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The Kampong was bought as a winter home by the famed horticulturalist David Fairchild and his wife Marian in 1916. [2] For many years he managed the Department of Plant Introduction program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C., searching the world for plants that could be useful and successfully introduced into the United States.
In 1977, [5] Watts and his brother, Doug, founded Watts Brothers Farms in Kennewick. [6] In 2001, Doug sold his stake to Don out of growing concerns for the risks and significant debt the company held. [2] By 2007, [1] Conagra foods was the farms' largest customer, purchasing 18% [2] of the company's $100 million in annual production. [7]
Redland, long known also as the Redlands [4] [5] [6] or the Redland, [7] is a historic unincorporated community and agricultural area in Miami-Dade County, Florida, located about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of downtown Miami and just northwest of Homestead, Florida.
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The Red Bank Farm Center supported a community baseball team in the 1920s. [19] The Red Bank 4-H Club restored the Red Bank Cemetery in 1977, including installing a "new archway" that was donated for the "old site". [20] The inactive Red Bank Cemetery is located on Red Bank Road and has six known burials, dating from the 1910s to the 1930s. [21]
A coconut palm was reported to be in an outdoor courtyard in La Quinta, being tall enough to be able to be seen from the street. It was transported from Hawaii. Some short-lived trees were also grown near the Salton Sea. [1] It appears that the slightly inland areas of Southern California may offer more favorable conditions than the coastline.
Lake Washington Boulevard is a scenic, approximately 8-mile (13 km), road through Seattle, Washington, that hugs Lake Washington for much of the route. There are views of the lake, small sections of rainforest, meadows, and views of the Cascade mountains.
Moore Farms Botanical Garden was founded in 2002 by benefactor and South Carolina native Darla Moore on her family's farm in Lake City, SC. The garden's location is nestled within existing farmlands consisting of corn, soybeans, cotton, and formerly tobacco, and pine plantations mostly of Pinus taeda, loblolly pine.