Day Trip to Kanapaha Botanical Garden

1820 Smith St.,Orange Park FL 32073

19 October, 2022

Description

PLEASE NOTE THERE IS A COST FOR THIS EVENT - Cost: $8.00 in advance - Give a check (payable to GCOP) to Ruth or Virginia at your October Circle meeting. Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 Time: Carpools will leave the Garden Club 8:00 am. Please arrive at 7:45 am. Eight ladies have agreed to drive. Those who will be passengers are asked to give the driver $5 for gas. To save time before leaving, Virginia and Ruth will form car-pools and give you your assignment that morning. Guided Tour: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Picnic Lunch: 12:15 to 1:00 pm (Bring your own lunch) Each car will have a cooler to hold your lunch. Shopping/Picture Taking: 1:00 to 2:00 pm Leave for Home: 2:00 pm Kanapaha Botanical Gardens is a 68 acre facility comprised of 24 major collections visually accessible from a 1 ½ mile paved walkway. These include the state'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. The months offering the most color are June through September. Picnic baskets are welcome and there is a picnic area very close to the entrance building. Kanapaha's walkways are largely wheelchair accessible and benches, gazebos and rest stations are liberally spaced throughout the facility