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This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in Florida is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of Florida [1] [2] [3]
The oldest surviving botanical garden in the United States is Bartram's Garden in Pennsylvania. [1] [2] This list is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the United States. [3] [4] [5] The total number of botanical gardens recorded in the United States depends on the criteria used, and is in the range from 296 ...
The Botanical Bounty Gift Shop is another way the Foundation raises funds for the Gardens, with a focus on the construction of the Majeed Discovery Garden. There is a large selection of botanically-themed items including t-shirts, books, apparel, home goods, children’s items, jewelry, stationery, spa items, and FBG branded merchandise.
The Gardens, a tropical oasis in South Florida, were originally the property of Floyd L. and Jane Wray, who in 1927 built a weekend home, citrus grove and laboratory on what was then the edge of the Everglades, where they started a botanical collection of rare and unusual tropicals and subtropical exotics, fruit trees and specimens collected from around the world.
Moccasin Lake Nature Park is a 51-acre park and nature preserve located at 2750 Park Trail Lane in Clearwater, Florida.Opened on August 7, 1982, the park features trails, boardwalks, an interpretive center, a sanctuary for birds of prey, a playground, [1] a butterfly garden and turtle pond, [2] and the man-made lake for which the park is named.
Hollis Garden is a public botanical garden in Lakeland, Florida, in the United States. It is divided into 16 themed sections or "rooms" with plantings being rotated throughout the year. Not all of the rooms feature heavy planting, for example the Gazebo and Trellis area displays Tuscan style, neoclassical architectural design elements.
The Alfred B. Maclay State Gardens is a 1,176-acre (4.76 km 2) Florida State Park, botanical garden and historic site in Tallahassee, Florida. The gardens are also a U.S. historic district known as the Killearn Plantation Archeological and Historic District. It received that designation on August 16, 2002.
The botanical gardens were established in 1969 for use by the Biology Department in the USF College of Arts and Sciences. In the early 1970s many of today's temperate, subtropical, and tropical trees and shrubs were planted. During the late 1970s and 1980s, the palm garden, the wetland forest, and sand scrub beds were planted.