X Marks the Spot: VISTA Gardens is on The Homegrown National Park Map
VISTA Gardens is on the Homegrown National Park map, joining a conservation movement that inspires small changes in our own backyards to...
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VISTA Gardens
- Jul 15
- 2 min
Firebush Hamelia patens
A Florida native plant that offers orange-red flowers throughout most of the year, Firebush is a large, soft-stemmed shrub that can reach...
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VISTA Gardens
- Jun 17
- 2 min
AARP® at VISTA Gardens
In its continued effort to support and uplift the community, AARP® Florida sponsors two raised garden beds that produced 175 pounds of...
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VISTA Gardens
- May 21
- 1 min
Weeding Nut Sedge
To weed nut sedge you must dig under sections and pull out the whole root structure. You cannot just pull out each weed individually...
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VISTA Gardens
- Apr 29
- 2 min
SOLAR ENERGY FOR VISTA AND TAMPA
by Janet Stanko with photo credit to Rick Jackson You might not know that VISTA Gardens is entirely off the energy grid. We have no...
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VISTA Gardens
- Apr 21
- 2 min
Celebrate Earth Day--Red Maple Tree
Credit: Wilcox Nursery Red Maple trees are native throughout the eastern half of the United States. Each autumn the leaves of these trees...
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VISTA Gardens
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Benefits of Native Plants for Vegetable Growing II
Florida native plants support beneficial insect populations, and VISTA proudly has native plant gardens north, south, east and west of...
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VISTA Gardens
- Mar 1
- 1 min
Installing an automated irrigation system on your VISTA raised bed garden?
The Infrastructure Chair, Marty Kleiner, wants you to know that several different types of “tried and tested” timers resulted in quite a...
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VISTA Gardens
- Feb 18
- 1 min
Native Plant of the month: Dotted Horsemint
Dotted Horsemint (Monarda punctata), also known as Spotted Beebalm, https://www.flawildflowers.org/flower-friday-monarda-punctata/...
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VISTA Gardens
- Feb 9
- 1 min
A Letter of Thanks to Barb Mahlmeister from Bill West
As a founder and former C-I-E-I-O of VISTA, the current board nicely keeps me updated on their board notes which I greatly appreciate....
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VISTA Gardens
- Feb 5
- 1 min
Benefits of Native Plants for Vegetable Growing
Bad news! Hornworms can devour the precious foliage of an entire tomato plant in a day. Good news! Parasitoid wasps, as natural...
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VISTA Gardens
- Jan 22
- 1 min
VISTA Out In The Community 1/11/2023
Mike Arnold, Sierra Shellabarger, and Kyle Reed represented VISTA Gardens at USF's Bull Market sponsored by USF's Center for Leadership...
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VISTA Gardens
- Jan 22
- 1 min
VISTA Has a New Tree!
With grateful appreciation to Michele Vatalaro and her fellow members of the Moonlight Garden Circle of the Tampa Garden Circle for their...
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VISTA Gardens
- Jan 21
- 1 min
USF Rotaract volunteers help maintain VISTA's pond 1/15/2023
Janet Stanko, Chair, VISTA's Pond Committee, received wonderful help from 8-11 USF Rotaract members who weeded and tended the pollinator...
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VISTA Gardens
- Jan 16
- 1 min
Come Celebrate Florida’s Arbor Day! 1/20/2023
We will welcome VISTA's new tree: a beautiful Marlberry (Ardisia escallonioides) VISTA Gardens thanks the Moonlight Garden Circle of The...
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VISTA Gardens
- Jan 16
- 1 min
Special Event: The Importance of Natural Habitats 1/10/2023
January 10th 4-5:30 p.m. The event is open to VISTA members, neighbors and the general public! Featuring Stacey Matrazzo, Executive...
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VISTA Gardens
- Jan 16
- 1 min
VISTA GARDENS Bike Ride Sunday, January 29 (new date)
Join us for a casually paced bike ride on the Upper Tampa Bay Trail! Option 1: Meet at Carrollwood Village Park, (ride to trail, continue...
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VISTA Gardens
- Jan 4
- 1 min
Meet the VISTA Communications Team
Is reading the monthly VISTA Matters one of your guilty pleasures like it is for me? Do you ever find yourself wondering what is or has...
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VISTA Gardens
- Jan 1
- 1 min
January Native Plant of the Month
Native plant of the month featured in January 2023 is the Longleaf Pine Tree. We just passed the first anniversary of 2 Longleaf pine...
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