Extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Matanzas River, Washington Oaks Garden State Park preserves 410 acres of Florida's original coastal scenery. Ocean waves have washed away the sand, exposing a stratum of coquina rock and creating an awesome, rock strewn beach. Next to the beach is a coastal scrub community which is the preferred habitat of the Florida Scrub Jay. Westward, across A1A, scrub
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Although the formal gardens are the centerpiece of this park, Washington Oaks is also famous for the unique shoreline of coquina rock formations that line its Atlantic beach. Nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and the Matanzas River, this property was once owned by a distant relative of President George Washington. The gardens were established by Louise and Owen Young who purchased the land in 1936
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