Village Institute for Sustainable Technologies & Agriculture

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...

Sign a birthday card for Jane at VISTA's 10th Anniversary! “People frequently approach me with an anecdote about how Jane Goodall...

The VISTA Gardens AARP gardens continue to shine as they have now grown over 150 pounds of food that has been donated to the needy! Read...

Among the many worthy causes to support, you continue to appreciate VISTA Gardens with your financial contributions. Together, we are...

“The biggest obstacle to good gardening is the desire to know the answers and not the questions.” Monty Don VISTA members shared...

VISTA Gardens is on the Homegrown National Park map, joining a conservation movement that inspires small changes in our own backyards to...

A Florida native plant that offers orange-red flowers throughout most of the year, Firebush is a large, soft-stemmed shrub that can reach...

In its continued effort to support and uplift the community, AARP® Florida sponsors two raised garden beds that produced 175 pounds of...

As a founder and former C-I-E-I-O of VISTA, the current board nicely keeps me updated on their board notes which I greatly appreciate....

Mike Arnold, Sierra Shellabarger, and Kyle Reed represented VISTA Gardens at USF's Bull Market sponsored by USF's Center for Leadership...

With grateful appreciation to Michele Vatalaro and her fellow members of the Moonlight Garden Circle of the Tampa Garden Circle for their...

Janet Stanko, Chair, VISTA's Pond Committee, received wonderful help from 8-11 USF Rotaract members who weeded and tended the pollinator...

Have you checked out the communal herb garden yet? Along the main entry path and across from the pavilion lies our shared herb garden—a...

Compost is a mix of decaying nutrient-rich soil with a medium density that is naturally made using oxygen, bacteria, water, and organic...

Honey bees. Where would we be without them? According to the US Department of Agriculture, one in three bites of food in the United...

An update on our experiment Our sunn hemp summer cover crops are fascinating stuff. As you may know, Jennifer and others decided to try...

Lisa Meredith, Program Assistant, Hillsborough County IFAS Extension (Seffner) created two garden plans based on the vegetables and herbs...

VISTA Gardens was recently spotlighted by Charley Belcher on Fox Good Morning Tampa Bay. Thank you to those who participated both on and...

The Compost Committee has completed a major upgrade to the compost system during the summer of 2020.VISTA Gardens is thankful to the...