In most parts of the country, cool-season flowering annuals provide late spring to midsummer color. But here in the Tampa Bay area, we can often enjoy these plants from late fall to early spring. ...more

November 8, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Pasco County vice and narcotics detectives have busted yet another "upscale" marijuana grow house, sheriff's office spokesman Kevin Doll said. ...more

November 7, 2009

Fossil bones housed at a Los Angeles museum belong to the smallest dinosaur discovered in North America, scientists say. The newly identified creature weighed less than 2 pounds and stood about 4 inches tall. From head to tail, it measured a little over 2 feet long, said Luis Chiappe, director of the Dinosaur Institute of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County where the fossil bones are stored. ...more

October 22, 2009

Freedom High is building a weight room on its campus, thanks to an $8,000 grant from the National Football League's Youth Football Fund. ...more

October 14, 2009

Nearly a dozen volunteers from area businesses and the Seminole Heights Community Garden recently helped students at Cleveland Elementary plant a butterfly garden. ...more

October 7, 2009

The Plant City Garden Club will kick off the fall gardening season Oct. 10 with a new event, GardenFest 2009. ...more

September 23, 2009

From the September Issue of Southern Living magazine. ...more

September 14, 2009

The Lake Placid Saturday Morning Market will be held from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Sept. 12 at Stuart Park, which is located at the corner of Interlake and Pine. ...more

September 11, 2009

Brooksville aims to save about $10,000 in landscaping costs through a new partnership with Wal-Mart. ...more

July 30, 2009

A new state law that went into effect July 1 states that homeowners' associations can no longer prohibit residents from installing drought-tolerant, Florida-friendly grass and landscaping. ...more

July 8, 2009