In this episode learn how to use plants in the landscape to naturally add holiday color and interest in and around your home along with ways you can use foliage, flowers, and fruit as decor as we approach the holidays.

Sources for Show Notes: 

• Find your local UF/IFAS Extension office:  https://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/find-your-local-office/ 

• In Polk County, contact the Plant Clinic at 863-519-1041, polkmg@ifas.ufl.edu 

• Your Central Florida page https://centralfloridayard.substack.com/  


• Holiday Decor from the Garden: Ideas and Inspiration https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/polkco/2024/12/09/holiday-decor-from-the-garden-ideas-and-inspiration/


• Holiday gift plants: https://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/design/outdoor-living/holiday-gift-plants/

• What’s Growing On? Holiday Flora and Fauna: https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/volusiaco/2022/11/29/whats-growing-on-holiday-flora-fauna/

• Holiday decorating with fresh greenery: https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/holiday-decorating-with-fresh-greenery/

• Wildcrafting for the Holidays (a recorded webinar from UF/IFAS Extension Manatee County): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu5xrsizcdE

• Go a little “greener” this year, consider a Florida native Christmas Tree https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/polkco/2019/11/04/go-a-little-greener-this-year-consider-a-florida-native-christmas-tree/

• Sand pine Christmas tree sale at Lake Wales Ridge State Forest https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/ffgs/2024/12/06/florida-land-steward-update-december-6-2024/

Podcast introduction and closing music: "Green Beans" by Big Score Audio.