Eco friendly gardening tips from Fort Lauderdale expert
Fort Lauderdale expert Carol Whitaker of Pink Shovel Landscapes advocates sustainable gardening. She warns against overdeep planting and chemical overuse, promotes shade trees, and cautions about dyed mulch and arsenic. For green pest control she suggests soap and vegetable oil with periodic reapplication.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Kermit the Frog
Carol Whitaker
Pink Shovel Landscapes
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Six green tips for healthier Florida gardens
Improve soil quality with composted manure to reduce chemical fertilizer needs. Use organic mulches and native plants like sabal palm and live oak, group by sun and water needs, avoid rubber mulch, and plant right in the right place to boost disease resistance and curb fertilizer use. Cow manure is commonly available at garden centers.
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Helena Solo-Gabriele
University of Miami
Florida
Lifelong Learning trip to Clemson Garden and Pendleton
The Academy for Lifelong Learning schedules a bus trip to Clemson Botanical Garden and Historic Pendleton on Friday April 24. Cost 76 dollars includes tour and lunch. Open to all mature adults with no membership fee. registration closed March 31.
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Academy For Lifelong Learning
Clemson Botanical Garden
Historic Pendleton
Laura Anderson
USC Aiken
Laura
Usca.edu
Town & Country Club Spring Luncheon and Seminars
The Town & Country Club hosts a Spring Luncheon on Thursday May 7 at 9 45 a.m. at Houndslake Country Club with installation of new officers and committee chairs. Birds and Butterflies presents a May 12 ecology seminar on gopher tortoise conservation by Tracey Tuberville SREL assistant research scientist.
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Town & Country Club
Houndslake
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May skin cancer screening event in Augusta Center
Free skin cancer and melanoma screenings offered on Thursday May 14 from 6 30 to 8 30 p m at the Breast Health Center in Augusta. Appointments required call 866 591 2502 or visit universityhealth org calendar for booking.
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University Hospital
North Augusta
Universityhealth.org
Breast
Augusta
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