: We are seeking feedback on starting a West Broward gardening club based at Flamingo Gardens in …
: Wednesday afternoon I will be teaching another class at the garden. Class Description: What’s that …
: I’m just finished speaking at Equality Garden club What a fantastic group of gardeners, it was …
: We have news! We have 3 new Florida Champion trees in the garden. A native Strangler Fig - Ficus …
: Will this become the new Florida Champion Ficus aurea -Strangler Fig? We will soon find out… …
: Added to the Zingiberales collection today, 8 new goodies went into the garden, two Heliconias, two …
: Today we began a trial Mango tree rejuvenation project. Stumping back some severely overgrown mangos …
: Galangal ginger Alpinia galanga blooming in the Zingiberales collection in the garden.
: One of the many Florida Champion Trees at Flamingo Gardens. This is a Kukui Nut Tree, Alurites …
: We say goodbye to the summer Dinosaur exhibit today. They were fun, but now to move on to the Fall. …
: A couple of Heliconias which are blooming in the garden right now. For those that may not know, the …
: When bamboo flowers it dies,and makes quite a mess. These clumps are around 40 years old, and we had …
: The honeybees are active this morning
: Garden photos from today. It’s hot out there.
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: Urgent Pet in need of immediate adoption!!! This Great Pyranese Dog (in Fort Lauderdale area) needs …
: I got an early Sunday morning call in to work when a large Oak tree in the garden decided to fall …
: A reminder that hurricane season is here, have an arborist evaluate and prune your trees before they …
: Gardening Presentations My most recent wildlife gardening talk went pretty well, and I’ve decided to share all of the …
: Today I am giving a talk on landscaping for wildlife in the Flamingo Gardens Learning Center at 2pm. …
: New work project commenced. A new raised sidewalk is being installed to connect the tram trail with …
: Dinosaurs are invading the garden this weekend…and are staying all summer. Dinosaurs around …
: Time for another round of garden orchid photos #tropicalplants #orchids 🌱 🌴
: One of my hobbies is growing and hybridizing hot peppers. This is one I lost the tag for but it …
: One of the more interesting plants in my own garden, the Elephant Yam (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) …
: Our King Crepe Myrtle tree is flowering again in the garden. Lagerstroemia macrocarpa is from …
: I haven’t posted here in a long time so to remedy that, here is an Orchid photo dump.
: I taught my latest class today, this time on growing Mangos and other Tropical fruit. Attendance …
: Orchid Show is next weekend. Experience the beauty and diversity of orchids and bromeliads at the 42nd International Orchid and …
: White Handkerchief Tree in bloom. While hard to capture in a photograph, our beautiful specimen handkerchief tree Cynometra …
: The catalytic converter thieves have moved to Broward county. My wife’s car just had the …
: Botanical Auctions The new biweekly auction is up at Botanical Auctions.
: I was struck by the beauty of this pink-orange lichen growing on a Magnolia this morning. 🌱 🌴 …
: On display now in the garden: The Insect portrait macro photos of Levon Biss. www.microsculpture.net …
: The Yellow Ashoka tree - Saraca thaipingensis is in full bloom now in the garden and is putting on …
: PSA: this is a Brown Water Snake. It is not poisonous and is a Florida native snake that is not …
: Plant of the day Suessenguthia (Ruellia) multisetosa -Bolivian Violet is a large, scrambling, …
: Some photos and a video from the Butterfly Conservatory this am. 🌴 🌱 🦋
: Our Brownea macrophylla - Panama Flame Tree has begun flowering. This is one of several related …
: We are planting colorful foliage plants today in the garden. Neoregelia bromeliads, Peperomia, and …
: I’ve been on this planet for almost sixty years, and working with plants for over thirty and …
: Photos from our second plant clinic yesterday. We had two attendees, and we discussed a lot of plant …
: Some photos from my first plant clinic at Flamingo Gardens. I’m really enjoying helping folks …
: The upcoming dates for my garden plant clinics.
: I’m now hosting a plant clinic once a month at the garden on Saturdays. I’ll be …
: I just finished my first class/lecture. We had 10 attendees which is pretty good for the first time …
: Back to school Well it looks like I’m starting to do some semi-formal teaching at the garden next week. …
: In our garden we have a fairly large collection of Baobab trees which are found in Africa and …
: Hello World I guess this is my obligatory greeting and introduction post. My name is Chris, I’m the …