March, 2018
SIT discovered something pretty special about Vero Beach
this year. Well we knew it was here all along but this year we decided to go
check it out ourselves.
Just down the road from our beach bungalow is a place called
McKee Botanical Garden. In 1932, Arthur
McKee and Waldo Sexton opened McKee Jungle Gardens on an 80-acre tropical
hammock in Vero Beach. These two land developers hired landscape architect
William Phillips to design the basic infrastructure of streams, ponds and
trails while they focused their efforts on assembling one of the most
outstanding collections of waterlilies and orchids, augmenting native
vegetation with ornamental plants and exotic specimens from round the world.
Needless to say you get into the theme of the gardens when you come in and
every year they bring a new display for all to enjoy. This season the theme just so happens to be “It’s
A Jungle Out There” featuring African Animal sculptures.
As you wander around you discover the animals of Africa
spread out throughout the garden. You also find many beautiful plants and
flowers that bring a smile to your face.
Color
Don't Worry They Aren't Real
Fungus Among Us
Hello
The animal sculptors are a group of 19 Kenyan artists known
as the Ark Collective. Moses Ochieng is
the leader of the group of 19 and he designs the animals, then he and his team
go to work turning recycled oil drums and other scrap metal into life-sized
works of art. We hope you enjoy the pictures as much as we enjoyed wandering around
the garden and discovering them!
A Bit Owly
I Can Reach
Buddies
Friends
This is not the last you will hear from SIT so simply stay
tuned for more of our life and times!
