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Gardens in Florida

Public gardens, private garden attractions, and botanical gardens

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Alfred A. Ring Park

Alfred Ring Park Trail

Hogtown Creek Greenway  |  Gainesville
( 29.674283, -82.347019 )      1.5 miles

Featuring a dense slope forest along Hogtown Creek with old-growth trees and rare wildflowers along Appalachian-style ravines, this is a scenic hike in the heart of Gainesville

Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park

Blooming season at Maclay Gardens

Tallahassee      ( 30.513433,-84.247481 )      

In late winter, azaleas create ribbons of bright color beneath the live oak canopy across the grounds of Maclay Gardens, a series of formal gardens along the hillsides sweeping down to Lake Hall.

Ann Norton Sculpture Garden

Ann Norton Sculpture Garden

West Palm Beach      ( 26.695206,-80.050553 )      

One of the largest palm collections in the United States is the backdrop for the oversized works of sculptor Ann Norton on this 1.7 acre estate adjoining her former home and studio in West Palm Beach.

Bartram Gardens & Trail

Bartram Gardens & Trail Stetson

Stetson University  |  DeLand
( 29.000718, -81.355957 )      

Along the St. Johns River at Lake Beresford, discover the river anew through William Bartram’s eyes as he recorded his observations of alligators, fish, and flora in 1774

Bethesda-by-the-Sea

Bethesda-by-the-Sea

Palm Beach      ( 26.710831,-80.036608 )      

At Bethedsa-by-the-Sea, worship is not held just in hallowed halls but in the grace of the garden. Surrounding this historic Palm Beach church are colorful plantings of unusual tropical plants like the big leafed sea grape.

Bok Tower Gardens

Atop Iron Mountain at Bok Tower Gardens

Lake Wales      ( 27.917345,-81.565998 )      

Atop one of the highest hills in the Florida Peninsula, Bok Tower Gardens is one of Florida’s most spectacular landscaped gardens, “something to appeal to both man and animal, a meditative place,” as envisioned by Edward William Bok in the 1920s.

Bonnet House

Bonnet House

Fort Lauderdale      ( 26.136518,-80.105573 )      

Named for the water lilies that once flourished in the freshwater marsh in front of this grand home, the 35 acres of tropical forest on which the Bonnet House was built was a gift from industrialist Hugh Taylor Birch to his daughter Helen and son-in-law Fredric Clay Bartlett, a noted artist.

Butterfly World

Butterfly World

Tradewinds Park  |  Coconut Creek
( 26.269611,-80.172339 )      

While butterflies are the main attraction at this complex of natural wonders inside Tradewinds Park, a series of gardens also put on quite a show

Camp Milton Historic Preserve

Camp Milton Arboretum

Baldwin      ( 30.3343, -81.8687 )      2.4 miles

On a walk through Camp Milton Historic Preserve, discover Civil War stories through a grove of historic trees that have tales to tell beneath their leafy shade

Chapman Botanical Garden

Chapman Botanical Garden

Orman House Historic State Park  |  Apalachicola
( 29.730683, -84.990441 )      0.4 miles

Chapman Botanical Garden honors the memory of Dr. Alvan Wentworth Chapman, a noted botanist who in 1860 published Flora of the United States. Adjoins the Orman House

Crane Point Hammock

Adderly House at Crane Point Hammock

Marathon      ( 24.716525,-81.075822 )      

Part native, part cultivated, Crane Point Hammock is 63 acres of tropical hardwood hammock in the heart of Marathon. Preserved from development in 1989 by the Florida Keys Land Trust, it is the largest tropical hammock in the Middle Keys.

Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Informational kiosk at Crocodile Lake NWR

Key Largo      ( 25.1916, -80.3566 )      

Protecting more than 6,700 acres of Key Largo to provide prime habitat for the endangered American crocodile, Crocodile Lake NWR has a small visitor complex where you can learn about species conservation at the refuge.

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