dolores Fugina of Bloomin’ Good Nursery in Homestead. Her topic will be the Romance of Fragrance. Pinecrest Gardens is at 11000 Red Rd., Pinecrest.
On Wednesday, Nov. 10, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Sandy Roth speaks in Pincecrest Gardens’ free horticultural lecture series. The topic is Color in the Landscape.
Pinecrest Gardens is at 11000 Red Rd., Pinecrest.
The Miami-Dade Cooperative Extension Division will teach you to reduce waste and save water in a free workshop Saturday, Oct. 23.
The two-part workshop will be held at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. The first part, composting, will be at 10 a.m., and water conservation will be at 11 a.m.
Participants will learn how to turn yard waste and some kitchen scraps into rich soil and to use rain barrels for irrigation and more.
Register by Oct. 21. Barrels will be available for $45. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is at 10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables.
