The backlight frond of a green thatch palm glows in the late-day sun. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
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By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Although many people think of
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The 335-acre South Florida National Cemetery has impeccably maintained burial grounds nestled within pine flatwoods and surrounded by cypress domes that enable it to exude a sense of calm.
Our garden columnist unearths the evolution of the National
Gala volunteers Carol Besler, Lisa Ritota, Val Coz, Polly Joa, Mickey Austin Farley, Janet Schijns and Stella Kolb. Photo provided
The Ocean Ridge Garden Club sponsored its annual event with 100 guests who were greeted by professional James Bond impe
The boardwalk at Gumbo Limbo winds through one of the few remaining maritime coastal hammocks in the county. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Wandering along the newly rebuilt boardwalk at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Cent
Ocean Ridge Garden Club member Allison Adams helps install new plants near the town’s entrance sign on A1A near Ocean Inlet Park. Club members replaced and added plantings at the town’s main entrances. Photo provided
Update: Plastic awareness event postponed
By Margie Plunkett
The Ocean Ridge Garden Club is hosting a Plastics-Free Awareness Day in an effort to help rid the sea of debris.
The daylong event, “Save the Seas — Plastics-Free Awareness Day: Engage,
The Garden of Lights at Mounts Botanical Garden of Palm Beach County was a success thanks to a $10,000 donation from The Gentlemen of the Garden.
The colorful Christmastime show that extended into January turned the treasured grounds all atwinkle on
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
To get the most out of your visit to the Karesansui or Zen garden at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach, put away your cellphone and pay attention to what’s arou
The Ocean Ridge Garden Club, starting what it plans to make an annual event, arranged pet pictures with Santa. Dozens of Ocean Ridge residents took advantage of the event, including Sallie Howell with her pooch, Fishbone.
Between sitting for photos,
The twisted trunks of the buttonwood make a scenic surrounding for a pair of benches. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Por La Mar Park in Boca Raton is known for its large gnarly and sprawling southern buttonwood tree. In 1992
Prime Catch’s renovations include whimsical marine touches and brighter colors. Photo provided
By Jan Norris
Phase 1 of the redo at Boynton Beach’s Prime Catch is complete, with a new dock, new decor, a new sign and some new menu items.
The doors
This abstract holiday centerpiece uses dried mushrooms, nuts, moss, wire, stones and wheat. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
With the holidays fast approaching, the race to find perfect gifts has started. And for many, the wi
Native plants and beautiful gazebos make for a perfect garden space at Pan’s Garden. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
On Nov. 23, Pan’s Garden in Palm Beach is celebrating its 25th anniversary amid a change in its di
A yellow sulphur butterfly takes flight after laying eggs on the leaves of a candle bush plant near the Okeeheelee Nature Center’s main building. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Okeeheelee Nature Center, situated wi
ABOVE:Visitors to Mounts Botanical Garden gather around a sculpture of ‘Priscilla the Parrot Fish,’ composed of marine debris collected from Pacific beaches. BELOW RIGHT: Detail of ‘Sebastian James the Puffin,’ created from rubber pieces and other
Christine Johnson (left) shows a visiting family the Children’s Museum butterfly garden,
including a 2-foot-wide kinetic sculpture metal butterfly.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
The next time you are near the
Teens do some floorwork on the mat at Buddha Lounge in Delray Beach.
Students in Jo Boccassini’s class do a pose called rope sirsasana. For some kids, the stranger and more challenging the pose, the better.
Photos provided
By Janis Fontaine
Garden team leader Shelly Zacks hands a pruning saw to Arie Forma.
A bolting basil plant.
Salo Bowen carries some wood for stakes.
A vining sweet potato already is in bloom.
Jeanne Fernsworth lays cardboard to be covered with mulch.
Photos by Jerry
Barbara and Stan Cook opened their home and garden for an event for The American Association of University Women to raise funds and promote STEM programs for middle-school girls. TOP: Chris Wurster and Abby Smith pose for a photo in the ‘Midnight in
Mounts Botanical Garden, West Palm Beach, wants your used and vintage garden tools and landscape items to sell at its Vintage Garden Thrift Shop opening this fall.
Think rakes, shovels, gardening books, statues and more.
To schedule a donation pickup,
