9/22/2023 0 Comments Florida landscape picturesIf you visit today, as I did recently, you would be surprised to learn that the garden was so recently in shambles. That gigantic root ball and other evidence of Irma’s rampage have been removed. When it fell, it demolished a fountain and a pond and damaged part of the garden’s infrastructure, the remains of a Civil War era fort. According to club president Rosi Ware, the extensive damage included the loss of several venerable old trees, including a 100-foot-tall, 80-year-old strangler fig, a species known for standing up to powerful salty winds. One place where Irma (the storm) left her mark last fall was the West Martello Garden Center, a public botanical garden run by the Key West Garden Club. She has been gone now for several years, but I was reminded of her on a recent visit to Key West where her namesake, Hurricane Irma, had arrived in September with a similar penchant for devastation. She reduced pantyhose to tatters, chewed through power cables, gnawed on furniture, and once used her claws to grate a new leather jacket. Little did I know that this exquisitely dainty creature quickly would grow into a muscular beast with the destruction capacity of an industrial shredding machine. We named her Irma after My Friend Irma, a gentle television sitcom from the early 195os. Icon - Check Mark A check mark for checkbox buttons.Įarly on in our relationship, my husband presented me with a tiny Siamese kitten. Icon - Twitter Twitters brand mark for use in social sharing icons. Icon - Pinterest Pinterests brand mark for use in social sharing icons. flipboard Icon - Instagram Instagrams brand mark for use in social sharing icons. Icon - Facebook Facebooks brand mark for use in social sharing icons. Icon - Email Used to indicate an emai action. Icon - Search Used to indicate a search action. Icon - Zoom In Used to indicate a zoom in action on a map. Icon - Zoom Out Used to indicate a zoom out action on a map. Icon - Location Pin Used to showcase a location on a map. Icon - Dropdown Arrow Used to indicate a dropdown. Icon - Close Used to indicate a close action. Icon - Down Chevron Used to indicate a dropdown. Icon - Message The icon we use to represent an email action. Icon - External Link An icon we use to indicate a button link is external. Icon - Arrow Right An icon we use to indicate a leftwards action. Gardening in Paradise: 10 Ideas to Steal from Key West - Gardenista Icon - Arrow Left An icon we use to indicate a rightwards action.
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