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Ecological Concerns for Hunger Organization, is a one-of-a-kind
outfit located in North Fort Myers. Their primary mission is fighting
world hunger by supplying research, agricultural techniques, and plant
varieties to help poor people around the world feed themselves. There
are fascinating demonstration gardens and a bookstore, and guided tours
of the farm. For the bamboo enthusiast, they also have some plantings
of tropical types of bamboo under development, and a plant nursery which
has some very hard-to-find bamboo types. The nursery frequently has
Royal Bamboo and Giant Timber Bamboo for sale, so it is a good place to
purchase those varieties if you are in Southwest Florida and can't
easily make it to Gainesville. Note that their nursery has odd hours:
9am-noon, Mon-Sat. On the website, click on "Edible Landscape Nursery
and Herbs" |
