Help Restore Paradise Found Nursery

Paradise Found Nursery is a love story. 11 years ago, I abandoned a lucrative career in exchange for a life immersed in the natural world, sinking my hands into the soil and my heart into cultivating rare and often endangered plants. The nursery started in a corner of a backyard next to pool equipment and expanded into something I couldn’t imagine. The plants became a source of peace and healing, but what I never expected were the extraordinary people that would come into my life. The nursery became a gateway that opened up, allowing so many wonderful souls in to share this love with me. Many of my customers are friends now, and many I consider family. I cannot imagine my life now without them. Another unexpected result was the ensuing crusade to protect the natural world through the plants that provide life support for us on this beautiful planet. The nursery is now a sanctuary not just for rare plants around the world, but imperiled native species right here in our home state of Florida.

Hurricane Milton utterly ravaged our beloved nursery. As always, I quietly got to work on restoration, but as the days dragged on, I realized this is a monumental task that I cannot do alone. I’m asking for your help to keep the dream alive here, to help me fight against exhausting despair and destruction. We need new greenhouse plastic, structure repair, and massive tree clearing. I hope I have always made my customers feel special, beloved, and important because that is my truth.