Florida Keys Homes

Key West Citizen - Sunday, November 15, 2009

There is something wonderful and romantic about an older home, one with timeless character that exudes the feeling of being "lived in for generations." The gracious houses constructed in colonial...

Key West Citizen - Sunday, November 15, 2009

The Key West Garden Club's fall plant and art sale will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 21 and 22 at the West Martello Tower next to Higgs Beach. The propagation team has been busy this summer...

Key West Citizen - Sunday, November 15, 2009

After eight months of auditioning at least 50 houses, last year Lamar and Wesley Stanley finally found 1410 Duncan St. "It was in need of some tender loving care, but it immediately felt like a...

Key West Citizen - Sunday, November 8, 2009

Jay and Micki Simonet refer to their back garden as the Zen zone, but even from the curb out front, the one-story structure at 1425 Eliza St. is a feel-good house with lots of color and flowers. A...

Key West Citizen - Sunday, November 8, 2009

Many couples are experiencing the effects of emptying the nest. Their last child has flown the coop, either because he or she has gone off to college or has gotten married or moved to his or her own...

Key West Citizen - Sunday, November 8, 2009

Ironically, the one plant with the word "land" in its name is a plant that does not need any land at all. Tillandsia does not need anything but air and water to grow. The Key West Garden...

Key West Citizen - Sunday, November 1, 2009

On Halloween night we expect to see ghosts and goblins and children roaming the neighborhoods dressed as witches and princesses. But living in a resort town like Nantucket, Mass., it is not unusual...

Key West Citizen - Sunday, November 1, 2009

The Key West Garden Club has harvested a crop of frangipani from the branches of its members' trees. Seven different varieties of frangipani will be featured at the Garden Club sale on Nov. 21 and...

Key West Citizen - Sunday, October 25, 2009

One of the most unusual plants that will be for sale at the Key West Garden Club's annual fall sale is the goldfinger (Juanulloa aurantiaca), although a better name would be orange kiss,...

Key West Citizen - Sunday, October 25, 2009

Bob Goldman's penthouse apartment at 619 Eaton St. is more than a treetop aerie for Largo, his 13-year-old African gray parrot, who luxuriously cohabitates in sight of wild birds winging by. It's...