Water Lilies in Washington, DC

Location: Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens at Anacostia Park
Destination: Washington, DC 
Country: United States
Year Taken: 2007

Photographer: Jon Rochetti
Blog: The DC Traveler

After the Civil War, W.B. Shaw, purchased a 37-acre farm in the marshlands on the edge of the Washington, DC.  On the land, Shaw grew over 60 varieties of water lilies.

Purchased by the Federal Government in 1938, Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens is the only National Park to grow and display cultivated aquatic plants.

Besides the many varieties of lilies and aquatic flowers that bloom all summer, over 150 varieties of nesting, aquatic and woodland birds have been catalogued in the park.

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