Talk about a plant with a sense of place. Hymenocallis puntagordensis is a flowering perennial found only in … have you guessed … Charlotte County, the region north of us […]
Waterlilies: Beauty, With Some Serious Ecosystem Brawn
The state of Florida is home to over 7,800 freshwater lakes, 1,700 streams and rivers, 1,000 springs, and 11 million acres of natural wetlands. While our beaches speak for themselves, […]
Documenting a Prescribed Burn
Being Naples Botanical Garden’s staff photographer and videographer is a dream job. I get to do a lot of different stuff, including chronicling Garden staff’s wide-ranging projects, taking portraits of […]
Tickle Your Taste Buds With These Mexican Herbs
How to cultivate and cook with these flavorful plants There are a bevy of herbs synonymous with our favorite Mexican cuisine. What might surprise you is their origin. While some […]
Dead Tree Sustains New Life
Got a dead tree in your backyard? Don’t automatically add it to the horticultural waste pile. Natural Resources Associate Mike Cox offers a better idea. Cox recently planted a 4-foot-tall […]
Growing the “King of Fruits”
The mango, Mangifera indica, is perhaps one of the most iconic and delicious of all the tropical fruits. Luckily for us in Southwest Florida, mangos thrive here, and with little […]