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.
cultivated. 1  1 : to prepare land for the raising of crops cultivate a field. 2  2 : to raise or assist the growth of crops by tilling or by labor and care cultivate corn. 3  3 : to improve or develop by careful attention, training, or study : devote time and thought to He's trying to cultivate a better attitude.