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Kanapaha Gardens
Gainesville, Florida
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
is a 62-acre facility developed and operated by the North Florida
Botanical Society. The Garden is named after the nearby 250-acre Lake
Kanapaha. The word Kanapaha is derived from the Timucua Indian words for
"palmetto leaf" and "house" which refer to the thatched dwellings that
were home to the original residents of a small Timucua village on the
western shore of Lake Kanapaha.
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens is comprised of 16 major collections visually
accessible from a 1-1/2 mile paved walkway. These collections include the
State of Florida's largest public display of bamboos and the largest herb
garden in the Southeast. Some of Kanapaha's gardens are organized
taxonomically; others demonstrate principles of ecology or natural
selection. Kanapaha's signature plants include a premier stand of Chinese
royal bamboo (Wong Chuk, and--during the warm months--giant Victoria
water lilies and Asian snake arums.
Read more about Kanapaha
Botanical Gardens
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