Tropical Florida Garden Blog | What’s Blooming Edison Ford Winter Estates

By Karen Maxwell, Horticultural Specialist You know the plant … those mostly reddish foliage plants with skinny legs that are..

By Karen Maxwell, Horticultural Specialist In the array of tropical plants we grow, a most fascinating group is the family Cler..

By Karen Maxwell, Horticultural Specialist In two years’ time, Edison and Ford Winter Estates will have the single largest c..

By Karen Maxwell, Horticultural Specialist The McGregor Boulevard landscape that borders the Edison and Ford Winter Estates is..

Have you ever wondered what's in bloom right now across our 20-acre site? Each month, we produce a document showcasing exactly tha..

Orange and black are the traditional colors associated with Halloween. While black flowers are hard to come by, the gardens at Ed..

Join us for two days of free classes on orchid care and shop several vendor booths selling orchids and supplies. And come hungry, ..

For a little more than a year, we've been selling live edge slabs of wood from trees from the Edison and Ford Winter Estates. Now,..

Did you know that there is a bromeliad for nearly every spot in your Southwest Florida yard? They will grow in sun, shade, and eve..

The winter estate of the Ford family, known as "The Mangoes," featured a grove of mangoes, as well as an allée of the stately tre..

From the Abraham Darby rose to the Zululand Cycad, our plant database is a myriad of plant names and numbers. Twice a year our Pla..

With a forecast calling for thunderstorms, 37 intrepid butterfly counters headed out on June 10, 2019 to four locations in Lee Cou..