Eureka Springs Park - Tampa

I love long boardwalks – especially when they run through heavily wooded swamps. Everything was green. The water was covered in green. The trunks of trees were covered in green. It was green as far as I could see, which wasn’t too far considering the density of the growth. I heard several birds, but couldn’t find them. Maybe they were green too. Green!

​In addition to the boardwalk, ponds, picnic area, and rentable pavilion, Eureka park has a large garden with meandering paths cutting through it. The plants come in all sorts of shapes and designs. There are benches to sit on and watch the flowers and bees. I saw at least three different kinds of butterfly on one bush alone. I tried valiantly to get a photograph but they wouldn’t hold still and the bees scared me off. One of the paths runs right through a covered area adjacent to the greenhouse. There are hanging plants there. Other sections of path run underneath large tree limbs bedecked with smaller plants (epiphytes). As along the boardwalk, the trunks in the garden are wrapped in vines with big leaves. Green! Some of these leaves develop artistic splits and holes. Green! The place is like a miniature version of Sunken Gardens. Green! Green! Green!

6400 Eureka Springs Road, Tampa, Florida

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Written by Daniel Noe, Champion Of The Galaxy