Palma Sola Botanical Park, near Bradenton, Fla., showcases collections of various palms as well as fruiting and flowering trees. Its walking paths take visitors on an exploration of the plants that ring serene water features.
John Coletti/The Image BankROADSIDE SIGNS or advertisements of any other kind that have descriptors like “botanical” or “horticultural” in conjunction with words like “garden,” “plantation,” “nursery” or “arboretum” will draw me to the highlighted setting like a bee to goldenrod. I have been known to drive great distances to satisfy my curiosity about all things that grow.
While in Florida last winter, I did not have to travel very far at all to find the tropical fruit collection at the unassuming little gem called Palma Sola Botanical Park (PSBP), with which I had become familiar while