"About Your Author"

"The Wise Gardener," tropical lifestyle e-zine, is the work of an admittedly idealistic individual: me!  And it reflects a world in which I am most comfortable (or would be the most happy in!)  It's a simple concept, but hard to realise in this overpowered, "super over tech-ized" 21st Century.  I'll succeed however; as there's never been a serious doubt about the concept's viability in my fertile mind! 

You will follow me if you too, get "hooked," into this same paradise (experiencing an admittedly simpler celebration of life!)   What do I see all about me?  I envision a life that is emersed in a fabulous tropical utopia where current news stories (or any American media) are irrelevant, most assuredly. 

Only loving and sharing life with my friends and caring family; the riotous botanically tropical lushness I encounter everywhere I look, and, most certainly, the meticulous tending of these adopted exotic plants, will matter to me in this utopia!  This tropical and overwhelmingly sensual environment soothes & satiates my entire body, and my body AND sprit are given a fully unfettered vitality...and a very specific sense of purpose on this wonderful planet.  

I am a tropical horticulturist by certification, and am engaged in making my often "unfortunately too busy to garden" South Florida clients' landscapes healthier and therefore, more beautiful, as:
"Paul, The Palm Doctor"This avocation does provide a great deal of pride and satisfaction but my creativity really "blooms" with assemblage of this web page you are currently reading!  This site is my heart communicating with those that "get it!"  I hope that you're a person that does feel something truly special is going on here.

Our TWG reflects a world of smiles, calypso music, and vibrant colours everywhere.  I am profoundly honoured that you have made TWG a part of your active day!  I hope, too that it will become a regular part of your cyber-world travel escape experience and that we will be able to dependably "brighten your days" like the white hot tropical sun! 

Are your Ray-Ban sunglasses on?  Is your frosty & minty Mojito in hand?  Ahhh! Now, you're "truly in the spirit!"  It gets better; mucho mejor, mis amigoes!!!




White Erythrina Crista-Galli In Bloom!
Jun-30-2009 | Posted By: wisgrdnr

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Join Paul,The Wise Gardener's  cyber-journeys and experience a myriad of exotic floral & foliar genera like both fan and feather-fronded palms, resplendent varieties of rainbow-hued flowering trees piercing the sun-drenched sky like the Royal Poinciana or the candy-coloured & patterned varieties of hibiscus, orchids and bougainvilleas.  (And let's not forget the bounty of cacti and succulent plants that are wonderfully shaped by nature for survival in climates where sunlight, but not rain, is in abundance!) 

Then, there are also multitudes of lavishly-hued warm climate rhizomes and bulbs, such as dazzling "lobster-claw" or pendant varieties of heliconias and heavenly scented butterfly gingers along with host of dramatic, boldly foliaged and deliciously fruited bananas in which to revel.    

What a treat for all of our exploratory senses!  Warm, glistening, unfettered bodies; rising pulses; sensual hearts; botanical beauty discovered!  See; touch; taste; savour the almost intoxicating exotic tropical scents of bold Technicolour flowers!  Become MORE alive; more free!

From relatively low tech (MS Front Page 98) beginnings in early 2000, TWG now reaches almost 60,000 visitors a month!  Many pundits "back then" thought a tropically-themed gardening & lifestyle web-zine would be too limited in scope to become a successful literary entity!  I guess those doomsaying pundits were wrong!  We're stronger than ever and creating a lot of internet interest. because we're different & fresh! 

Around here, our credo is:  
'Tis Always Sunny & Warm @ Your TWG!  ...And It STILL is! 
And our future has never been sunnierTWG is for you, whether you are fortunate enough to husband a tropical garden of your own, long for one someday, or just enjoy reading about various tropical subjects.  

Via TWG, we will experience nature's vividly hued pageantry, wherever it is at its most brilliant and abundant.  Let us now commence our timeless journeys into the favoured climes we call the tropics and explore its many "natural wonders!"  These voyages most asssuredly will be both entertaining, informative and sensual!  Listen...and hear the tropics calling us!  Just beyond the mist of the sea; just over a sunswept horizon!   

Eight years ago, I affirmed a specific working theme (and an ambiance) for TWG and that guiding vision is even more clearly identifable now.  Since 2000, we stated boldly: please remember cyber-mates, wherever you might call home, thewisegardener.com™ is very much:
"The Sensual Pulse Of The Tropics!"  
This mission statement was true in 2000; in future days, TWG will be even more "sparkling" in the bright literary cosmos!  Search; Explore; Learn; Revive your botanical senses; and above all---ENJOY; it's ALL yours to discover!   

Sprouting coconuts

Visit with Paul, also at these other popular ecological sites: 

www.tropicriverwoods.com : mainland Bocas del Toro, Panama's first rainforest park!

www.palmdoctor.com : for palm care extraordinaire in SE Florida!

Come often; stay without regard to the clock!  It's your "TWG!"

Many, many thanks to you all! 
Paul,The Wise Gardener!

Flamingo land

And Remember..."Character Counts!"
The Josephson Institute of Ethics