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DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
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DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
SIMPSON PARK_HAMMOOK
iteaiant of old Brickel1 Hammock.
Tours available Monday through
Saturday, 9:00 a.m... 4:00 p.m.,
beginning at Simpson Memorial
Garden Center, 55 S.W. 17 Road.
Wear walking shoes.
Tours by appointment only.
JAPANESE GARDEN
Located on Watson Island. An
authentic Oriental garden de-
signed by Japanfs foremost land-
scape architect, Kingo Sakamoto,
and donated by Mr. Kiyoshi
Iohimura of Tokyo. Garden includes
ancient Japanese stone lanterns, 13-
tier stone pagoda, 8-foot statue of
"Hotei", Japanese God of prosperity,
and ceremonial teahouse.
Tours by appointment only.
Sib SEWELL_ i ORIAL_PAEK
Located on the Southwest corner
of the N.W. 17 Avenue Bridge across
the Miami River. Sewell Park is ten
acres of exotic vegetation, native
flora and brackish lowlands. Excel•
lent examples of competition be-
tween native and introduced speoies.
Tours by appointment only.
ALICE WAINWRIGHT PARK
Bayside hammock that offers not
only typical southern hardwoods and
bird and animal life, but also an
exposed oolitic limestone ridge
which is the result of an abrupt
change in elevation. This differ-
ence causes a dramatic contrast in
the plant communities found within
the park.
Tours by appointment only.
SLIDE LECTURES
The following color slide lectures are available for
Arrangements must be made in advance.
1. Everglades Bird Life
2. South Florida Hammocks
3. Spiders of South Florida
group showings.
Colored slides of Everglades National Park are available for
showings.
Simpson Garden Center may be used by permit only.
group
For further information and to schedule group tours, please call the
Recreation office, 445-4731 or Simpson Park, 377-5569.
Mr. Albert H. Howard Mr. Ralph Beaudry
Director Naturalist