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Off The Interstate: US 17 Along the St. Johns River

Posted on April 13, 2018 by floridatraveler

Florida is the cruise capital of the world today and the three largest cruise companies are headquartered in Southeast Florida.   Even one hundred seventy years ago, taking a Florida cruise was a major part of Florida’s first tourist industry. Only … Continue reading →

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Spring Has Sprung in Flowery Florida

Posted on March 21, 2018 by floridatraveler

While my native New England is getting blasted by another terrible nor’easter and my old summer spot in Brant Rock (Massachusetts) has been flooded so many times this winter the Esplanade is starting to look like Venice (Italy), Florida is … Continue reading →

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March Is Flower Blooming Season In Florida

Posted on February 27, 2017 by floridatraveler

March is perhaps the best season to visit Florida’s dozens of beautiful, flowering parks from Jacksonville and Pensacola to Miami and Naples.  There is a great diversity of plants in March in Florida which is famous worldwide for its azalea … Continue reading →

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Apalachicola’s Great American Botanist Lived A Wild Life

Posted on April 6, 2015 by floridatraveler

Dr Alvan W. Chapman was born in Massachusetts in 1809, educated as a physician at Amherst, and came to Quincy, Florida, at the age of 26.  A few years later he moved to the booming, port village of Apalachicola, where … Continue reading →

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Disney’s Flower Power Even Surpasses The Gardens of Versailles

Posted on March 9, 2015 by floridatraveler

The 2015 Epcot Flower and Garden Festival just opened at Walt Disney World and thousands of flower lovers are arriving to see the new Disney character topiaries and blooms. A few years ago Alain Baraton, head gardener of the famous Gardens … Continue reading →

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Florida’s Best Tropical Gardens – It’s Azalea Season

Posted on February 16, 2015 by floridatraveler

While people in my native Boston are digging out from six feet of snow, visitors to my new home in Florida are touring the state’s  spectacular tropical gardens.  February to April is azalea time and even North Florida’s gardens seem to … Continue reading →

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