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Harry P. Leu Gardens Review
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Harry P. Leu Gardens
- Address: 1920 N. Forest Ave., North-Central Orlando, Orlando, FL
- Phone: 407/246-2620
- www.leugardens.org
- Category: Gardens/Arboretums
- Location: Central Orlando
Fodor's Review:
The Harry P. Leu Gardens, a few miles outside of downtown on the former lakefront estate of a citrus entrepreneur, are a quiet respite from the artificial world of the theme parks. On the grounds' 50 acres is a collection of historical blooms, many varieties of which were established before 1900. You can see ancient oaks, a 50-foot floral clock, and one of the largest camellia collections in eastern North America (in bloom November-March). Mary Jane's Rose Garden, named after Leu's wife, is filled with more than 1,000 bushes; it's the largest formal rose garden south of Atlanta. The simple 19th-century Leu House Museum, once the Leu family home, preserves the furnishings and appointments of a well-to-do, turn-of-the-20th-century Florida family.
- Cost: $5 adults, $1 children kindergarten-12th grade; toddlers and pre-schoolers free; also free to all Mon. 9-noon
- Open: Garden daily 9-5; guided house tours Aug.-June, daily on hr and half hr 10-3:30
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