Kenilworth Park And Aquatic Gardens

This lush wetland park on the banks of the anacostia river is an oasis of lily pads and blossoms amid the city streets.

Kenilworth park and aquatic gardens. 4 5 5 united states district of columbia dc. Hours address kenilworth park and aquatic gardens reviews. Walk farther out into the park and there is a boardwalk that extends out into the marshes all the way to the anacostia river with plenty of birds animals turtles.

Kenilworth aquatic gardens washington d. Sign up to get action alerts. In 1938 the gardens were purchased by the federal government.

Nestled near the banks of the anacostia river and directly west of the baltimore washington parkway kenilworth park aquatic gardens preserves a plethora of rare waterlilies and lotuses in the cultivated ponds near the river. There are many many ponds with a zillion varieties of aquatic plants water lilies giant ones hyacinth lotus flowers and many more. It was at that time that the facility.

The park land was originally owned by walter shaw a hobbyist. 110 reviews of kenilworth park and aquatic gardens these gardens are absolutely amazing. The kenilworth aquatic gardens is the only national park service site devoted to the propagation and display of aquatic plants.

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This is the official facebook page of kenilworth aquatic gardens a unit of the national park. The gardens were begun as the hobby of civil war veteran and operated for 26 years as a commercial water garden.