Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Our Tyler Arboretum membership allows us to visit "
The Ringling" for free.
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| Now everyone enters The Ringling through the Ca d'Zan gateway |
The property of John and Mable Ringling includes 66 acres.
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| Spanish moss and ferns (KSS) |
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| Dwarf Garden |
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Phalacrocorax auritus/Double-crested Cormorant
and Ardea alba/Great Egret at the Turtle Pond (KSS) |
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| Ficus sp/Banyan trees in the Bolger Playspace (KSS) |
The Ringling grounds contain a large collection of banyan trees including
Ficus benghalensis/Strangler Fig,
Ficus benjamina/Weeping Fig, and
Ficus altissima/Council Tree.
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| Mable's Rose Garden (1913, restored) |
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| Rose Garden arbor |
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| Rose Garden |
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| More banyan trees |
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| Secret Garden |
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The final resting place for John and Mable Ringling,
and John's sister Ida Ringling, with a statue of Flora
(19C, by André François Joseph Truphème) |
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| Reflecting Pool |
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| Detail of the tile deck of the Reflecting Pool |
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Ca d'Zan/House of John (1926, by Owen Burns in
Mediterranean Revival style) was
the winter home of John & Mable Ringling |
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| Ca d'Zan tower |
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| Ca d'Zan detail |
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A DeSantis-approved statue (i.e., private parts removed):
A Boy Bailing a Boat (19C, by Gesualdo Gatti) |
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| Ca d'Zan terrace |
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| Campiello/little square? |
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Promenade with Roystonea regia/Royal Palms
and Colossus (1978 by Alfredo Halegua) |
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Brachychiton rupestris/Queensland Bottle Tree
on the Millennium Tree Trail |
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| Ellis Tea House (2017, by Glenn Darling) |
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| Ellis Tea House interior |
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| Ringling Museum of Art Courtyard |
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Kent with a gigantic Platycerium sp/
Staghorn Fern |
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| Museum of Art Courtyard |
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| A reproduction statue of David |
Next: The Ringling Kotler-Coville Glass Pavilion.
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