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Oh really?! A Lily?!: Years ago, I rented a house in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea and dabbled with a garden even though the sprinkler system was extremely unreliable and the yard was pure sand. I lived there for a few years and then one day I noticed a new plant coming up out of an abandoned planter box and the “weed” was [...]
Why It’s So Hard to Get a Date in South Florida: It seems that the flashiest and most luxurious landscapes in South Florida include at least one Date Palm. There are several varieties and hybrids such as the Roebelenii (Pigmy Date Palm), the clumping Senegal (Reclinata), and the most massive and stately Canary Island date Palm which is the one that looks like a pineapple and [...]
Monarch Chrysalis- Finding Gold In Your Garden!: There are treasures all around us but most of us never even notice them. I struck gold a few weeks ago when I stumbled upon a Monarch Chrysalis in my Rangoon Creeper vine. The pale jade green color of the chrysalis blended in with the leaves of the vine but the shiny gold band and [...]
Boca Raton Green Market- For Your Garden and Your Fridge!: Every Saturday, from around early October through early May, a parking lot in Boca Raton is transformed into a bustling farmers market filled with produce and so much more! The Boca Raton Green Market has been open since 1996 (15 years!) and has become a local gathering place for people to bring their dogs, soak [...]
Botanical Visions Teams Up With HGTV!: On a recent episode of HGTV’s ‘Weekends with Luis’, Luis Bosch, the star of the show and general contractor, helped a young couple turn an unused carport into an extra room of living space in Ft. Lauderdale. Luis specializes in helping homeowners get high-end designs without high-end budgets. HGTV asked us to provide the landscaping [...]
Addison Mizner: Big Man, Big Dream, Big Impact: Addison Mizner (1872-1933) had a dream for Boca Raton, Florida: “It is my plan to create a city that is direct and simple… To leave out all that is ugly, to eliminate the unnecessary, and to give Florida and the nation a resort city as perfect as study and ideals can make it.” As a [...]
Celebrate Earth Day on Earth Day and on Every Other Day!: There’s a party with a purpose coming up on April 21, 2012 at Hugh Taylor Birch State Park in Ft. Lauderdale! Taking care of our homes involves more than our personal dwellings; we all need to care for our planet. This is the perfect place to learn how to do it and get inspired! This all [...]
Help Remove Invasive Plants to Protect Gopher Tortoises: Gopher Tortoises are considered “Threatened” or a “Species of Special Concern” because their numbers are decreasing, mainly from habitat destruction but also in part by people eating them and their eggs, by raccoons or other predators taking their eggs, and even by fire ants who can kill the hatchlings. The tortoises dig tunnels, which are [...]
Murmuration in South Florida: Beauty in Motion: The sky is its own ever changing landscape. If you’re lucky, you just might catch the red light at Sample Road and Federal Highway in Pompano Beach around 6:00pm to witness the murmuration consisting of possibly thousands of Starlings who gather there each night. Technically, the word “murmuration” simply refers to any flock of Starlings [...]
Love trees? Check out Arbor Day at Mounts Botanical Garden!: January 22 is Florida Arbor Day at Mounts Botanical Garden in West Palm Beach from noon to 4:00pm. I prefer to think of this day as Tree Appreciation Day; a time to ponder the gifts trees give us and to learn more ways to give back to them and to our planet. Trees are the [...]