WANTED: “Florida-Friendly” Yards in Nassau County! FREE Gardening Clinics

Rebecca Jordi, Nassau County Extension Director, will teach Crape Myrtle pruning, fertilization, and pest management at free gardening clinic (also see more about other FREE gardening clinics). Are you a Florida-Friendly gardener? Nassau County Extension is looking for yards to recognize, find out more about program.

Mystery Weeds? Giant Leather Fern, Free Herb Class

Get help identifying garden mystery weeds. Free Landscape Matters class on herbs being offered Nov. 9, 2011 in Yulee by Master Gardener. Giant Leather Ferns can reach heights of 12 feet and are cold hardy for northeast Florida.

Learn More About Florida’s Coastal Nature

Take a Florida Master Naturalist course to learn more about Florida’s coastal plants and wildlife.

The Unforgettable American Beautyberry

Take a nature walk in Amelia Island’s Egans Greenway or Fort Clinch State Park to see the fall color of American beautyberry. With its intense purple berry-like fruit in clumps along the stem (a shish-ke-bab for birds), once discovered is hard to forget.