A Beginner's Guide to Florida Gardening

Grow your Dream Garden in the Sunshine State!

Florida is an amazing place to garden! You can grow hundreds of pounds of healthy home-grown fruits and vegetables. You can enjoy a rainbow of flowers blooming year-round. You can savor the songs of birds and watch as butterflies peacefully glide by from your patio. But many new Florida Gardeners struggle when they follow classic gardening advice. The reason - Florida is different.

From Florida's seasons, sun, soil, and wildlife; many gardeners find it hard to get started because the fundamentals of gardening are different down here in the subtropics of Florida.

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[WildFloridian]

Grow your Dream Garden in the Sunshine State!
GET THE BOOK: A Beginner’s Guide to Florida Gardening

[johnliberty]

For growing in this soil David The Good is the best resource. For growing traditional garden plants and how to make the work then Home Grown Florida is a great resource, for creating an ecological balance in your garden then Wild Floridian is the best channel to follow. My first year in Florida I have a successful Garden because of these three channels

[lyndamello]

You hit the nail on the head…97% of our Christmas’ in South Florida, I was wearing shorts.

[oreopaksun]

Congratulations! You have a book!!! And in time to read it in the comfort of A/C before we go work the fall garden. This is a fun and energized summary of what makes Florida .... Florida. I really miss those "set your clock by" daily storms; you must still get them because you are closer to the Gulf, here in Tampa, they have been very irregular, and this summer, not sufficient. But hey, the tropicals love growing in the sauna that is Central Florida, and compost is just melting away. Thanks for a fun break, I enjoy you so much!

[mrsmac]

Seasons = hot and less hot. 😂😂😂 Your book is so good. Thanks for your videos and your book, and your delightful sense of humor.

[godisincontrol]

Thank you for posting such awesome content 😁 Love your gorgeous Garden 🏡

[Madrid]

Ok you are making me do this transition into native plants and gardening. I’ve been binge watching all your videos for like two weeks and I love all the information you provide. Thank you. I’m in Miami so wish me luck I will be showing you the updates. Oh by the way I ve learn by you that most of my plants currently are invasive and not Florida friendly….. Yayy for me!! I’ll have to do some work first to get rid of the plants.

[Jenn.Austin]

Florida native here! Reading your book after planting my first pollinator garden between my veggie beds yesterday ☺️ I grew up on a thoroughbred farm in Williston (I know you know where this is bc Go Gators) before moving to Crystal River right before high school, but live in Tampa currently. Our farm had an abundance of well established fruit trees, including the biggest mulberry tree you will probably ever see in your life, no exaggeration! We used to get in the bucket of a front end loader to pick berries, which were aprox 2 inches long and sweeter than any other mulberry I’ve ever tasted. My grandfather used to grow different varieties of cantaloupe and other fruits/veggies give to UF to help with research towards better heat tolerant crops. Unfortunately he passed many years ago and is unable to share his knowledge with me. I’ve only personally taken up gardening in the last year or so and oh how I wish he was still around so I could pick his brain! But I wanted to say thank you for sharing all of your knowledge! The only thing that could be better is having you narrate the book for us!

[LottiesFaith]

This is so welĺ done, Jacqueline, I have lived herè forèver and I knew a lot of this info but I've never put it altogether like you have. You have a gift for teaching, for taking alĺ of the info smooshing it alĺ together and bringing it back out in an easy to understand concise format. Thank you.

[jholcomb]

Wait, what? You have a book? Awesome! 🤩

[boonmsgt]

Im a Native Floridian. This is a great breakdown of Florida. I will add that you do have to pay attention to coastal areas and inland areas. Pine flats as opposed to Oaks. Wetlands to rolling hills.
We also sometimes have unexpected heat and cold then cold then heat that can reek havoc on garden. Have to be ready to cover or shade depending. This last year I had a lot of bolting of broccoli and cabbage. I planted too early.
Love Florida hot wet climate and tropical species. Timing is a 😂 As soon as you think you got it down, think again.
Thanks for video. Im hoping to get a channel going soon. Looks like fun sharing ideas.😊

[estherzaiback]

I am still waiting to see and experience the rain you and others have been talking about! We live in central Florida and we barely got any rain this summer. We have to water the garden morning and evening because Of this excessive heat 😅

[RevAcres]

This video was well done learned a lot. Excited for your book ordering today.

[doreenreneecudnik]

This video is so well done! I learned a lot! Thank you 😊

[magdap]

I’m jealous of all the rain you are getting - no rain this year in my area (Port Charlotte)
Very different Summer for us this year.
Love your channel ❤

[SoHappy]

Love your channel! I’m a neighbor in nearby Seminole…..I wish it rained here as much as it does in St Pete, thank you for sharing the knowledge!

[KittieriRavynVlogs]

I am also growing flowers and bulbs for the first time this year as well. Definitely could use some tips there!

[elizabethloger]

👍 ordered your book- thank you for all you do.

[kelliwebb]

I used to be able to set my watch by the rain but not anymore. We had three days of rain in June, we had three days of rain in July and one so far in August and this is our rainy season. I’m really getting frustrated in zone 10a Southwest Florida!

[Sunjoy]

You're so knowledgeable..I love your videos...thanks so much...