Gardens
The Virginia Robinson Gardens range in style and plant type from Italian Renaissance Mediterranean to Tropical Oceanea.
The Estate has five distinctive Gardens
- The Italian Renaissance Terrace Garden, with views of mature specimen trees and Citrus Terraces. Planted under large Magnolia Trees are a variety of Camellias, Gardenias, and Azaleas.
- The Formal Mall Garden, with perennial flower borders and rare specimen Cycad 'palms'.
- The Rose Garden, with heirloom Roses.
- The Kitchen Garden or Potager, with vegetables and an Herb Garden.
- The Tropical Palm Garden, including a grove of King Palms (Archontophoenix cunninghamiana), reportedly the largest in the continental United States. The tropical area also contains Gingers, Bananas, and Plumerias.
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