Photographs from Arbuckle Creek

Matthew “The Twig” Largess, an HMI consulting Arborist and Owner/Founder of Largess Forestry in North Kingston, RI Has recently discovered an ancient Bald Cypress forest in Lake Arbuckle and Creek, Florida.

The Twig has spent the last 3 years traveling back and forth to this 85-mile forest located south of Orlando, in Frostproof Florida. This undiscovered forest of ancient growth Bald Cypress is protected by it’s remote and relatively unknown location. The forest intersects two counties – Polk and Highland, as well as intersecting two towns, Frostproof and Avon Park.