Types of Gardens
Gardening can be more than just planting flowers. You can create a themed garden, choose plants that attract butterflies, establish a backyard pond, and even grow your own food!
- Attracting Wildlife
Turn your yard into an inviting place for wildlife. - Butterfly Gardens
Plant flowers that butterflies will love. - Container Gardening
If space is limited, grow plants in containers. - Demonstration Gardens
These Extension gardens showcase local plants and sustainable gardening techniques. - Fruits, Vegetables & Herbs
These edibles taste even better when you grow them yourself. - Greenhouses
Give delicate plants the extra care they need. - Indoor Gardens
No yard? No problem! Keep an indoor garden. - Organic Gardening
Composting, recycling yard waste, and using natural fertilizers and pesticides. - Water Gardens
Learn about backyard ponds and aquascaping. - More Specialty Gardens
Bonsai, green roofs, school gardens, sensory gardens, and even horticultural therapy.
If you can't find the information you're looking for, check our A - Z Index, send us your questions--and tell us which county you live in--or contact your county Extension office.
General Resources
UF/IFAS Sites
- Entomology and Nematology Department
- Environmental Horticulture Department
- FAWN: Florida Automated Weather Network
- Florida Master Gardener Program
- Florida Partnership for Water, Agriculture & Community Sustainability at Hastings
- Florida Yards & Neighborhoods Program
- Gardening in a Minute
- Gardening Tips with Dr. Bob Black
- Home Lawn Care--Turfgrass Science
- Horticultural Sciences Department
- IPM Florida
- Landscape Plants
- Living Green
- Pesticide Information Office
- Plant Pathology Department
- ProHort
- School Gardens
- Soil and Water Science Department
- Trees and Hurricanes
UF/IFAS Publications
State & Federal Agencies
- FDACS
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map--U.S. National Arboretum
Other University Sites
- Hort Corner--University of Illinois Extension
- Yard & Garden Solutions--University of Illinois Extension
Organizations & Associations
- American Community Gardening Association
- American Horticultural Society
- Florida Native Plant Society
- International Society of Arboriculture
- International Society of Arboriculture (en español)
- International Society of Arboriculture, Florida Chapter
- National Garden Clubs
- North American Native Plant Society