Jacksonville Zoo Botanical Garden

Welcome: 100 years old, 125 acres.

A little fuzzy through 1 1/2″ glass

Flavidorivens bamboo.

Involving all the senses: Society Garlic.

A savannah made of various ornamental grasses.

Yes, they’re real flamingoes.

Exfoliating bark of a crepe myrtle.

Seabreeze bamboo tolerates some flooding.

Looks like bamboo…it is hand painted, corrugated metal roof.

A fun place for all. They placed fairy garden miniatures throughout.

Even the ticket booth has a green roof.

Pecky cypress bench. A local sawmill donated this wood.

Cool in the shade of bamboo…imagine the sound of a breeze here.

Who needs a wall with a window when you have podocarpus?

Westringia is a drought tolerant, low maintenance shrub.

Cardboard Palm