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Central, FL, United States
I am a former teacher, aspiring artist, inveterate traveler This blog is about my Florida garden experience and its expression though poetry, philosophy, photography and art. It includes my other creative endeavors. Here can be found posts about travel to other gardens around the world. My garden is a half acre in zone 9a which includes a large water garden. I have mostly a shade garden because of the huge live oak. To keep things easy, I love to grow bromiliads,ferns,gingers and other tropicals. I need to have a low maintenance garden. In the summer we usually have plenty of rain and it transforms into a jungle. I have converted my swamp into the water garden where I grow irises, waterlilies, papyrus, radigan, spikebush and swamp lily. I also grow citrus (lemon,key lime,grapefruit,tangerines,pineapple,and loquats). Me?...Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses. (Ovid)

Oct 19, 2013

Boktoberfest rolls out the barrel

Yes, it has rolled around  to Boktoberfest time  at Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales,Florida. It's the annual pilgrimage of gardeners to visit the gardens to check up on the blooms, perhaps steal a few cuttings (don't tell), and enjoy the setting without having to pay the entry fee. And, of course, we buy a few plants from the vendors and listen to cheesy German music. Well, I do have a rich German heritage! 

 I always have a load of fun and the husband goes home with pockets empty and cart full. I always purchase a few ferns from the fern guy, buy some tillandsias, and marvel at the exotics. And every time I visit, I find new vistas and plants to marvel in bloom. This year was an unseasonably warm 92 degrees so next year I plan on going bright and early!

 If you want to read about this garden you can go to last years post of mine. There you can find its history and interesting facts.














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