Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park Totally Explained

Everything about Alfred B Maclay Gardens State Park totally explained

The Alfred B. Maclay State Gardens is a 28 acre Florida State Park, botanical garden and historic site, located in Tallahassee, in northwestern Florida. The address is 3540 Thomasville Road.
The gardens are also a U.S. historic district known as the Killearn Plantation Archeological and Historic District. It received that designation on August 16, 2002. According to the National Register of Historic Places, it contains 18 historic buildings, 4 structures and 4 objects.

History

The gardens began in 1923 when Alfred Barmore Maclay (1871-1944) and his wife, Louise Fleischman, bought the site. Maclay named his gardens Killearn, after the birth place of his great-grandfather in Scotland, and developed them continuously until his death. His wife continued their development, opened them to the public in 1946, and in 1953 donated some 307 acres of their estate, including the gardens, to the Florida Board of Park Service. In 1965 the gardens were renamed in Maclay's honor.

Biology

The backbone of the garden plantings are azaleas and camellias. Trees include bald cypress, black gum, cyrilla, dogwood, hickory, holly, Japanese maple, oak, plum, redbud, sweetgum, and Torreya taxifolia. Other plantings include ardisia, aucuba, coontie, Chapman's rhododendron, gardenia, ginger, jasmine, Oriental magnolia, mountain laurel, nandina, palmetto, sago palm, selaginella, wisteria, and yucca filamentosa.

Lakes

Lake Hall
Lake Overstreet
Lake Elizabeth or Gum Pond
Recreational Activities
The park has such amenities as bicycling, birding, boating, canoeing, fishing, hiking, horse trails, kayaking, picnicking areas and swimming. It also has a museum with interpretive exhibits.

Hours

The gardens are open daily; an entrance fee is charged all year.

Gallery

Image:Rhododendron chapmanii.jpg|Chapman's Rhododendron (Rhododendron chapmanii) Image:Kalmia latifolia1.jpg|Mountain laurel Image:Magnolia_x_soulangiana_(M._denudata_x_M._liliiflora)0.jpg|Oriental Magnolia (Magnolia x soulangiana) Image:Yucca filamentosa0.jpg|Yucca filamentosa

References and external links

Official Alfred B. Maclay State Gardens website

Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park

at Florida State Parks

Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park

at State Parks

Alfred B. Maclay State Gardens

at Tallahassee Trust for Historic Preservation

Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park Trails

at Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Maclay State Gardens

at Absolutely Florida

Leon County History

at Florida Office of Cultural and Historical Programs

Leon County listings

at National Register of Historic Places

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