Kanapaha Botanical Gardens

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Swallowtail butterfly resting on a rose in the Kanapaha rose garden
Nymphaea alba at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
Red-shouldered hawk at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens

The Kanapaha Botanical Gardens (62 acres, 25 hectares) is a botanical garden in Gainesville, Florida, operated by the North Florida Botanical Society. Their name comes from nearby Lake Kanapaha. The gardens were established in 1978 when the society leased 33 acres (13.4 hectares) for a public botanical garden. Another 29 acres (11.7 hectares) were added in 1982. The gardens opened to the public in 1986.

As of 2005, the Kanapaha Botanical Gardens contain Florida's largest public bamboo gardens and the largest herb garden in the Southeast.

Sign on Archer Road

The gardens include the following major collections:

  • Arboretum
  • Azalea/Camellia garden
  • Bamboo garden
  • Butterfly garden
  • Crinum garden
  • Cycad garden
  • Fern cobble
  • Herb garden
  • Hummingbird garden
  • Palm hammock
  • Rock garden
  • Rose garden
  • Spring flower garden
  • Vinery
  • Woodland garden

Bamboo Collection[]

Each spring, Kanapaha Botanical Gardens hosts a bamboo sale for the public.[1] The bamboo garden consists of exotic bamboo species. Examples of bamboo species found are the following:

  • Giant Timber Bamboo ()
  • Variegated Buddha's Belly Bamboo ()
  • Muddy Bamboo (Bambusa dissimulator)
  • Seabreeze Bamboo ()
  • White Bamboo ()
  • Stripestem Bamboo ()
  • Blue Bamboo ()
  • Black Bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra)
  • Lemon Lime Bamboo ()
Kanapaha Bamboo Garden

See also[]

  • List of botanical gardens in the United States

Further reading[]

  • Donald Goodman; Founder, Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, Gainesville; age 70 Icon February 2014 page 16 Florida Trend

References[]

  1. ^ "Kanapaha Bamboo Garden". Kanapaha Botanical Gardens. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

External links[]

Coordinates: 29°36′44″N 82°24′32″W / 29.6122°N 82.4089°W / 29.6122; -82.4089


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