The Garden Shoppe - Items For Sale
All items for sale may be purchased at the Bartow County Extension office, 1702 Highway 17/92, Bartow, Florida. The Garden Shoppe is open mornings (afternoons by arrangement only, please). Call 519-8677 for availability.
Melaleuca mulch: 1.5 cubic feet in a bag, for $2.50.
Strike a blow for Florida's ecosystem and use this weedy, invasive
tree for mulch.
The lovely Master Gardener Calendar will be available in November or December, 2008
Every year the Polk County Master Gardeners create a calendar designed to be useful to the gardeners of Polk County.
Every month brings new opportunities and challenges to Polk County gardeners. The biggest differences are between summer and winter but there are monthly differences as well. Each month brings different blooms or different fruit. Some plants should be pruned or planted at a particular time of year. Different insects or fungi are a problem at different times of the year.
The Master Gardener calendar gives helpful advice on what gardeners need to do each month. There is a discussion of what trees, shrubs and flowers are blooming, what fruit is in season, what annuals and vegetables can be planted, problems that you can expect with your lawn, and what insects may attack your lawn, fruit trees and shrubs. The calendar may also have a timely short article or two on some gardening subject such as planting citrus or care of roses plus a discussion of some of the good and bad bugs you can encounter.
Books, Guides, and other Cool Stuff
(Tax is included in all prices.)
Best Garden Color for Florida, by Pamela Crawford - $40
Container Gardens for Florida, by Pamela Crawford - $40
The Florida's Fabulous Series:
Butterflies, $15; Flowers, $10; Insects, $17; Trees, $10
The Florida Lawn Handbook, by Trenholm and Unruh - $20
Gardening and Landscaping in Central Florida - $30
Orchid Growing for Wimps, by Ellen Zachos - $18
Pocket Florida Guides:
Birds, Trees & Wildflowers, Wildlife, each - $6
Stormscaping - $30
Vegetable Gardening in Florida, by James Stephens - $17
Your Florida Dooryard Citrus Guide, by Jim Ferguson - $9
Your Florida Guide to Perennials, by Brown and Schoellhorn - $19
Your Florida Guide to Shrubs, by Gilman and Black - $19
Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (UF publication) - $12
Field Guides (laminated to withstand moisture):
Florida Butterflies and Their Caterpillars - $10
Florida Garden Butterflies - $7
Hand Lens (Get a good look at that insect or leaf!) - $10
Mac's Guide to Good and Bad Garden Bugs - $5