Sydney Park Brown
Associate Professor and Extension Specialist - Consumer Horticulture
UF/IFAS GCREC-Plant City Campus
1200 North Park Road
Plant City, FL 33563-1540
Voice: 813.757.2286
Fax: 813.707.7399
Email:spbrown@ufl.edu
Professional Background:
Education
Ph.D. in Education, Adult Education/Curriculum Dev't. (Univ. South Florida), 2000
M.Ag., Agriculture and Extension Education (Univ. of Florida), 1983
B.S., Ornamental Horticulture (Univ. of Florida), 1975
B.A., English Literature (Univ. of Florida), 1973
Work Experience
1/2007-present, Associate Professor and Consumer Horticulture Specialist, Univ. of Florida
2003-2006, Adjunct Teaching Faculty (25%), UF / GCREC / Plant City Campus
1979-2006, Horticulture Extension Agent, Hillsborough Extension Service
1980-pres., Master Gardener Coordinator, Hillsborough Extension Service
1999-pres., Horticulture Program Leader, Hillsborough Extension Service
Extension - 60% Appointment
As the Extension Specialist for Consumer Horticulture, Sydney Park Brown is
responsible for developing Extension educational resources for home gardeners. Fact sheets are
available at http://EDIS.ifas.ufl.edu or at county Extension offices. She is developing a
demonstratioan/teaching garden at the Plant City Campus, produces an on-line Florida Gardening
Calendar http://solutionsforyourlife.ufl.edu/lawn_and_garden/calendar/ and organizes and participates
in gardening conferences around the state.
Teaching - 40% Appointment
Dr. Park Brown teaches horticulture curriculum at UFs satellite campus in Plant City.
She currently teaches Environmental Plant ID and Use, Annual and Perennial Gardening and a Plant Propagation
lab.
Research
A research study on the effectiveness of weather-based irrigation controllers is currently
underway
at the Gulf Coast Research and Education Center in Balm. Dr. Park Brown is the local coordinator
for that project. In Fall, 2007 a research/demonstration project on low-input roses will be installed at
the Plant City Campus.
