4-H Horticulture Plant ID Club

615 Paul Russell Road,Tallahassee FL 32301

15 October, 2021

Description

Join Horticulture Agent Mark Tancig for a Fall full of botany and plant identification. Mark Tancig and Horticulture Program Assistant Rachel Mathes will be holding 6 study sessions before the district wide 4-H Horticulture Plant ID Competition at the North Florida Fair on November 13th. The first info session will be on Zoom but all meetings after will be in person. All following sessions will be Fridays 3:30 to 5pm at the UF/IFAS Leon County Extension Office, 615 Paul Russell Rd, except for October 15th which is a hike at Phipps Park. Read more about the contest here: https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdf/4H/4H00400.pdf *photo taken before the Covid-19 Pandemic The Cooperative Extension Service is a partnership between state land grant universities, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and county governments throughout the nation. In Leon County, the partnership includes the University of Florida (UF), Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU), and Leon County Government.   UF/IFAS Extension’s mission is to develop knowledge in agriculture, natural resources, and the life sciences, and to make that knowledge accessible to sustain and enhance the quality of human life. Leon County Extension conducts research-based educational programs in Agriculture and Food Systems, Horticulture, Family & Consumer Sciences, and 4-H Youth Development.