Located in Gotha, Florida, Nehrling Gardens was founded in 1885 by Dr. Henry Nehrling. It is Florida's first experimental botanical garden. Dr. Nehrling tested over 3000 tropical plants here and introduced 300 of them into Florida's landscape. Visitors can see many of the plants that Nehrling worked with. Nehrling Gardens is on the National Register of Historic Gardens.
This site is the original plot for Dr. Nehling's experiments.
Access to the gardens is limited. They are open the first and second Saturday of the month from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. They are also open by appointment. If you choose the latter, they ask for a $5.00 donation. Otherwise, admission is free.
Guess you have to time your visit right.
ReplyDeleteSeems a lot of the gardens are located in Florida, aren't they?
There are a lot of gardens everywhere, but I'm familiar with gardens from Florida because I lived there, and I now live nearby in Georgia.
DeleteHi Sherry - what an enterprising man - and how interesting to see those early plants ... and what survived on for us to enjoy today. I concur with Alex - lots of gardens in Florida aren't there ... cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteIt's a good place for gardens.
DeleteLooks like my old house out in North Carolina.
ReplyDeleteYou lived in a place like that? Cool!
DeleteI wonder how many of those 300 plants spread?
ReplyDeleteProbably quite a few.
DeleteIndeed, how many of the 300 were good or "evil". Sounds like an interesting place
ReplyDeleteGood question. I don't know.
DeleteHow pretty! I need to stop by and visit that the next time I'm in Florida.
ReplyDeleteThere are lots of wonderful Florida gardens to visit.
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