The Florida Keys, Part 2: Gardens at Fort Martello

One of the first things I came across after arriving in Key West was Fort Martello, a Civil War-era defensive structure now maintained as a public garden by the Key West Garden Club. I initially noticed the round structure for its brick barrel-vaulted colonnade, but was more interested once I realized more ruins lay inside. The beautifully planned gardens had a wide-variety of native and tropical plants planted in and around the brick and views onto the beach.