I want to make several small water gardens. Can any of U suggest some plants for them. When I say small I mean small so keep that in mind. I can use skeeter dunks to keep them down.
Sugar
water gardens
There are some very small water lilies, parrots feathers, oh my....my mind went blank. Ack!!
Will you be putting dirt like a bog? or just water??
sledder I had planned on using small gravel but guess dirt could be used as there will be no fish.
I don't know HOW small you are thinking, but if you make your pond too small in FL, it is likely to become more of a sauna bath than a pond with our hot sun. Something like dwarf papyrus should work, also floating hearts, pitcher plants--Saggitaria sp.? (sorry, I haven't gotten familiar with latin names of many of the aquatics--only know the native ones as I have them in my pond, but it is about 800 gallons, 10 ft. by 12 ft. by ~2 ft. deep, and my plants for the most part wouldn't be suited to a small pond) I would recommend the gravel over the dirt. The pond will look nicer with small gravel, just make sure it is washed before you dump it in or you may have silt suspended in the water which could harm your plants!
BFGarden I don't mean a pond.. I mean just pots with water loving flowers in them. They will sit outside the pond somewhere in the garden.
Sugar
Sugar, corkscrew rush is neat looking. It looks like curly chives. There is a red stemmed parrots feather that is fairly new that is more compact than the usual version that would work great in a container water garden. Also, dwarf umbrella, ruella (the short variety) or pennywort. I'd say go for whatever you like but stay away from the really tall stuff, which tends to tip over easily. And, like Sledder said, small variety water lilies.