Harry P. Leu Gardens - Orlando Garden

Descriptions from Across the Web

• This lovely 50-acre botanical garden situated on Lake Rowena offers visitors a chance to escape into Old Florida. Wander ... more on Wcities
• Nestled among towering two-hundred year old oak trees draped in Spanish moss sits a green oasis in Central Florida. Harry P. Leu Gardens, a fifty-acre botanical garden operated by the ... more on Museum Stuff
• http://www.leugardens.org $5 admission for adults, $1 for kids, ... more on tripadvisor.com
• One of the most beautiful and secluded places in Orlando, Leu Gardens is a site to visit over and over again.With miles of paved walkways through carefully manicured gardens, this is ... more on gocitykids.com
• This 50-acre botanical garden on the shores of Lake Rowena offers a serene respite from the theme-park razzle-dazzle. Paths lead through giant camphors, moss-draped oaks, palms, cicadas, and camellias ... more on frommers.com

Directions

Off of Mills Avenue and Virginia Drive.

Between Nebraska St. and Corrine Dr

Hours

Gardens: 9a-5p (except Christmas Day), Leu House Museum: 10a-4p (closed in July)

Miscellaneous

• Admission: $5.00 adults, $1.00 children (K-12), Monday morning (9:00 am - 12:00 N) free -- 9:00 am - 5:00 pm everyday but Christmas day
• Collections: More than 95 varieties of bananas are on display making it the largest collection of it s kind in North America. The newly opened Home Demonstration Garden displays ten residentially scaled garden including bird garden, evening garden and a specially designed garden for those with disabilities. An Exhibition Building acts as an outdoor classroom for Leu Gardens�� nearly 200 classes on gardening, landscaping, fine arts and crafts. The Leu House museum is a fully restored Florida farmhouse built in 1888 and docents provide guided tours during the day describing the history of the families and the property.

Other Web Resources

• Read more about Harry P. Leu Gardens on Yahoo! Travel
• www.leugardens.org