Specializing in Palms This lovely botanic garden, located a convenient kilometer from my house, features the family Arecaceae (the palms) and hosts representatives from each of the six subfamilies. Many of these species are local, but the garden hosts several rare/endangered non-native palms as well. The sporadic paths makes winding your way through the garden an interesting pursuit. I enjoyed the oval, relatively unorganized, dirt, gravel, and concrete paths quite a lot. The garden was much larger than Queens Garden, and was divided into several sections based on climate. Aside from a fascinating collection of palms ranging in sizes from small shrubs to towering trees with leaves that could leave you concussed, their was a wide range of wildlife gracing the gardens. Of course, I had forgot my camera (a habit I will break), but
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