Discover rare and endangered native orchids and get a taste of the swamps at Naples Botanical Garden. In Naples Botanical Garden’s natural areas, native orchids grow by the hundreds. But […]
Florida ghost orchid captivates British press, public
The invitation: Go to London. Team up with the world’s foremost experts on native orchids and create an exhibition for the world-renowned Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show. The challenge: Navigate complicated […]
Who was Frida Kahlo, and what was her connection to the natural world?
Mexican painter Frida Kahlo is one of the world’s most celebrated and studied artists. In a word, she is timeless. Kahlo’s life, cut short at the age of 47, was […]
This Tiny Bug May Help Contain a Huge Problem
On a bright afternoon last month, members of our team and Melissa Smith, a U.S. Department of Agriculture research ecologist, unleashed 1,500 insects to go after one of the ecosystem’s […]
Behind the inspiration for ORIGINS: Patricia Cavazos
A “match made in heaven” is how our Director of Exhibitions & Special Programs Erin Wolfe Bell described the fit between the Garden and Patricia Cavazos, the artist behind our […]
Your Winter Veggie Garden, Reimagined
While much of the country is shivering, Floridians are getting ready for growing season and the bountiful winter harvest to come. Florida, in fact, supplies much of the nation’s wintertime […]
