The small tropical island of Cabbage Key, Florida, accessible only by boat, is a beloved destination with an inn, restaurant ...

Cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto), or usually just palmetto, is the only one of the three that grows as a tree, 30 to a maximum 90 feet tall. “Palmetto” comes from the Spanish word for ...

Over decades, the island — an ice age sand dune — has been called Palmetto Key, Gill’s Island, Rinehart’s Island, Turner Cay and, finally, Cabbage Key. Much of its history can be found in ...