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Tropical
Ranch Botanical Gardens
1905 SW Ranch Trail
Stuart, FL. 34997
772-283-5565 |
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Meet the Campbells,
Nicky and Art
Nicky and Art are what we at TRBG call "charter members". They have been
with Tropical Ranch Botanical Gardens since its inception. These are very
familiar faces to most of you for this reason. Art can always be found
at the cash table and Nicky is all over the back shadehouse areas
greeting visitors, answering questions and generally keeping everything
looking its best. |
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Presenting Art & Nicky Campbell |
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Nicky, Linda and Art taking a moment off. |
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While Art takes
pictures throughout the gardens at TRBG, Nicky is more apt to be found
preparing the shade house for the monthly opening and arranging the
featured plants. But, that is not all they do....
Art paints most of the signs and several pieces of "garden art". In
addition, he writes Haiku poems and paints them on signs in the Asian
Serenity Garden. His favorite is:
Reaching for the light
Bending and becoming shade
So that all may grow |
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Nicky checks a press release with owner, Diane Rexroad. |
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Nicky loves hats and has wonderful variety of them. |
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| Since TRBG opened to the public
almost two and a half years ago, Nicky has prepared the monthly news
releases for area publications and has facilitated the visits of local
feature writers. Nicky has a wonderful knack with words and TRBG
is very appreciative of all the time and effort she puts in at her
computer to be sure that everyone is aware of our current events. |
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Nicky points out an interesting bug on a garden plant. |
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Nicky with two other garden volunteers, Cheryl Cook and Nancy Rad. |
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Volunteer, Bruce Diamond takes shelter with Art in the garage on a rainy day. |
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Nicky with columnist, Jeri Butler of the Palm Beach Post and Diane Rexroad. |
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The Brick Path is a photo taken by Art and entered in our Photo Show last year. |
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A photo taken by Nicky entered in our Photo Show in 2007. |
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