Fruits, Vegetables & Herbs
You can enjoy fresh fruits and vegetables by growing them in your own yard--even if you live in an urban area.
Don't have a backyard? See Container Gardening for information about growing edibles almost anywhere.
For information about pests in your garden, see Diseases and Insects. You can also learn how to start a vegetable garden.
UF/IFAS Sites
- Berry/Vegetable Times Online Newsletters
- Florida Tomato Scouting Guide
- FruitScapes
- Growing Strawberries in the Florida Garden
- Hydroponic Greenhouse
UF/IFAS Publications
- Blueberry Gardener's Guide
- Citrus Culture in the Home Landscape
- Cocoa (Chocolate Bean) Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
- Coffee Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
- Dooryard Fruit Varieties
- Edible Landscaping for Urban Sustainability
- Fertilizing the Garden
- Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide
- Fruit (Non-citrus) and Nut Crops
- Growing Fruit in the Home Landscape
- Grow Your Own Vegetables Without Soil
- Growing Fruit Crops in Containers
- Growing Potatoes in the Florida Home Garden
- Herbs in the Florida Garden
- Home Garden Crops
- An Introduction to the Production of Containerized Vegetable Transplants
- Landscape and Vegetable Garden Test Information Sheet
- Managing Nematodes for the Non-Commercial Vegetable Garden
- Minigardening (Growing Vegetables in Containers)
- Mushroom
- Organic Vegetable Gardening
- Preserving Fruit
- Preserving Vegetables
- Producing Peanuts for Home Use
- Pruning and Training Deciduous Fruit Trees for the Dooryard
- Seeding the Garden
- Specific Fruits and Nuts
- Starting the Garden with Transplants
- Strawberries in The Florida Garden
- Tea Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
- Training and Pruning Florida Peaches, Nectarines, and Plums
- Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Crops for the Home Landscape: Alternatives to Citrus
- Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Crops for the Home Landscape: Alternatives to Citrus (en español)
- Vegetable Gardening
- Vegetables A - Z
Other Sites & Publications
- Herb Gardening--University of Illinois Extension
- Herb Research Foundation
- Herb Society of America
- Herbs & Spices--Virginia Cooperative Extension
- Small Fruit Crops for the Backyard--University of Illinois Extension
- Strawberries & More--University of Illinois Extension
- Vegetable Gardening--University of Georgia
- Return to Plants & Grasses or to Types of Gardens
General Resources
UF/IFAS Sites
- Entomology and Nematology Department
- Environmental Horticulture Department
- FAWN: Florida Automated Weather Network
- Florida Master Gardener Program
- Florida Partnership for Water, Agriculture & Community Sustainability at Hastings
- Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Program
- Gardening in a Minute
- Home Lawn Care--Turfgrass Science
- Horticultural Sciences Department
- IPM Florida
- Landscape Plants
- Living Green
- Pesticide Information Office
- Plant Pathology Department
- School Gardens
- Soil and Water Science Department
- Trees and Hurricanes
UF/IFAS Publications
State & Federal Agencies
- FDACS
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map--U.S. National Arboretum
Other University Sites
Organizations & Associations
- American Community Gardening Association
- American Horticultural Society
- Florida Native Plant Society
- National Garden Clubs
- North American Native Plant Society
Other Sites & Publications
Plant Hardiness Zones
For-Sale Products
- Banana in Florida Poster
- Florida Citrus: A Comprehensive Guide
- Gardener's Guide to Florida's Native Plants
- Identification of Mites, Insects, Diseases, Nutritional Symptoms and Disorders on Citrus
- Mango in Florida Poster
- Manual of Minor Vegetables
- Tropical Fruits CD-ROM
- Vegetable and Field Crop Pest ID Sheets
- Vegetable Gardening in Florida
