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The Impressive Banyan

Posted on September 19, 2009 by Bob Horn

There’s a Longfellow poem called ‘The Village Blacksmith’, and it begins with the line, ‘Under a spreading chestnut tree, The village smithy stands;’ We don’t have chestnut trees in St Petersburg.  But we definitely DO have a ‘spreading’ tree, and … Continue reading →

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Where the Wild Things Grow

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Bob Horn

Florida – named La Florida, or ‘place of flowers’, by Juan Ponce de Leon when he landed near St. Augustine in 1513.  Florida is known for our flora, and for the fact that you can always find lush plants growing and … Continue reading →

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