Oak-y, Lakeland — today we’re talkin’ trees. 🌳 ICYMI, Bonnet Springs Park recently announced that 19 paths and trails will be situated within the park, once opened.
Quoted: “Bonnet Springs Park will offer a variety of different paths for walkers, joggers, and bikers. These paths will create opportunities for everyone to enjoy recreational activities at their own pace!” — CEO of Bonnet Springs Park, Josh Henderson
While we don’t yet have the skinny on exactly what you’ll experience on each + every path, what we do know is there will be 8,000+ trees within the park, over a 176-acre span.
To help paint the picture of what the park will look like, here are several trees you can expect to see bloomin’ as you walk, run, rollerblade, or paddle. ⬇️
- Holly Trees: While Holly berries are inedible to humans, the iconic holiday-esque trees planted at the park will sustainably provide food for local wildlife.
- Sweetbay Magnolia Trees: When paddling down the lagoon or walking through the Nature Corridor by the lake, you may experience butterflies surrounding you, thanks to the pollen found in the Sweetbay Magnolia.
- Bald Cypress Trees: Popular in the southern swamps, you can thank the Bald Cypress for helping maintain and improve the quality of water surrounding Bonnet Springs Park.
- Yellow Tabebuia Trees: These ornamental bright “trumpet trees” were recently planted, alongside 500 others within the park, dotting several miles of paths.
- Live Oak Trees: As you walk 18-ft above the forest floor, Live Oak Trees will join you on the park’s Canopy Walk. DYK Bonnet Springs’s centerpiece is actually a 200-year-old Oak?
- Citrus Trees: Nearly 50 years ago, the site where Bonnet Springs Park is being constructed was home to several orange groves. To commemorate the tale of FL’s citrus, the park will plant Citrus Trees along Heritage Gardens.
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