Holbrook's Horticulture Corner & Store

As part of the PLLC curriculum, our agriculture teacher Ray Holbrook helps our students learn many useful lessons in plant and animal biology, chemistry, weather, soils and ecology. They also learn practical life experiences such as:

The responsibility of caring for living things.
The reward of hard work.
The satisfaction of having things grow and flourish.
The understanding of the cycles of life.
Patience and long term perspective.

Ray Holbrook has grown the agriculture program with a demonstration project of the ecological cycle between plants and animals. Working with the Fish and Wildlife Commission and the University of Florida Research Labs in Ruskin and Port Manatee, the students and he are raising saltwater Red Fish as part of this project. Ray has expanded the different types of plants that the students grow to show them a broad variety of plants so that the students can study the wide range of colors, sizes, shapes, blossoms, fruit, and the habitat the plants provide for animals. The students also work with Aquaponics using hybrid Talapia to help in starting new plants.

The Holbrook Horticulture Store features:

Trees
Grasses
Shrubs
Flowering Plants

School grown plants for sale

The results of the students' and Mr. Holbrook's work are many beautiful plants for the house, yard, office or gifts. You can enhance the beauty of your home or business surroundings and also support our school by purchasing our student grown plants. All proceeds will go to support our PLLC activities.

The following are the items available from the Holbrook Plant Store. You can come to our school to view and select the plants, or you can order your plant on-line by using the form below. If you have any questions you would like to ask Mr. Holbrook about the program or plants, you can email him at Ray Holbrook

Item No.	Plant Name	Description and Care	Retail Value	Click Photo to Enlarge
1	Allamanda	3 gallons, prefer sunny or partially sun sites	$4.00
2	Awabuki	3 gallons, sunny or partially sunny sites	$4.00
3	Aztec Border Grass	1 gallon, sunny or partially sunny sites	$1.50
4	Beautyberry	1 gallon, sunny sites	$1.50
5	Canary Island Palm	3 gallon, sunny or partially sunny sites	$10.00
6	Cassia	3 gallon, best in sunny - partially sunny ok.	$4.00
7	Chinese Fan Palm	3 gallon, sunny	$8.00
8	Caladium	1 gallon, shade	$1.50
9	Copper Plant	1 gallon, sun or shade	$2.00
10	Crinum Lily	3 gallon, mixed sun	$10.00
11	Croton	1 gallon, sun or shade	$2.00
12	Cypress Tree	3 gallon, sun or partially sunny	$10.00
13	Florida Ash Tree	3 gallon, sunny	$10.00
14	Florida Holly Tree	3 gallon, sunny	$8.00
15	Florida Red Maple Tree	3 gallon, sunny	$10.00
16	Hibiscus	3 gallon, sunny or partially sunny	$4.00
17	Pigmy Date Palm	7 gallon, sunny or partially sunny	$15.00
18	Queen Palm Tree	3 gallon, sunny or partially sunny	$10.00
19	Tibouchina	3 gallon, sun or shade	$10.00

All proceeds will supplement horticulture and other school activities at Polk Life and Learning Center.

If you wish to make an online order, please fill out the form below:

Step 1: Click on the Item you would like to order. If you wish to order different types of plants, please submit an order for each type.

Step 2: Enter the quantity you wish to buy.

Quantity Ordered

Step 3: Enter the total cost of the order.

Total Order Amount:

Step 4: Enter your personal information, all fields are required.

Your Name (first and last):

Your Phone Number:

E-Mail Address:

Step 5: Use the field below to let us know when you would like to pick up your plants and any additional information you would like us to know or wish to ask us.

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