Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, Botanical garden in Gainesville, United States.

Kanapaha Botanical Gardens is a large horticultural facility featuring diverse plant collections arranged throughout its grounds with paved pathways connecting each section. Water features and ponds are integrated throughout the property, creating distinct garden zones dedicated to different types of vegetation.

The North Florida Botanical Society formed on September 16, 1977, and leased 33 acres from Alachua County for $1 a year. Work began March 7, 1978; 29 more acres were added in 1982, and the gardens opened to the public on October 16, 1986. The name comes from nearby Lake Kanapaha, from Timucua words for palmetto leaves and house.

The name Kanapaha comes from Timucua words for "palmetto leaves" and "house", taken from the nearby 250-acre Lake Kanapaha. Since 1990 the gardens have held a Spring Garden Festival each March, and since 1995 an Open House & Fall Plant Sale in October, joined by the Gainesville Orchid Society from 2008. The grounds and indoor facilities can be rented for weddings and receptions.

Visitors can explore the grounds on foot, with level pathways accessible to most people and rest areas positioned throughout the space. Bringing water and wearing sun protection is important, especially on warm days when you may spend several hours walking between garden sections.

In the vinery, alongside passionflowers and jasmines, hangs a large anchor from a 19th-century English ship, recovered in 1939 from a wreck off St. Augustine. The Crinum garden holds about 130 species from around the world, including Florida's native Crinum americanum from riverbanks and swamps.