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 […]
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Trees from the Garden to be Entwined in New Sculpture
This blog supports this year’s Intertwined theme, which explores the connections in the natural world and the bond between people and plants. A flatbed truck arrived at the Garden […]
Spiky, Spiny, and just Plain Spooky Plants in the Garden
Monsters can come in all shapes and sizes, even in plant form. Take a stroll through the Garden, and see if you can find all these spooky plants lurking in […]
Lazy days of summer? Pshaw!
Summer, rainy season, is the time of year when we do most of our planting as our tropical collections love the heat and Mother Nature helps with irrigation. Our experts […]
A Map is Worth a Thousand Words
About the Author Kate Talano, our Conservation Fellow, joined our team this summer. She plans to graduate from Middlebury College in Vermont next spring, with a bachelor’s degree […]
Stop Paying Someone to Kill Your Palms
It’s midsummer, and a tropical storm is brewing in the Gulf. Your landscapers turn up to do emergency hurricane cuts on your palms. Should you let them? Before we answer, […]
