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Kathleen and Scott Kapnick Brazilian Garden
Why copy the landscape design of another culture?

That’s a question the pioneering Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx (1904-1994) asked himself. Burle Marx tossed aside European influences and imports and taught his fellow Brazilians to see the beauty in their native species. He enlivened cityscapes with bursts of color from Brazilian plants, and he drew inspiration from art movements such as Cubism and Brutalist architecture with its dependence on concrete and geometric shape.

The Kathleen and Scott Kapnick Brazilian Garden, designed by Burle Marx protégé Raymond Jungles, reflects the famed architect’s visionary work. Burle Marx introduced a wide range of native Brazilian plants to gardeners, including nearly 50 species, cultivars, and varieties named in his honor. The Kapnick Brazilian Garden features many of these namesake plants along with significant collections of South American palms, aroids and bromeliads.

The winding, concrete pathway flanks a water feature and takes guests to a brightly colored mosaic wall created by the famed designer himself. It is the only such Burle Marx piece on permanent display in the United States.

Irma’s Garden
Irma’s garden features some of the Garden’s most charismatic plants. They were chosen for their striking form, intriguing flowers, captivating colors, and ever-changing surprises. A perennial favorite is the screw pine (Pandanus utilis), which is neither palm nor pine. The tree’s geometric, spiraling growth and funky, spiny fruit always elicit comment.

Kathryn’s Garden
You might feel like you’re stepping into a painting when you enter Kathryn’s Garden, and that’s by design. The jungle-like landscape is inspired by the works of Post-Impressionistic French artist Henri Rousseau (1844-1910). Rousseau frequently portrayed people among luxurious vegetation. Likewise, Kathryn’s Garden visitors are immersed in a verdant world dominated by the exotic and the beautiful. This garden serves as a gateway to the rest of the property, and prompts visitors to let go of their daily cares and take in nature’s wonders.

LaGrippe Orchid Garden
The Garden has nearly 2,000 orchids on display, and the LaGrippe Orchid Garden serves as the collection’s showpiece. This garden showcases the many types of orchids, ranging from dainty, leafless plants and inconspicuous, green flowers to those with giant, showy blossoms that perfume the air. Featured alongside orchids are bromeliads and other epiphytes growing in the canopies of the trees. The rough bark of the silver trumpet tree (Tabebuia aurea) provides a natural armature for these airplants, while offeringdappled shade and bursts of bright yellow each spring.. Water cascades through a fountain made from native Florida coral limestone, adding to the sense of tranquility. Ever-changing rotational displays means there’s alwayssomething new blooming in the Orchid Garden.

Marcia and L. Bates Lea Asian Garden
Journey to a Javanese temple ruin. Explore traditional kitchen gardens under the watch of a Balinese rice goddess. Immerse yourself in Southeast Asian art, contemporary and ancient. Rest in the Cheryl and Phil Leone Thai Pavilion — a replica water taxi stand — amid a lotus pool.

The Marcia and L. Bates Lea Asian Garden, originally designed by renowned landscape architect Made Wijaya (1953 – 2016), takes visitors along winding paths through garden “rooms” that capture the culture, spirituality, and botanical diversity of Southeast Asia. The jungle-like landscape alludes to humankind’s dependence on plants — veggie patches and fruit trees for nourishment; bamboo for shelter; and lotus flowers, temple trees, and sacred figs for the soul.

The Asian Garden abounds with ornamental plants as well, including extensive collections of crotons, crepe myrtle, and palms. The growing magnolia holdings reflect the Garden’s conservation efforts; nearly 50 percent of these beautiful, flowering trees are threatened with extinction in the wild.

Karen and Robert Scott Florida Garden
The Scott Florida Garden captures the essence of all things Florida: colorful, eclectic, tranquil, lush. It is a paradise, like the Sunshine State itself.

Eleanor and Nicholas Chabraja Visitor Center
In 2014, the Garden expanded its facilities with the addition of the Eleanor and Nicolas Chabraja Visitor Center and three feature gardens. The Chabraja Visitor Center brings together the lush and tropical Kathryn’s Garden, the charismatic Irma’s Garden, the vibrant LaGrippe Orchid Garden, Kapnick Hall, the Jane and Chuck Berger Shop in the Garden, and Fogg Café.

The buildings are designed to incorporate engaging gardens with sustainable building practices, the latter of which led to our LEED gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, an extremely high standard for green buildings. These innovations include rainwater collection tanks that allow storage of 7,000 gallons of rainwater for irrigation; orienting the buildings to maximize the impact of shade and cooling breezes; and using certified sustainably and locally produced construction materials whenever possible. Siding used in construction of the Chabraja Visitor Center is sawn from the reclaimed heartwood of ancient sinker cypress logs recovered from the depths of the Apalachicola River. The use of these rare treasures, recovered from the river bottoms, has eliminated the need to cut living trees to create this building.

The Chabraja Visitor Center was designed by architect Ted Flato and his team of the award-winning Lake|Flato Architects firm. The firm focuses on timeless, sustainable architecture that is rooted in a sense of place, creating buildings that respond to the natural environment and merge with the landscape. In 2004, the American Institute of Architects awarded Lake|Flato the prestigious Frim Award – the highest honor an American architecture firm can receive. The gardens surrounding the Chabraja Visitor Center were designed by Miami-based, award-winning landscape architect Raymond Jungles. Raymond Jungles fell in love with the outdoors as a child through exploration and sport.

The Preserve
Just miles from downtown’s bustle, guests can discover Florida as it once was. The Garden manages 90 acres of Southwest Florida ecosystems ranging from coastal scrub to marshes to a pop ash and pond apple swamp. These diverse habitats showcase more than 400 species of native plants, many of them rare. They provide the foundation for healthy ecosystems that countless mammals, birds, and reptiles, including threatened gopher tortoises, call home. Guests may stroll a milelong paved path along the lakes, venture onto sandy trails, or meander across the Sönne Family Ghost Orchid Boardwalk looking for native orchids and other epiphytes amid the forest canopy.

Water Garden & Performance Lawn
The Water Garden is located in the heart of the Garden, adjacent to the Mary and Stephen Byron Smith Family River of Grass. A landscape reminiscent of Claude Monet’s water lily pool, the garden showcases colorful blooms from around the world, varying throughout the season. The boardwalk bisecting the garden features a soundstage where visitors can see everything from the best of local musicians to special performances during Johnsonville Night Lights in the Garden. The stage and Hoffmann Lawn provide the setting for one of the best outdoor concert venues in Naples.

Kapnick Caribbean Garden
Think “Caribbean,” and the first image to come to mind may be white sand and turquoise sea. The region is so much more than that, and the Kapnick Caribbean Garden captures its diverse landscape, rich cultural history and multifaceted story.

Evenstad Horticulture Campus
The Evenstad Horticulture Campus is among a handful of tropical growing operations in the United States. Custom designed for Naples Botanical Garden, the campus will allow for the enhancement of the Garden’s 170 acres, the development of nature-based solutions to environmental challenges, and the conservation of tropical and subtropical plants. This includes native species threatened by habitat loss, climate change, and natural disasters.

With more than 60,000 square feet of growing space, the campus features specialized environmental controls that allow our staff to replicate natural conditions and care for even the most sensitive of plants. This center will drive the Garden’s mission for decades to come!

Foster Succulent Garden
Succulents aren’t just for the desert.

The Foster Succulent Garden supports a plethora of plants associated with arid regions but right at home in Naples. This display features hundred of cacti, succulents, and other compatible species from the Americas, Africa, Madagascar, Australia, and the Arabian Peninsula. It also showcases cycads, prehistoric plants that are among the world’s most endangered.

Naples Garden Club Idea Garden
The Naples Garden Club’s Idea Garden at Naples Botanical Garden was created in 2010 as a place to inspire and encourage visitors to grow plants using creative techniques, showcasing their flowers and fruits in unexpected ways.
From espaliered fruit trees to succulent-covered flamingos, there are endless discoveries to be made in the Idea Garden. You can find the Naples Garden Club Idea Garden between the Foster Succulent Garden and the Scott Florida Garden.

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