It's easy to start your own organic vegetable garden. ...more

March 11, 2009

Local skateboarders have a month to brush up on a batch of new extreme tricks before the opening of the New Tampa Skate Park. ...more

February 21, 2009

A list of garden events, classes and meetings. ...more

February 11, 2009

TAMPA -- Cities across the country are turning landscapes of concrete, asphalt and glass into bountiful gardens by committing vacant land to urban gardeners for agriculture. City Councilwoman Mary Mulhern thinks Tampa should be doing the same. ...more

February 11, 2009

The Franciscan Center welcomed a tranquil addition to its grounds Sunday: a riverside pavilion designed by University of South Florida architecture students. ...more

October 13, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Approximately 200,000 gallons of untreated sewage spilled into Sweetwater Creek on Friday afternoon, prompting a warning to residents along the creek to avoid the water, Hillsborough County officials said. ...more

September 13, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY Approximately 200,000 gallons of sewage spilled into Sweetwater Creek this afternoon, prompting a warning to residents along the creek to avoid contact with the water, Hillsborough County officials said. ...more

September 12, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - The Children's Home and the Sweetwater Organic Community Farm have been chosen as finalists for the Tampa Bay Business Journal's third annual Nonprofit of the Year award. ...more

May 28, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - The Children's Home and the Sweetwater Organic Community Farm have been chosen as finalists for the Tampa Bay Business Journal's third annual Nonprofit of the Year award. ...more

May 28, 2008

GARDEN NOTES Events AN EVENING ON THE FARM: Grab the kids and head over to the Pesto Festo at Sweetwater Organic Community Farm on Saturday evening. ...more

May 7, 2008