Taro (Colocasia esculenta) is a tuberous, evergreen plant with an edible starch vegetable root that adds a pearly and purple hue to desserts and drinks. This beverage is perfect for […]
Garden in the Sky
To enjoy some of our most distinct collections, look overhead. Stop. Look up. Repeat. Much of Naples Botanical Garden exists overhead, entwined in the trunks and branches of trees, climbing […]
Rare Florida Panther Caught on Garden Wildlife Camera
Well, apparently, the creatures were stirring this holiday — we captured a very special image with our wildlife cameras on Christmas Day at 10:22pm. This ghostly image is of a […]
Littoral Zone Plants: Nature’s Water-Cleaning Wonders
This simple demonstration shows the critical role plants play in keeping pollutants out of waterbodies. An anhinga drying its wings. A turtle swimming. An egret stalking through the grass. These […]
2021 New Waterlily Competition Winners
The waterlily that won judges’ hearts this year is a cup-shaped beauty with mottled petals – dark purple, light purple, fuchsia, and white, contrasted by a tangerine-colored center and surrounded […]
Weaving Transformation
Overnight, it seemed, the Kapnick Caribbean Garden lawn transformed from grassland to wonderland as sculptor Patrick Dougherty — the “Stickman” — and his son, Sam, led nearly 100 volunteers in […]
