Botanica, The Wichita Gardens

Botanica, The Wichita Gardens is an outdoor activity in Wichita, KS, part of the Wichita guide. Cost: under $25.

701 N Amidon St · Wichita, KS

Why you should go…

Botanica is a city-owned botanical garden in Wichita, home to more than 4,000 plant species. You can wander the rose garden, the Chinese Garden of Friendship, the Butterfly Garden and a koi pond with a waterfall. The Downing Children's Garden adds a tree house and a musical maze, and the Koch Carousel Gardens hold Troll Hill and a restored 1949 carousel that once ran at Wichita's Joyland amusement park.

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What's around here?

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