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Variegated crotons and multi-colored bromeliads are grouped along the Chicago brick paths leading to the front door.

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A variety of palms and white birds of paradise rise above the home in Boynton Beach.

Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

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A  statue of Pan  playing his flute greets visitors

at the main entrance to the gardens.

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Swamp lillies in bloom in the county’s only cypress stand east of the Intracoastal Waterway.

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The leaves of a saw palmetto generate from the bud of the plant.

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7960439668?profile=originalA full-size pirate ship complete with cannons and a gang plank is shaded by massive oak trees

in the side yard of David Nordhausen’s Boca Raton home.

Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

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Botanical highlights of his yard include: (left) the unde

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7960410681?profile=originalA fountain highlights the Formal Garden area of the Society of the Four
Arts in Palm Beach. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

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Welcome to Secret Gardens, a seasonal series by certified Master Gardener Deborah S. Har

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