Sunken Gardens
Botanical Garden · St. Petersburg, Florida
Four acres of tropical garden sitting fifteen feet below street level in the middle of St. Petersburg, begun in 1903 when a plumber named George Turner drained a shallow lake and discovered the muck at the bottom would grow anything. It opened to the public in 1935, survived a century of Florida development around it, and the city bought it in 1999 to stop it being redeveloped.
1825 4th Street North, St. Petersburg, Florida, 33704, United States
Open daily, generally 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sections occasionally close for private events.