wherein the edison research lab.t was very active until 1936. -- hismary focus was life was built around the creation of electricity. the focus of that was new york city. his primary residence for the second half of his lifetime was just outside new york city in a little town called west orange, new jersey. he arrived in 1885 and it was a very cold winter. he stopped first in jacksonville and insane augustine. -- and in saint augustine. he built a home for himself and he built a home for his partner. they remained partners for a few years and then had their differences in edison bought his partner some. two mirror image homes. his interest in plants began when he first arrived here. he was looking for a plant filament that could be used in the lightbulb and that was bamboo. we have several dozen varieties of bamboo on the property now. he loved palm trees. .e have 100 variety of palms he brought the royal palm to fort myers. the reason why this land was so important was that it cost the u.s. government to come forwar

we are in the edison research lab. it was built in 1928 and was very active until 1936. his primary focus for laboratory work was new jersey. early daysfe in the was built around the creation of electricity, and in the early days, the folks of that was new york city, manhattan. theprimary residence for second half of his lifetime, for 40 years, was just outside new york city in a little town called west orange, new jersey. edison arrived in 1885. it was a cold winter up north. he stopped first in jacksonville and saint august in. he made his way across the state on a rickety railroad and came 1885at to fort myers in and fell in love with the property. he thought, i can use this as a winter retreat. i can also raise plants here. i can bring my new family here. he built a home for himself and a home for his partner. they remained partners for a few years and then had their differences. edison bought his partners home. to mirror image homes, one for edison and his family and one for his important guests. onson's interest in plants this property began when he first arrived h