Before the age of theme parks and endless dining chains, one Clearwater spot defined a unique brand of Florida opulence: the ...

Once upon a simpler time, there was a magical place that stood alone deep in Davie’s wild western woods. Huge Grecian columns marked its entrance. Peacocks roamed the gardens surrounding a cluster of ...

DAVIE — The overgrown lawn and tall weeds, the cracked stone columns and dirty, red tile roof all announced that the Kapok Tree restaurant many had loved was no more. Some came to buy a piece of their ...

Two 80-year-old kapok trees in Boynton Beach each hold history and cherish city memories, but one faces an inevitable demise at the expense of the Town Square project. Both kapok trees were planted in ...

Room 100 was crawling with critters as parents, teachers and students filed in to learn the fate of The Great Kapok Tree. The cardboard tree was the center of a play that marked the end of the ...

DAYTONA BEACH — The nearly 18,000-square-foot Fysh Bar & Grill under construction at Port Orange Riverwalk will be the largest restaurant in Volusia County when it opens early next year. But there was ...

Celebrated in Buddhist temples and cultivated for its wood and cottony fibers, the kapok tree now is upsetting an idea that biologists have clung to for decades: the notion that African and South ...

Across Hong Kong, vibrant bombax trees, commonly known as kapok, are in flower. Bombax ceiba is the variety usually seen locally. Depending on soil conditions, and availability of water in early ...

MBOMBELA – The Brazilian Floss silk tree, also called Brazilian kapok tree creates a sea of pink during March and April. During this time you find these trees in full bloom everywhere in the lowveld ...