Our team reported to Bonita Springs Elementary School Thursday morning, their cars loaded with seedlings—tomatoes, eggplants, okra, mustard and kale, a little over 500 in all—to offer families who’d arrive […]
Botanical Adventures
Galangal, Anyone? Discover the Garden’s Bounty From the Everyday to the Exotic
Before I came to work here, I did not associate botanical gardens with fruits and veggies. Flowers? Yes. Cool trees? Absolutely. Tomatoes and kale? Nope. In my mind, those belonged […]
Love Eating Figs? We Hope This Doesn’t Change Your Mind.
To say figs are a superfruit would be a bit of an understatement. Packed with vitamins A, C, and K and minerals zinc, copper, manganese, and iron, to name a […]
The Peeling Tree and Other Unexpected Wonders of the Brazil Garden
Gravel crunches beneath my sandals as I round the bend to where the Kapnick Brazilian Garden diverges into the Preserve. Before continuing, the tree to my right catches my eye. […]
Slow Down, and Enjoy Kathryn’s Garden
It’s tempting, I suppose, to march straight down our boardwalk, buy your ticket, and officially start your visit. I appreciate your enthusiasm but beg you, slow down! In your haste, […]
The First of Many Garden Excursions
They say “smell” is the most powerful of senses, the one that can whisk you through time or transport you to another place, trigger your appetite, or, conversely, make your stomach churn.
