A few species of plants once easy to spot appear to be missing — or at least not as readily visible as they once were. Hurricane Ian struck Southwest Florida […]
Hurricane Update
Botanical Gifts Harken Renewal
For two weeks, Naples Botanical Garden staff has raked debris, collected broken tree limbs and downed palm fronds, dug out groundcover plants buried under dying leaves. Then, a welcome change: […]
Garden Staff Rush to Save Damaged Plants
When disasters like hurricanes strike, our staff goes into triage mode, assessing the collection and working fast to save plants that are threatened or endangered, wild-collected, underrepresented in botanical collections, […]
Botanical Gifts Harken Renewal
For two weeks, Naples Botanical Garden staff has raked debris, collected broken tree limbs and downed palm fronds, dug out groundcover plants buried under dying leaves. Then, a welcome change: […]
Road to Recovery
“It is not catastrophic.” That’s how Naples Botanical Garden President & CEO Donna McGinnis greeted staff as they assembled for the first time after Hurricane Ian on Monday, October 3. […]
Remember Hurricane Irma? Our Plants Do! See How the Garden Continues to Recover Four Years Later.
For many Southwest Floridians, memories of 2017’s Hurricane Irma have faded with time. At the Garden, however, trees and plants continue to remind us of the storm’s impact, the changes […]
