Florida Botanical Gardens

Largo, Florida: The sunshine state, a state of perpetual tropical weather. The lack of cold winter and freezes makes it an ideal place to grow a garden and because of its location in the tropics, the gardens support a wide array of flora and fauna. That is what you will find at the Florida Botanical Gardens. Here you can find bright colorful flowers, thriving fruit trees and even a succulent or two…who doesn’t like a good succulent.

The Florida Botanical Gardens was established to help educate both residents and visitors about the natural resources in our environment. In addition to enjoying or in my case photographing the gardens, you can also learn how you can plant and sustain a beautiful Florida friendly yard. Visitors to the garden can get lost in the over 10,000 plants found within the garden.

The gardens are quite large, thirty acres to be exact. It is separated into two sections, the east gardens and the west gardens with McKay Creek separating the two. The west gardens is home to the wedding garden, azalea garden, tropical courtyard and bromeliad garden, cactus and succulent garden, the tropical walk, vinery and the wetland walkway and wildlife overlook. The east gardens is home to the visitor center/gift shop, tropical fruit garden, herb garden, vegetable garden, native garden and butterfly garden.

The Florida Botanical Gardens are open Monday through Friday from 8 to 5, closed weekends and county holidays. It is located at 12520 Ulmerton Road in Largo, Florida. Admission to the gardens is free.

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