When it comes to visiting a park during your charter bus trip to Washington DC, there is nothing quite like the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens for an off-the-beaten-path destination. This is the only aquatic garden managed by the National Park Service in the United States, nestled near the banks of Anacostia River.
What used to be a vast marshland that covered the riverbanks of Anacostia, has now been turned into Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, or whatever that is left of that marshland after being dredged for development. Here you can see a plethora of rare waterlilies and lotuses floating by the river in specially cultivated ponds.
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