Kenilworth aquatic gardens
June 19th, 2008 by Ari 
Originally uploaded by bachrach44
One of the things I’ve always liked about DC is the amount of green space inside the city. I know lots of other cities (including some I’ve lived in), have more total green space (central park, forest park, fairmount park), but the thing I like about DC is that it’s dispersed throughout the city and integrated into it. When I lived here the first time I felt like every time we went on a walk we found a new park. A few weeks ago we decided, on advice from a friend, to visit the Kenilworth aquatic gardens. They are definately worth the trip. They’re not huge, but they are very pretty. The main part is a series of man made “lakes” which they have seeded with water lilies and lotuses. They have attracted their own aquatic wildlife (turtles, frogs, tadpoles, watersnakes, beavers, etc.) and are fun to walk around. For me at least it took me back to my summers as a child when we used to go camping and my brother and I would go and catch turtles and frogs. (For the record, he was better at it than I was, but mostly because he was willing to get dirtier than I was. My mom used to buy him 3 dozen pairs of socks every year for a 1 week camping trip). I highly recommend it.