A thick, moss draped live oak canopy provides cool, damp shade.  The floor beneath the trees is covered with lush green ferns thriving in the shade.  This is one of many old-school ferneries that dot the rural Florida landscape.  It is a perfect fit of nature and commerce as they grow ferns for sale at nursuries.

Large tracts of land are totally covered with boxy wooden frames completely covered with black netting.  Long stretches of roadside a bordered by these unsightly walls.  This is the modern day fernery.  Gone is the symbiotic relationship of fern and oak and gone is the cool shaded space that is easy on the eye.  Yuck.  I suspect it’s more productive but it is no improvement in my view.