In preparation for our third-annual Plein Air Fest, our nod to the timeless tradition of painting outdoors, we asked several participating artists about the process of painting in natural settings […]
A Wild Sketchbook
As the warm sun beams down and a cooling breeze drifts across the landscape, two women, sketchbooks in hand, intently observe a patch of Florida coreopsis. These are simple yellow […]
Before They Disappear
Conservationists comb the wilds of Rookery Bay gathering native seeds threatened by rising seas and rampant storms. Pine tree skeletons loom over Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Once hard […]
The Not-So-Fearsome Predators of Naples Botanical Garden
The Garden hosts a group of voracious predators that you may unknowingly pass. Fear not! I’m talking about plants and their appetites for insects. Carnivorous plants live in some of […]
State of Flow
There are no other Everglades in the world. “They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth, remote, never wholly known. Nothing anywhere else is […]
Capturing Magical Memories: Smartphone Photography at Night
Multimedia Coordinator John Eder shares his nighttime photography tips below each of his photos.“This photo, above, mixes flash with the underlighting on the boardwalk to really light the subjects’ faces, […]
