The Sunken Garden

March 11, 2012: On our way back, we stopped in St. Petersburg to tour the Sunken Gardens, a 4-acre botanical garden which was started in 1903 and became an early 20th century roadside tourist attraction. It's now operated by the City of St. Petersburg. The garden is a jungle of tropical and semi-tropical plants. One sees our small potted houseplants in their more natural habitat where they grow gigantically larger.

Staghorn Fern on tree trunk; Bill next to a Golden Shrimp Plant:

The requisite Japanese garden:





















Cuban royal palm (l); Shrimp Plant (below r):












































Bill sits on the fossilized "Growing Stone" for "tranquility, inner harmony and the talent to make things grow"(r); David stands next to a philodendron (below):














Can you see the alligator snapping turtle?






















































































































































A celebrated life oak: