EXPERIENCE VISTA GARDENS
Hillsborough County's First Garden Park
Our mission is to provide education and to serve as a sustainable model for organic gardening, native landscaping, and related technologies while providing opportunities to participate in healthy outdoor activities, responsible environmental leadership, growing organic food, and community building.
Take a look around this web site to learn more about our garden, its members and find links to helpful gardening resources.
Carrollwood community garden feeds so many needs
VISTA Gardens was recently spotlighted by 83 degrees for the uniqueness that it brings to both individual gardeners and the community.
VISTA Celebrates
Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagen presents Bill West, VISTA founder, and Jennifer Grebenschikoff, VISTA President, with a proclamation honoring VISTA Gardens.
Family and friends honor the contributions of Daun Miller (1952-2020) and Alicia Laddon (1956-2019) to VISTA Gardens.
Steve Taylor, VISTA Chair of Marketing, announces raffle winners.
Early planners of VISTA Gardens, Mike Camissa and Dick Woltmann, President of Carrollwood Village Phase I Homeowners Association, join Founder Bill West and Marty Kleiner, VISTA Gardens Vice President, in celebrating VISTA's early history.
Video created by Stacey Caporicci, Communications Chair, Phase I HOA Board.
Future VISTA Gardener's
At VISTA we not only nurture or plants we nurture children to become future gardeners.
Wildflower Garden Committee Plant of the Month:
Florida Greeneyes
Looking for something to do?
How about trying one of these?
Social Bike Ride
June 5th, 2022 9am
VISTA’s new Wildflower Garden
VISTA Awarded VIVA Florida Grant
Let the Sun Shine:
How we’re eradicating weeds with sunshine, and you can too.
Say Hello to VISTA’s Wildflower Garden Resident Experts!
The Art of Gardening
Landscape Demonstration Garden at VISTA Gardens
Sickles HS NHS volunteers manual removal of wedelia and grasses, December 4, 2021
Landscape Demonstration Garden at VISTA Gardens
Donations Needed
Time to start getting our supplies ready for the upcoming growing season
Items that we need for the upcoming growing season.Scissors, clippers, gloves, hoses, nozzles, and hand trowels.
VISTA In The News
VISTA Gardens was recently spotlighted by Charley Belcher on Fox Good Morning Tampa Bay.
Thank you to those who participated both on and off camera. This interview would have not been possible without all of your hard work.
Compost Project Update
The Compost Committee has completed a major upgrade to the compost system.VISTA Gardens is thankful to the countless hours that Bill, Hugh, MJ, and Lucio spent designing and constructing the new bins. Their efforts will aide the garden achieve a more efficient composting operation, produce more compost.
Pollinator Gardens
With approximately 75 percent of all food crops grown in the United States depending on pollinator animals, the Pollinator Gardens at VISTA aid in producing ample crops.
