Village Institute for Sustainable Technologies & Agriculture

In the aftermath of recent hurricanes, our friends at the Apollo Beach Community Forest Garden  faced devastating losses. Their entire...

On Saturday, December 7, members of the Sickles High School National Honor Society joined us for a day of service in VISTA’s Woodland and...

A couple months ago, Hurricane Milton passed through, leaving only mild effects on the VISTA woodland trail. Despite the disruption, the...

Today marks a significant milestone in our 2024 woodland restoration project, a commendable initiative generously funded by the Tampa Bay...

VISTA Gardens recently hosted a significant and collaborative volunteer event that brought together members of the USF Rotaract and...

VISTA Gardens had the distinct pleasure of welcoming a vibrant group of students, enthusiastic teachers, and supportive parents from...

Our dedicated AARP gardeners have made a remarkable contribution to our local community by harvesting an impressive total of 36 pounds of...

VISTA members gathered for an informative BYOBrunch and Q&A session, where they not only indulged in a variety of delicious treats but...

Thirteen dedicated Sickles High School National Honor Society students contributed their morning to various garden tasks, from clearing...

The main event in the woodland in October was hurricane Milton.  The VISTA property was spared serious damage, and we were grateful.  We...

September was a rainy month, and a good time for planting. We planted many purchased and transplanted flowers, shrubs and a few trees. So...

With the hot steamy weather, we haven’t been as active in the woodlands this month. With the help of VISTA an and USF volunteers, we did...

We’re relieved to see the return of the summer afternoon rains.  While it means more weeds, it also has lead to the return of standing...

It’s the dry season, and like all the other local gardeners, we’ll appreciate when the rain starts. This month we planted native plants...

And just like that the weather warms and a pethoria of bugs have found their way into the garden. Roberta shared that yesterday she spent...

We celebrated VISTA’s 10th anniversary this month, by planting 3 loblolly bay trees.  Kindly donated by the Midnight circle of the Tampa...

Here's special news from the Herb Garden: May is here! Can you hear summer knocking on Florida’s door? With the hot weather comes a...

Our fiends at the UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County have so great information on how to control our Lubber problems before they eat...

VISTA thanks Sickles High School National Honor Society members who volunteered this morning. They cleaned and added river rocks and...

Back in the ’80s, this property at 13572 South Village Drive where VISTA Gardens is today was an abandoned water treatment plant and had...