Help Coral Gables City Keep The Bay Blue And Clean

Press release from the City of Coral Gables:

April 29, 2020

Now is the time to nourish your palm trees and gardens with slow-release fertilizer before the rainy summer days arrive. If you didn’t know, lawns with St. Augustine grass rarely need fertilizer. Fertilizers are often over-used during the summer in residential landscaping and when the grass and plants can’t take up the excess fertilizer - it runs off with the rain and into our waterways. Biscayne Bay and our canals are extremely sensitive to excess nutrients, so it is important to keep these nutrients out of the water to avoid continuing to kill sea grass and causing algae blooms.

The City of Coral Gables is leading by example by ceasing the use of fertilizers containing nitrogen and phosphorous from June 1 through September 30 each year. To see what the City of Coral Gables uses to keep our City landscapes, parks, and trees healthy, visit: www.coralgables.com/BestManagementPractices

For more information on nutrient pollution in our waterways visit: www.coralgables.com/waterways

This press release was produced by the City of Coral Gables. The views expressed here are the author’s own.