: 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 …

: Dino goes roar.

: 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 …

: Andy the Bobcat says Hi!

: 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 …