The grounds of the Freedom North Lakeside Garden provide
a healing place for people to be with nature including coral honeysuckle (below).
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
As you sit on a wooden bench in the sh
The grounds of the Freedom North Lakeside Garden provide
a healing place for people to be with nature including coral honeysuckle (below).
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
As you sit on a wooden bench in the sh
Edible greens (from left) rouge grenobloise, arugula and tatsoi are among the plants
growing at Gray Mockingbird Community Garden.
Photos by Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
Director Brian Kirsch poses with recently picked papayas
at the Gray Mockin
Mature oak trees provide shade to Jaycox Lake with its pulsing fountain,
while a flock of ibis looks for food on the grounds.
Variegated crotons glow in late afternoon light.
Small markers encourage walkers to keep healthy habits.
Photos by Jerry
Variegated crotons and multi-colored bromeliads are grouped along the Chicago brick paths leading to the front door.
A variety of palms and white birds of paradise rise above the home in Boynton Beach.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By D
A statue of Pan playing his flute greets visitors
at the main entrance to the gardens.
Swamp lillies in bloom in the county’s only cypress stand east of the Intracoastal Waterway.
The leaves of a saw palmetto generate from the bud of the plant.
A 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
Botanical highlights of his yard include: (left) the unde
The bloom of a bauhinia, also known as an orchid tree, lends a pop of purple at Putt’n Around in Delray Beach.
A white hibiscus overlooks the putting green of the 14th hole.
A sea turtle adorns the top of a totem pole in the midst of a firebush he
A 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