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| - This is a beautiful botanical garden to visit for a few hours. Admission is $12. There is plenty of parking out in front.
This is a review of visiting in the winter.
Some of the exhibits change themes with season. For example, the
- Serpentine room had snow, snowmen, and melted snowmen in a pond
- East room had a plants decorated in holiday lights
- Broderie room was decorated with poinsettias
- Trains wind the South Conservatory around the plants
There are a lot of interesting plants to see in the Palm court, Fern room, Orchid room, etc...
Some highlights were
* Tropical fruit and spice room with bananas, coffee, papayas.
* Tropical Forest conservatory with waterfalls, fish pond, and
ferns that shrivel up when you touch them
* Japanese courtyard garden (outdoors) featuring many bonzai's
The outdoor gardens are limited in what you can see during the winter and pretty bare, though also less crowded. I would love to come back in the spring or summer.
Check out some of my pictures!
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