Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens located in Anacostia, Washington D.C. - A homesick war veteran from Maine started the Aquatic Gardens as a hobby with a few wild waterlilies in a single pond. Time and diligence turned a trickle of curious visitors to a stream of customers for a growing commercial garden of twenty eight ponds. The dazzling displays were purchased in 1938 by the Federal Government to become the only National Park to display cultivated aquatic plants.
Water lilies at Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens, National Park Service, along the Anacostia River in Washington DC.
Water lilies at Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens, National Park Service, along the Anacostia River in Washington DC.