Month-by-Month Gardening in Florida

Tom MacCubbin is known to gardeners in Florida through his radio, television, and newspaper contributions. An extension environmental horticulturist with the University of Florida in Orange County, MacCubbin has degrees in Horticulture from the University of Maryland. Readers are familiar with his question-and-answer gardening columns and feature articles for The Orlando Sentinel, while others may recognize him as a co-host of Orange County Gardening on cable television and weekly horticulture reports on Central Florida News 13. His radio program Better Lawns and Gardens is broadcast over twenty-three Florida stations. The National Association of County Agriculture Agents has recognized his media contributions with numerous awards, including awards for the best state personal column, best news photo story, best news column, and best television program. Most recently, his Better Lawns and Gardens radio program was judged best in the nation for 1998; in 1999, he was presented the AT and T Communications Award in the Best Videotape/Television category as a regional winner for his role as co-host of Orange County Gardening. He has been honored with the Best Horticulture Writer Award by the Florida Nurseryman and Growers Association, and was granted the Garden Communicators Award by the American Nurseryman's Association. MacCubbin is the author of two other books, Florida Home Grown: Landscaping and Florida Home Grown 2: The Edible Landscape. He is co-author of the Florida Gardener's Guide published by Cool Springs Press. Active in their community, MacCubbin and his wife Joan live near Apopka.Tom MacCubbin is the author of 'Month-by-Month Gardening in Florida', published 2001 under ISBN 9781888608243 and ISBN 1888608242.