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 Consumers & Homeowners:  

Want to buy locally? Check out our Okeechobee Green Pages!

For information about Florida Friendly Landscaping, go to FloridaYards.org. 

For information about Dooryard Fruit, go to the Fruitscapes info website.

For home Vegetable gardening publications, go to the UF EDIS Vegetable Gardening website.  For specific publications on specific Vegetables or Fruit, go here to an index on the EDIS website.

To see about exhibiting Vegetables at the Okeechobee County Fair, click here.  For information about our Vegetable Judging and Identification contest, click here. 

For information about ornamental plants, visit our county Master Gardeners or go to the UF/IFAS Department of Environmental Horticulture website.  

UF/IFAS Soil Testing Laboratory - for information  on fee-paid soil and water testing services, and download sample submission forms.  Local residents can get FREE soil pH tests, sample bags and mailing boxes.

 Commercial Nursery GROWERS:    For Information about Irrigation, 

Best Management Practices,  about Starting a Nursery or 

Nursery Grades & Standards, go to our Nursery Grower page.

.Sod Growers:  click on the grass 

to go to the turfgrass links on our Agriculture Page 

   2003 Florida Sod Industry Report - Click here!

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680 Tree Fact Sheets

514  Landscape Plant Fact Sheets

Links for Commercial Landscapers & Pest Management Professionals:

Irrigation Evaluation - Resource page

2006 UF/IFAS Pest Control Guide for Turfgrass Managers

Insect Management on Landscape Plants

Limited L&O Pesticide License Information package - 4/2007

Florida Green Industries: Best Management Practices for Protection of Water Resources

Last update: 04/09/2008 .

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