Twisted Acres Air Plants Combine Nature and Art

Fort Myers-based Twisted Acres specializes in decorative air plants grown locally by owner Anson Rosenwald, who has been running his nursery for more than 20 years.

“Our theme is mixing art and nature together,” he says. “The reason we like air plants is because there’s no soil, no dirt, which allows us to get really creative with how we display them.”

Twisted Acres sells air plants embedded in beautiful shells and also sells the plants separately, which Rosenwald says is popular with Marco Island Farmers’ Market shoppers. “A lot of people love to just purchase the plants loose because they kind of see what I do and it sparks their interest” to create their own works of art.

Rosenwald said that Twisted Acres’ nursery was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ian last year.  “Our plants ended up all over Ft. Myers,” he says, “but production is coming back and we’re getting the greenhouses looking good again.”