PRINT | E-MAIL. In September of 1942, Lt. Col. William L. Plummer, with a handful of officers and enlisted men, made his way through the long pines and palmetto scrub of rural South Dade County to assume control of an isolated airstrip located about a mile inland from the shore of Biscayne Bay.
gardener. 1  a person who likes or is skilled at working in a garden. 2  a person whose occupation is making and tending gardens.
v. imÂ·proved, imÂ·provÂ·ing, imÂ·proves. v. tr. 1. To raise to a more desirable or more excellent quality or condition; make better: Exercise can improve your health. 2. To increase the productivity or value of (land or property): improved the house by adding a bathroom. v. intr. 1.