The Jungle Garden, Signed and Ready for Your Coffee Table and Holiday Gifting
If you read our previous story on The Jungle Garden: Preserving a Tropical Landscape, you know Vero’s first and oldest cultural treasure is the only one in town to have its story published by Rizzoli, the house behind the most coveted art and design books on the planet!
Now the book is here, and it’s every bit the stunner promised. It arrives with a foreword by Julian Fellowes, yes, the Downton Abbey Julian Fellowes, and photographs by Ngoc Minh Ngo, who has photographed renowned gardens the world over.
This Saturday, Nov. 14, the author herself will be at McKee for the book signing and talk
Heather O’Shea spent years as editor-in-chief of Vero Beach Magazine before disappearing into the garden’s archives, and she came back with the stories you won’t find on any plaque. Take World War II, when the U.S. Navy used these very grounds to teach pilots how to survive in the jungle. At her afternoon talk, Heather will take guests through the eccentrics, the plants and the grand vision that made McKee what it is, and make the case for why its wild character deserves protecting. She’s staying afterward to sign books and talk, so come armed with questions.
The talk is Saturday, Nov. 14, from 3 to 4:30 PM, free for members and free for nonmembers with garden admission. Sign up here. The book is $60 in the Gift & Book Shop, and it belongs on every Vero coffee table, starting with yours and whoever you’re shopping for this Holiday season.
Make a full weekend of it by arriving Friday night for Rhythm in Bloom, when live music by Rhythm and Sky takes over the garden after dark. More information here.
