A variety of lovely blooms seen over the HOT summer in some of my favorite places in Florida: Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Green Cay Wetlands, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary . . . . . . and below, two special finds at Staten Island, New York’s wonderful Snug Harbor Botanical Gardens.☀️
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As noted on the website of Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, visitors are often surprised to discover a century-old connection between Japan and South Florida. “Yamato Colony was once a small community of Japanese farmers in present-day northern Boca Raton. The story of the Yamato Colony begins with Jo Sakai’s visit to Florida in 1903. Sakai […]
My husband and I spent last Sunday at a captivating botanical garden located about an hour and a half north of where we live. I hadn’t been there in many years, and it was my husband’s first visit to McKee Botanical Garden. The Water Lilies are just remarkable at this time of year! I captured […]
A very short stroll through the Mounts Botanical Garden in nearby West Palm Beach, but so worth it~! To learn more about the Garden, click HERE. June blossoms and a glimpse of the model wetland (The Mounts Gardens). “Mounts Botanical is here to inspire, educate and surprise you with the wonders of nature.”
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