Gardens dedicated to attracting hummingbirds and butterflies to the Pioneer Florida Museum & Village in Dade City that were planted this spring were partially successful. The butterflies showed up for visitors at Saturday's first-ever Hummingbird Festival, but the nectar-sipping birds were only to be seen on video at the museum's main building. Visitors had the opportunity to learn about hummingbirds, bats and frogs, as well as tours the gardens and build a bluebird box with members of the Audubon Society. The Pioneer Florida Museum is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving Florida's pioneer heritage. For information, visit www.pioneerfloridamuseum.org. ...more

October 4, 2009

"Healthy Habitat, Abundant Wildlife" is the theme of this year's festival. ...more

April 17, 2009

Don't forget herbs when planting that special garden that will become your own unique human habitat. Plant a variety of herbs around the perennial shrubs and you'll enjoy a fragrant haven that both soothes and stimulates the senses. ...more

March 22, 2009

Stephen Grant Wood has always been around music. Even as a child growing up in Michigan, he wrote lyrics and taught himself to play music on an old acoustic guitar he found under his mom's bed. But it wasn't until Wood and his partner Rachel Lynn moved to Ypsilanti that Wood found his true musical voice. In the city in southeastern Michigan he hung out with factory workers whose families had come to the Wolverine State from the South. The transplanted Southerners started Wood and Lynn down the road of the country music on which they will focus during their performance next Saturday, Feb. 28, at The Witch's Brew, in Palm Harbor. ...more

February 21, 2009

Steve Backes sits patiently on his covered porch, waiting for the twittering to begin. ...more

February 4, 2009

Bird lovers who long to see colorful hummingbirds flutter over their gardens or screech owls perched in backyard trees can get some tips at an upcoming bird talk. ...more

January 28, 2009

Bird lovers who long to see colorful hummingbirds flutter over their gardens or screech owls perched in backyard trees can get some tips at an upcoming bird talk. ...more

January 28, 2009

Once the sound of the clattering garbage truck dies down and chattering schoolchildren load onto the bus, you can hear the twittering. Little hissing contests taking place among the flowering plants. ...more

January 26, 2009

There are those who don't even realize that hummingbirds live in or travel through Florida. ...more

January 26, 2009

Perennials are the best investment for your garden, coming back year after year, better and more impressive. Here are five slightly unusual perennials that would add a unique personality to your landscape. ...more

January 11, 2009