Sarasota Jungle Gardens is a tourist attraction located in Sarasota, Florida, United States since 1939. The gardens contain over 10 acres (4.0 ha) of botanical plantings along with bird and animal shows. It is open to the public for a per-use ticket fee and also offers yearly membership passes.
In the 1920s, the site was a swampy banana grove listed in city records as "an impenetrable swamp." In the early 1930s, David Breed Lindsay, a local newspaperman, purchased the grove to create botanical gardens. Beginning in 1936, admission fees were charged and in 1940, Jungle Gardens opened for business in essentially its current form. In the early 1970s, Jungle Gardens was sold to the philanthropic Allyn family, who continue to manage it.[1]
Featuresedit
The biggest attraction at the park is the free-roaming flamingos. Guests may hand feed and walk among them. There are also other opportunities for up close interactive experiences with reptiles, parrots, butterflies, and other mammals.[2] The gardens serve to inspire and educate thousands of local and international visitors each year and offer daily entertaining and educational shows. There is a cafe and gift shop on site. The gardens include native species and exotic plants from around the world, such as the Australian nut tree, a bunya-bunya tree, the largest Norfolk Island pine in Florida, bulrush, strangler figs, royal palms, Philodendron selloum, banana trees, Peruvian apple cactus, and staghorn ferns, as well as native red maples, oaks and bald cypress.
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External linksedit
Official website
April 11, 2024
sarasota, jungle, gardens, tourist, attraction, located, sarasota, florida, united, states, since, 1939, gardens, contain, over, acres, botanical, plantings, along, with, bird, animal, shows, open, public, ticket, also, offers, yearly, membership, passes, 3372. Sarasota Jungle Gardens is a tourist attraction located in Sarasota Florida United States since 1939 The gardens contain over 10 acres 4 0 ha of botanical plantings along with bird and animal shows It is open to the public for a per use ticket fee and also offers yearly membership passes Sarasota Jungle Gardens27 20 14 N 82 32 07 W 27 33722 N 82 53528 W 27 33722 82 53528Date openedDecember 31 1939 1939 12 31 LocationSarasota FloridaLand area10 acres 4 0 ha Public transit accessBreeze TransitWebsitewww wbr sarasotajunglegardens wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Features 3 References 4 External linksHistory editIn the 1920s the site was a swampy banana grove listed in city records as an impenetrable swamp In the early 1930s David Breed Lindsay a local newspaperman purchased the grove to create botanical gardens Beginning in 1936 admission fees were charged and in 1940 Jungle Gardens opened for business in essentially its current form In the early 1970s Jungle Gardens was sold to the philanthropic Allyn family who continue to manage it 1 Features editThe biggest attraction at the park is the free roaming flamingos Guests may hand feed and walk among them There are also other opportunities for up close interactive experiences with reptiles parrots butterflies and other mammals 2 The gardens serve to inspire and educate thousands of local and international visitors each year and offer daily entertaining and educational shows There is a cafe and gift shop on site The gardens include native species and exotic plants from around the world such as the Australian nut tree a bunya bunya tree the largest Norfolk Island pine in Florida bulrush strangler figs royal palms Philodendron selloum banana trees Peruvian apple cactus and staghorn ferns as well as native red maples oaks and bald cypress References edit About Sarasota Jungle Gardens Sarasota Jungle Gardens Retrieved July 8 2019 Fun with the Kids at the Sarasota Jungle Gardens ZuzuForKids zuzuforkids com Retrieved 2024 01 09 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sarasota Jungle Gardens amp oldid 1195470507, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
