Good morning, Naples.

Naples Botanical Garden is asking the public to help cut and arrange kiln-paper motifs at community workshops on Nov.

14 and Nov. 15 (10 a.m. to noon) to make glass tiles for Lauren Shapiro’s exhibition What Is Gathered Remains, which opens Jan. 23 and runs through June 1, 2027, and spotlights the garden’s seed bank of more than 1 million seeds from 168 native species.

Collier County missed the state's deadline to finalize a growth plan amendment for a proposed private golf club in East Naples (Oct.

27), a lapse that could force the developer to restart the regulatory review and give opponents another chance to contest the project.

Restaurants refreshed for snowbird season are rolling out new menus and spaces: Sea Salt & Pazzo reopened after interior updates, and beachfront Naples Beach Club opened an upscale sports gastropub to welcome seasonal guests.

An off-market sale closed for $71 million on a newly completed beachfront estate at 2050 Gordon Drive, selling in 2026 to Douglas Schumann; the 9,551 sqft home sits on 1.58 acres with about 150 feet of Gulf frontage (sale includes furnishings) and was handled privately by Premier Sotheby’s advisers.

ESPN commentator Troy Aikman grew emotional during Monday Night Football’s Week 7 broadcast on Oct.

27 while honoring longtime booth colleague David Moulton, who died Oct. 24 after a battle with stage four renal cell cancer (Aikman later posted an Instagram tribute).