been allowed inside of the nursery, where we met with the family and the president of the nursery bruce knox. we talked to knox after he met with the family that are eager to get help for their son. >> we hope to be cultivating or dispensing late summer. >> reporter: he said he has relatives that have epilepsy and it was them and meeting people like this couple -- people want to know why are you doing this? >> i started out to look at it as a business opportunity. >> this is the nursery surrounded by families even near schools less tan two miles away. what knox is doing as long as it is safe. >> security is number one. >> security measures are already in place? >> yes. he said there is fencing, and an alarm in hopes of keeping people away. >> i think that it is very possible. we are focused on high cbd medical cannabis at this point and helping families. >> i'm excited to see how much better it gets. >> great story, 9 investigates has learned knox nursery will serve as the only central florida location where patients >>> there are alternatives to doing what we have done that work and they ha

this is where we met with the family and the president of the nursery, bruce knox. we talk today knox -- talked to knox after he met with the family looking to get help with their son. he has one more inspection. >> we hope to be cultivating or dispensing late summer. >> knox said he has relatives who have epilepsy and it was them who changed his mind set. >> people want to know why are crow doing this? -- you doing this >> it started out as a business opportunity. >> this is a business surrounded by families and what knox is doing as long as it's safe. >> security is number one with my family. >> the security measures are already in place? >> yes. >> knox said there are cameras, fencing and an alarm. we learned this location could be the home of other types of medical american if voters approve amendment 2 this november. knox said that's not his priority right now. >> we're focused in on high cbd medical cannabis at this point and helping families. >> families like the krislow's. >> i know it's going to better him. i'm excited to see. >> ty russell, channel 9, eyew

this is where we met with the family and the president of the nursery bruce knox. we talked to knox in the greenhouse after he met with the trish glose who are eager to get more help for their son. knox showed us he has one more inspection before he can start growing. >> we hope to cultivate or dispense late-summer. >> reporter: he says he has relatives with epilepsy and it was them in meeting people like the kristen lowe's who changes the mindset after applying for the license. >> people want to know why are you doing this? >> reporter: nursery surrounded by families and it is near schools less than 2 miles away. the neighbors we talked to support what he is doing as long as it is safe . >> securities number one with my family. >> measures are in place? >> yes. >> reporter: knox says there are cameras, fencing and alarms in hopes of keeping criminals away. we learned the location could be the home of other types of medical marijuana if voters approve the amendment this note -- november. knox says that's not his priority now. >> i think that is very possible but we

simi knox himself was born august 18th, 1935, nearly 100 years after blanche k. bruce. he was born in alabama. the son of a carpenter and mechanic, knox grew up poor and with most of his family working as share croppers he, himself, took to the fields when he was old enough. in a 2004 abc news interview, simi recalled we worked literally from sun up to sun down, whenever there was work to be done. you didn't go to school. you worked on the farm. knox spent many of his childhood years in the care of other family members after his parents divorced and went on to live with his father and stepmother in mobile, alabama. there, knox loved to play baseball. a childhood friend of hank aaron, knox practiced baseball with bottle caps and broomsticks until he got wall oped in the eye with a real ball at the age of 13. knox started drawing as a way to retrain his injured eye. the nuns recognized his talent and arrange d lessons with a postal carrier. in 1956 knox spent several years serving in the military. he then attended delaware state college as a biology major. while he didn't

bruce. as a result, we did not have a lot to rely on. knox came to primarily use another program -- portrait. a photograph that was by matthew brady. taken sometime between 1865 and 1880. we are familiar with matthew brady, his photographs of the american civil war and famous americans document a significant part of the country's history. brady is aspiring to a career as a painter himself, was thought to have live -- learned about the practical photograph from american artisan in mentor, seminole morris. had opened the first of photographic studios in new york city where he began making notable portraits. he strived as a businessman. it -- anhe opened additional portrait studio here in washington dc. portraitndoned the studios for projects he conceived as a conference of documentation of the war. expecting about the government and individual collectors would eventually by his photographs, brady went deeply into debt. in the years following the war, his images lost appeal with the public eager to forget the conflict. auction in galleries 1868,