ECHO Blog

Get Into Gardening 2012 - June 9

05/23/2012 ~ 0 comments

Summer is here in Southwest Florida! Hot-season plants abound, but most people think that they need to stop gardening over the summer months. ECHO is here to tell you that you can still enjoy fresh ...

Rare Fruit Tree Sale - May 15

04/04/2011 ~ 0 comments

Rare Fruit Tree Sale! The Manatee Rare Fruit Council’s Twenty Third Annual Rare Fruit Tree sale will be held at the Manatee Civic Center in Palmetto. Sale hours are from 10 am to 4 pm. More ...

Pruning Lychees

08/18/2010 ~ 2 comments

If you happen to be walking around ECHO, you might see some strange white stumps in our fruit tree arboretum. Don't be alarmed! The trees have undergone some dramatic 'pruning' in an effort to ...

Winter Tips from ECHO's Tropical Fruit Nursery

11/25/2009 ~ 0 comments

HELPFUL IDEAS FOR THE WINTER FROM ECHO'S TROPICAL FRUIT NURSERY WHAT FRUIT CAN I GROW THAT IS NOT LIKELY TO FREEZE? By northern standards, the freezes we get in Southwest Florida are ...