Florida Yards & Neighborhoods

I'm Fred Burkey, your Florida Yards and Neighborhoods tri-county agent. It is my goal to provide you with the best information available on horticulture, regional plant life and yard maintenance. Here you will also find times and locations on free lectures as well as our "Your Florida Yard" television program, which I host. If you have questions you can't find answers for, please don't hesitate to contact me at our local IFAS extension.

FYN Yard and Garden Certification Program

• April 2009 Donahue and Steck
• May 2009 Bob Steiner
• May 2009 Livia Peper, Golden Oak Award Olivia Pepper was our third recipient of the yard recognition program with her Golden Oak Award. All of these ladies have put in their time and effort to make their yards "Florida Friendly" which means they use no unneeded pesticides, have no dangerous water runoff on their properties, conserve water by only watering when necessary and most importantly, put the right plant in the right place.
  
• Cindy Doney, Golden Oak Award
• Jeanne Randell lives and gardens in Okeechobee and can usually be found in her Concord grape vineyards. She makes homemade wine and jellies. Her vineyards were recently recognized by the Florida Yards and Neighborhood (FYN)Program of the University of Florida.
• Berta Consiglio Martin County resident, Berta Consiglio, who lives in Stuart had her yard recognized by the FYN Program in the Golden Oak Category. Berta's speciality is tropical fruit trees.