Hurricane Update

A few species of plants once easy to spot appear to be missing — or at least not as readily visible as they once were. Hurricane Ian struck Southwest Florida […]

For two weeks, Naples Botanical Garden staff has raked debris, collected broken tree limbs and downed palm fronds, dug out groundcover plants buried under dying leaves. Then, a welcome change: […]

When disasters like hurricanes strike, our staff goes into triage mode, assessing the collection and working fast to save plants that are threatened or endangered, wild-collected, underrepresented in botanical collections, […]

For two weeks, Naples Botanical Garden staff has raked debris, collected broken tree limbs and downed palm fronds, dug out groundcover plants buried under dying leaves. Then, a welcome change: […]

“It is not catastrophic.” That’s how Naples Botanical Garden President & CEO Donna McGinnis greeted staff as they assembled for the first time after Hurricane Ian on Monday, October 3. […]

For many Southwest Floridians, memories of 2017’s Hurricane Irma have faded with time. At the Garden, however, trees and plants continue to remind us of the storm’s impact, the changes […]