When my hubby retired from teaching, my buddy and I hadn’t planned on moving to the southeast, however we had lived in the Northwest our entire lives, but i’m not sure how the search managed to do it, however although my buddy and I put down for one identifiable locale in the Northwest, it brought up Royal Palm Beach, FL.
It wasn’t even the beauty of that area, however when my buddy and I saw the Mounts Botanical Gardens advertisement,we knew where my buddy and I were going to live. We never had any children, so my buddy and I didn’t need to answer to anyone about our decision, three months later, my buddy and I had found a nice apartment in Royal Palm Beach, FL, sold our home, & my buddy and I were packed & ready to move. It was now late September, & I wondered if Mounts Botanical Gardens was open in the fall & winter. With it being FL, I would know many school children would be taken there for field trips. When September arrived, the rapidly changing temperatures were still in the low eighties to mid seventies. In the Northwest, my buddy and I would already have snow on the ground. We finally found our way to Mounts Botanical Gardens. It was near the airport & simple to find, however it boasted 20 acres of tropical oasis. We knew it would take us more than one trip to see everything. There were native plants,herbs, palms, roses, cactus, bromeliads, succulents, & so many more that my buddy and I would have many trips back, then even if my buddy and I only took, in 1 display garden a afternoon, that’s 25 nights my buddy and I would have used for wonderful purposes. We’re thinking about donating some time to the garden..