Naples Florida Botanical Garden

Naples Botanical Garden

This past weekend was the grand opening of the "New & Improved" Naples Botanical Garden. From the news reports they increased the size of the garden and added many new plantings..... regardless, since I had not been there previously, it was all new to me.

Now, keep in mind that Naples, Florida is known for being an extremely wealthy community where business executives come to retire. With that in mind, you will be surprised to know that the planting in the picture to the left was one of the more popular sites at the garden.

(Not what I was expecting.)

The Botanical Garden is an awesome place showing off many of the various exotic tropical plants located in South Florida, Central America and South America. They had a very interesting and fascinating butterfly garden with numerous butterflies fluttering around.

As an addition attraction, they had a lady dressed as a vine walking around on stilts. She looked very realistic, except for the "walking" part.

Here is a pic of her below and to the left.

An extra special bonus for those who visited this past weekend was a FREE potted plant when you left. Made for a great gift for mom or that special someone, you just don't tell them it was FREE!!!!

Here are a few extra pictures from the botanical garden...