Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in July Photo Gallery by Helen Betts at pbase.com

Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in July

We made our usual summer trek to Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, 700 acres of natural beauty managed by the National Park Service in Northeast DC. The annual Lotus and Water Lily Festival had just ended the day before, but there were still many flowers to be seen in addition to turtles, frogs and dragonflies (and a lot fewer people than there had been for the past two weeks due to the festivities).

Water lily trio	Obliging dragonfly	Star power	Turtle eye
On the verge	The vastness of it all	Checking it out	Water lily reflections
A big surprise	Crowd draw	Handstand	Pretty in white
Ready to open	Bonanza	Exploring the lotus ponds	Record day
Pretty in purple	American lotus	Something for everybody	Fading but still beautiful
Flip side	A different perspective	Turtle-face	Mysterious markings

M Paula Neumann		23-Aug-2023 23:12
Wonderful gallery. Some fabulous images of dragonflies (which I didn't see when I was there the week before). Great turtle sightings too. V

Zoltán Balogh		03-Aug-2023 04:40
What a wonderful new gallery, Helen! V

marie-jose wolff		02-Aug-2023 10:48
wonderful images of the flora and fauna of the ponds, a feast for the eyes! V

Danad		29-Jul-2023 09:24
A very interesting start with great and various images. V

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