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Gardening in southwest Florida is unlike anywhere in the world. Growing conditions are often ideal. Warm year-round temperatures, generous rainfall, and sunny days encourage plants and people. This microclimate offers a unique pallet of foliage, flowers, and fruit for gardeners to enjoy.
Enthusiasm alone does not make a great horticulturist. Knowledge, effort and experience complete the package. You are most productive and successful when you are familiar with seasons, soils, plant selection, attractive, useful arrangement, insects, diseases, weeds, and many unseen enemies of plant life.
Our objective is to give you a wide exposure to ornamental horticulture. We look at the entire state of Florida, then focus on the southern zone, concentrating on Lee and Collier counties. Our classes are designed to give you useful, local information and to prepare you to pass the Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association (FNGLA) Certified Horticulture Professional tests.
