Florida Tourism

Longboat Key, FL — ResortQuest, one of the nation’s leading vacation rental property management companies for vacation condominiums, home rentals and real estate sales, has been named property and resort manager of Turtle Crawl Inn located on Longboat Key, Florida.

Turtle Crawl Inn is located beachfront on Longboat Key. This condominium complex offers one- and two-bedroom units with a beach or garden view, fully equipped kitchen with modern appliances, living and dining areas and screened lanai. Amenities include private beach access, heated community swimming pool, shuffleboard and putting green.

“We are honored to be selected as the management company of this beautiful resort property,” said Trevor Hind, General Manager of ResortQuest Southwest Florida. “With an increase in demand on Longboat Key, we look forward to delivering our high quality service to guests and owners of Turtle Crawl Inn.”

To inquire or make a reservation for Turtle Crawl Inn, 4234 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, FL 34228, call (941) 383-9505 or toll free (800) 237-9505 or visit ResortQuestSWFL.com/turtlecrawl .

ResortQuest Southwest Florida offers numerous homes, condominiums and resort-style properties in locations such as Bradenton, Anna Maria Island, Sarasota, Longboat Key, Lido Key, Siesta Key, Venice, Sanibel and Captiva Islands and Naples. Choose to stay on the beach, bay or in a golf community. Each rental is fully furnished and vacation ready. For more information, log onto ResortQuestSWFL.com .

KEY WEST, Florida Keys — Twenty-six species of Florida Keys plants and trees from the Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden are on display in Washington, D.C., this summer as part of an exhibit titled “Celebrating America’s Public Gardens.”

The Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden is one of 20 U.S. garden institutions invited to participate in the exhibit, spearheaded by the United States Botanic Garden and the American Public Gardens Association to celebrate the diversity and importance of the nation’s public gardens.

The Florida Keys garden exhibit stands on the terrace of the U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory, located on the National Mall at the foot of the U.S. Capitol. It was designed and constructed by a Keys team that journeyed to Washington from the Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden.

Species represented in the exhibit — many of them endangered — include the buccaneer palm, Florida thatch palm, satinwood tree, locust berry shrub, Florida silver palm and lignum vitae tree.

Created to suggest a tropical hardwood forest, the Keys garden display features plant labels explaining how early settlers used the flora in their daily lives as well as informative signage detailing the biodiversity of the Florida Keys.

The Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden, the only frost-free tropical moist forest garden in the continental United States, is a 15-acre tract containing more than 600 species of trees and plants, including more than 60 endangered species. Attractions include a visitor and biodiversity center, waterfall courtyard, three self-guided tours, 1.5-acre butterfly habitat and nature chapel.

Located at 5210 College Road, the Key West garden is open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 15 through Oct. 15 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 15 through June 15. Admission is free.
The exhibit in Washington, also free, can be viewed daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Oct. 8, 2007.

For more information, visit www.keywestbotanicalgarden.org.