PHOTO GALLERY: Selby Gardens' Rainforest Garden
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By
Harriet Sokmensuer
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| 5:00 a.m. November 5, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Selby Gardens' Rainforest Garden
The Central and South American inspired-rainforest includes more than 1,000 plants.
Visitors will come across interesting plants like the Rotheca, or more commonly known as the Musical Note.
Children can play and learn while parents can relax in the shade of a banyan tree.
Carter Keel enjoys one of the colorful hammocks available to visitors.
The Pellionia plant’s leaves has a satin feeling and is one of the 150 plants that hang off of the rainforest’s rocks.
Amelia Hemmer blows bubbles at one of the garden’s play stations.
CEO Thomas Buchter, Jeannie Perales, Toscana diBrito, Bruce Holst and Mike McLaughlin were key leaders in the building of the rainforest
Caverns and canyons allow children to play games among the plants.
Exotic plants, like this bromeliad, have been placed throughout the rainforest.
Two rope bridges let visitors feel like they're up in the trees
Designer Herb Schaal made sure to incorporate Selby’s banyan trees, which help create a rainforest setting.
David Coffee and his son, Nick, explore the rainforest.
Lia Olenoski is all smiles as she sits by the water.
