Across cultures and continents, blue is humanity’s most universally liked color. Maybe it’s because the shade reminds us of expansive sunny skies, twinkling nights, or the calming currents of our […]
Garden Helps Transform Vacant Site into Neighborhood Amenity
New pedestrian walkway will link Bayshore District with Sugden Regional Park For three days in mid-January, Naples Botanical Garden staff took their plants and planting operations to a 17-acre parcel […]
Learning to Look: Nature Through an Artist’s Perspective
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 […]
