Bowl of fruit and vegetables. Photo credit: Leimenide It’s Thanksgiving Week! With food on the brain, we thought it might be fun to break out a little botanical trivia pertaining […]
Behold the Painted Bunting — and Other Migratory Species Filling Our Seasonal Skies
It is the prize of the day: a Painted Bunting spotted in the foliage and caught on camera. There are two of them, actually. The female — sorry, ladies — […]
Straight Out of a Storybook: The Wild, Whimsical World of Succulents and Cacti
We have gardens reminiscent of Southeast Asia, Brazil, the Caribbean … and Dr. Seussland? The Foster Succulent Garden — always a place for the botanical world’s weird and wonderful — […]
These Trees Offer Fall Color and a Hint of Halloween Macabre
Northern trees get all the fall glory — the maples, oaks, and birches that turn landscapes into tapestries. It is time, I think, that Ceibas get their due. These trees […]
Students Discover the Secrets of the Swamp
“It’s cold!” The first of six middle school students eases into a slough at Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park. He has set the expectation for the rest, and they wince […]
Going Beyond the Home Improvement Store
Jessica DeYoung, the Garden’s Conservation Horticulture Manager, explains why she collects native plant seeds for our seed bank and, someday, your yard I’m wandering down an animal trail, weaving between […]
