The garden has 1,400 palms in the ground and roughly 3,200 palms in the nursery. While those numbers may seem high, we only have 434 out of the roughly 2,500 […]
Horticulture
A Mother’s Love Captured in Blooms
I was about 4 years old when I first fell in love with the quiet magic of plants. I remember standing in my mother’s garden as a young child, carefully […]
The Garden A-Glow: How Plants Appear Under Ultraviolet Light
One Friday night, as the sun set over Lake Tupke, we decided to invent a little game in the spirit of our ChromaFlora exhibition. It involved a black light, 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 […]
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 […]
How Did That Plant Get Up There?
The next time you visit the Garden, take a moment to gaze upward. Can you spot the delicate orchids clinging to the branches? The vibrant bromeliads nestled in the canopy? […]
