Naples Botanical Garden

The Musical Swings at the Naples Botanical Garden play notes from four different instruments as visitors swing. When the swings move in unison, they create a musical composition. The installation, originally slated to end April 20 has been extended until May 27.

Studies of Southwest Florida's shorelines — from Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park to Naples Beach — helps in understanding coastal ecosystems and how dunes protect the coast from wind and water damage. Long-term observations have yielded novel insights into the kinds of plants that anchor local dunes, the roles they play in collecting and holding sand, and how they respond to storms and regenerate in their aftermath.

With no history of fire on a Naples Botanical Garden parcel for at least the past 40 years, a tremendous volume of natural debris, such as pine needles, considered fuel for fire, had accumulated. That fuel load created a fire risk — keep in mind that the Garden is sandwiched between residential developments.A prescribed fire Tuesday helped lessen that fuel load.

Naples Botanical Garden spent a year transforming a previously inaccessible portion of its property into an exhibition running through the summer that captures the essence of La Casa Azul, the residence of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, who not only inspired of generation of artists but is a role model for norm-defying women.

It’s rather impossible to live in Southwest Florida, with its subtropical climate and stunning natural wonders, and not stop to take a gander at the grandeur.Watch the River of Grass meander. See birds and plants sporting colors bordering on impossible. Explore state and national parks and preserves so plentiful they more often than not share borders. Enjoy beaches and bays and backcountry bayous. In Charlotte, Lee, and Collier, and inland counties environmental wonders are everywhere.

Explore famous examples of women who traveled the globe as botanical researchers, illustrators, writers, and educators.

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Nearly a year after back-to-back hurricanes devastated both Puerto Rico and Florida, a partnership between two botanical gardens is tackling storm…