The area’s unique loess soil – fine, windblown silt deposited during the Ice Age – has created a landscape of steep bluffs and deep ravines that support plant species found nowhere else in the state.

The Ritz Theatre stands as the crown jewel of Commerce Street, its vintage neon sign creating a warm glow against the evening sky that feels like a beacon from a more gracious era.

MacCubbin gives gardening advice for Central Florida about petunias, ponytail plants, grapefruit and peach trees, crotons, ...