Florida
Gardens
Albin Polasek Museum and Garden: 633 Osceola Avenue,
Winter Park, FL
(407)647-6294.
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The home and studio feature two galleries, a chapel and
three acres of gardens displaying works of the sculptor
Albin Polasek.
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Ancient
Spanish Monastery St. Bernard de Clairvaux: 16711 West Dixie
Highway,
North
Miami Beach, FL 33160
(305)945-1461.
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This picturesque ancient monastery, built in the 12th
century in Spain, was dismantled and transported to Florida
by William Randolph Hearst in 1925 and assembled after his
death some 26 years later. The grounds include loggias,
courtyards, and extensive formal gardens.
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Audubon
House and Tropical Gardens: 205 Whitehead Street, Key West,
FL 33040
(305)294-2116.
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This acre of lush tropical greenery showcasing orchids and
bromeliads also features an herb garden and a 1840-style
nursery. Trees and plants are labeled with their names and
origin and, if appropriate, their medicinal qualities.
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Bok
Tower Gardens: 1151 Tower Boulevard, Lake Wales, FL
33853 (963)676-1408.
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This National Historic Landmark located atop Iron Mountain,
at 298' one of Florida's highest peaks, is the site of a
carillon tower and 157 acres of gardens displaying thousands
of flowering plants. Designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, the
gardens resulted from a bit of grandmotherly advice given
Edward Bok: "...Make you the world a bit better or more
beautiful because you have lived in it."
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Busch Gardens:
3000 E. Busch Boulevard at McKinley Avenue, Tampa, FL
(813)987-5082.
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If you can tear yourself away from King Tut's Tomb or the
Mystic Sheiks of Morocco, visit the Tropical Gardens with
over 350 different exotic flowers and flamingos and the Bird
Gardens, a verdant aviary.
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Butterfly
World: 3600 W. Sample Road, Tradewinds Park, Coconut Creek,
FL 33073
(954)977-4400.
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Over 5000 butterflies dazzle visitors in the 8,000 square
foot Tropical Rain Forest Aviary. The butterflies are
rivaled only by the thousands of flowers, tropical plants
and waterfalls. Outside the enclosure, native butterflies
inhabit the lovely Lakeside Garden, English Rose Garden and
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Caribbean Gardens: 1590 Goodlette-Frank Road, Naples,
FL 33940 (941)262-5409.
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One of the oldest tropical gardens in the U.S., the 52 acre
site along Alligator Bay and Lake Victoria features a mile
long path of tropical plants and large mature trees with
exotic and more familiar animals along the way. |
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Chapman Botanical Gardens: Apalachicola, FL 32320
(850)653-8219.
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This small but picturesque city boasts a botanical garden. |
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Cluett Memorial Gardens: Bethesda by the Sea Episcopal Church, 141
S. County Road, Palm
Beach, FL 33480-6107 (407)655-4554.
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These gardens gracing the Episcopal Church were a 1931 gift
by a parishioner in memory of her parents.
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Cummer
Museum of Art & Gardens: 829 Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville,
FL 32204
(904)356-6857.
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The creator of the gardens, Ninah Cummer, was the founder of
the first garden club in Florida and her gardens demonstrate
a lifetime of devotion. Through the Loggia from the Art
Museum the visitor will be delighted by he Upper Garden
(plants that thrive in Florida), the English Garden (with a
tea garden, fountain and wisteria arbor), the Center Garden,
and the Italian Garden (fountain, rose garden, jasmine
arbor, reflecting pools and the Great Cummer Oak).
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Cypress Gardens: 2641 South Lake Summit Drive (1 mile off US 27),
Cypress Gardens, FL
33884 (941)324-2111.
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Amidst lakes and cypress swamps, the 200 acre family fun
park exhibits more than 8,000 varieties of plants and
flowers from more than 90 countries as well as a glass
enclosed butterfly conservatory (with over 1,000 butterflies
in a tropical setting), an aviary, a zoo and seasonal floral
festivals;
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Deerfield
Beach Arboretum: Constitution Park, 2841 West Hillsboro Boulevard,
Deerfield
Beach, FL 33442
(954)480-4240 or 480-4430.
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This 8 acre city arboretum, newly created, displays labeled
palms, flowering trees, native trees and exotic shade trees.
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Eden State Gardens: North of US 98 on County Road 395, P.O. Box
26,
Point
Washington, FL 32454
(850)231-4214.
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Twelve acres of grounds surround the lovely Wesley home,
site of the former Wesley Lumber Mill and now a state park.
The gardens feature moss-draped live oaks over a hundred
years old, camellias and azaleas.
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Ernest
Hemingway Museum: 907 Whitehead Street, Key West, FL 33040
(305)294-1136.
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Beautifully landscaped gardens and a Spanish Colonial home
where Hemingway wrote most of his great novels are now open
to visitors and home to descendants of Hemingway's 50 cats.
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Eureka Springs Gardens: Eureka Springs Park, 6400 Eureka Springs
Road, Tampa, FL
33610 (813)744-5536.
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This 31 acre botanical garden features rare and unusual
plants and a greenhouse, trellised walks, boardwalk and
picnic area.
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Everglades
Wonder Gardens: 27180 Old US 41, Bonita Springs, FL 34135-
5405 (941)992-2591.
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A natural history museum features grounds with botanical
gardens and trees from around the world, not to mention
exotic birds, panthers, alligators, flamingos, bears and
otters.
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Fairchild Tropical Garden:
10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables (Miami), FL 33156
(305)667-1651.
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This 83 acre botanical research and education center
displays extensive collections of rare tropical plants
including palms (more than 712 species), cycads (more than
218 species), flowering trees, tropical fruit trees and
vines. Features include Windows to the Tropics (a
16,500 square foot conservatory), the Montgomery Palmetum
and the Bailey Palm Glade, McLamore Arboretum (a ten-acre
display of tropical flowering trees), the Lynn Fort Lummus
Endangered Plant Garden, the Keys Coastal Habitat (a 4 acre
naturalistic garden), the Gate House Museum of Plant
Exploration, and a rainforest exhibit (including
People of the Rainforest, an ethnobotanical exhibit)
and more.
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Flamingo Gardens and Arboretum:
3750 S. Flamingo Road, Davie, FL 33330 (954)473-2955.
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Sixty acres of citrus groves, subtropical forest and
botanical gardens showcases native and exotic plants and is
home to a free-flight aviary, butterfly garden and xeriscape
garden. Take a 1.5 mile narrated tram ride through hammocks,
wetlands and citrus groves and see the alligators and
flamingos.
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Florida Botanical Gardens
at Pinewood Cultural Park: 12520 Ulmerton Road, Largo, FL
33774 (727)582-2100.
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This
new facility will consist of 160 acres with a multitude of
gardens at the current site of the Pinellas County Extension
Office.
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Florida
Institute of Technology Botanical Garden: 150 W. University
Boulevard,
Melbourne, FL 32901
(800)888-4348.
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The campus displays beautifully landscaped grounds and more
than 200 species of palm trees. Thirty acres along a stream
are devoted to tropical gardens, a lush Florida forest of
palms, water oaks, orchids, and tropical vegetation.
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Fort DeSoto
Park: 3500 Pinellas Bayway South, Tierra Verde, FL 33715
(727)866-2484.
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This full service park is situated on 5 interconnected
islands.
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Fragrance
Garden: Lakes Regional Park,
7330 Gladiolus Drive, South Fort Myers, FL (941)432-2000 or
(941)463-9356.
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Touch and smell the wonderful scents of native and exotic
plants and walk a fruit and spice path in this 277 acre
public park.
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Fruit and Spice Park: 24801 SW 187th Avenue, Homestead,
FL 33031 (305)247-5727.
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The unique 30-acre public facility exhibits over 500
varieties of fruits, vegetables, spices, herbs, and nuts
from around the world. Visitors can find 100 varieties of
citrus, 65 varieties of bananas, 40 varieties of grapes, 60
bamboo varieties, and numerous other exotic edibles and can,
literally, munch their way through this fabulous park.
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Gamble
Plantation and Historic Site: 3708 Patten Avenue, Ellenton,
FL 34222
(941)723-4536.
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The mansion of this former sugar plantation, now a state
park, is surrounded by 16 acres of beautifully landscaped
grounds.
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Gifford Arboretum: University of Miami Campus, Corner of
San Amaro Drive and Campo
Sano, Coral Gables, FL
33146 (305)284-5364.
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This 50 year old arboretum, named after the first graduate
forester in the U.S., has recently undergone extensive
improvements.
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Gizella Kopsick
Palm Arboretum: North Shore Drive at 10th Avenue Northeast, Saint
Petersburg, FL 33713
(727)893-7335.
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This 2 acre city arboretum now displays more than 200 palms
and cycads representing some 45 species from around the
world, and it (and the trees) continue to grow.
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Harry P. Leu Gardens: 1920
N. Forest Avenue, Orlando, FL 32803-1537 (407)246-2620.
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Miles of paths meander through 50 acres among ancient oaks,
forests of camellias and giant camphors. Gardens includes
the largest Camellia Collection and formal Rose Garden in
the South, a herb garden, a butterfly garden, a palm garden,
and a bamboo garden.
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Heathcote Botanical
Gardens: 210 Savannah Road, Fort Pierce, FL 34982
(561)464-4672.
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3 1/2 acres is all that's left of this former nursery, but
it's enough for lovely gardens that feature paths bordered
by orchid trees, a palm walk with more than 40 species,
numerous beds of intensively planted ornamental annuals, an
herb garden and an authentic Japanese Garden featuring a
pond, bonsai display and many oriental plants.
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Helen Lind Garden:
Lemoyne Art Foundation, 125 North Gadsden Street,
Tallahassee, FL
32301-1594 (904)222-8800.
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The Helen Lind Garden at the Foundation is the setting for
LeMoyne's collection of outdoor sculpture.
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Historic Spanish Point: 337 North Tamiami Trail, P.O. Box 846,
Osprey, FL 34229
(941)966-5214.
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This museum complex and archeological site showcases the
creativity of Bertha Palmer, who preserved the pioneer
dwellings and Native American remains while creating lovely
garden landscapes, including the Sunken Garden and Pergola,
the Duchene Lawn and the Fern and Jungle Walk with the
scenic aqueduct.
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Ichimura Miami-Japan Garden: North side of Watson Island off
MacArthur Causeway, Miami, FL (305)662-8008.
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This city friendship garden, created in 1961 and renovated
in 1988, features an 8 foot hight granite statue of Hotei, a
smiling god of prosperity, plus stone lanterns, an arbor,
three bridges, and 500 orchid trees.
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Jacksonville
Zoological Garden: 8605 Zoo Parkway, Jacksonville, FL 32218
(904)757-4463.
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More than 800 rare and exotic animals are features on 70
acres of landscaped grounds.
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John and
Mable Ringling Museum of Art: 5401 Bay Shore Drive, Sarasota,
FL 34243
(941)3599-5700.
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The Museum is modeled on a Renaissance Tuscan Villa with an
arched loggia that surrounded a courtyard with lovely
gardens and reproductions of Renaissance statuary.
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The Kampong:
4013 S. Douglas Road, Coconut Grove , FL 33133 (305)442-9318.
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Kampong, a site of the National Tropical Botanical Garden,
was the home of an avid plant collector who traveled the
world looking for useful and beautiful plants. The grounds
contain significant collections of tropical fruit cultivars
and flowering trees.
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Kanapaha Botanical Gardens:
4700 SW 58th Drive, Gainsville, FL 32608 (352)372-4981.
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The 62 acre site overlooking beautiful Lake Kanapaha
displays 19 completed gardens (including a Butterfly Garden,
a Vinery, a Hummingbird Garden, an Herb Garden, a Rock
Garden, a Water Lily Pond, and Water Gardens). A 29 acre
arboretum is under development.
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Key West (Joe Allen) Garden
Center and West Martello Tower:
Atlantic Boulevard and
White Street, Key West,
FL (305)294-3210.
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The ruins of this Civil War fort and National Historic Site
are home to the Joe Allen Garden Center and Key West Garden
Club. Growing amidst the ruins are native and exotic trees
and plants, including blooming orchids and bromeliads.
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Koreshan State Historic Site: Corkscrew Road off US 41,
Estero, FL 33928 (941)992-0311.
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This riverside park contains the physical remains of a
Utopian Community including a restored historical building
and gardens.
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Kraft Azalea Gardens: Alabama Drive off Palmer Drive, Winter
Park, FL (407)623-3334 or
(407)599-3334.
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An 11 acre public garden on the shores of Lake Maitland.
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Lake County
Horticultural Learning Center: Discovery Gardens, 30205 SR 19,
Tavares,
FL 32778-4262 (352)343-4101.
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The Gardens are currently under construction so please call
ahead for an appointment. The site will display Discovery
Gardens (plants appropriate to Central Florida displayed in
a park-like setting) and special collections of herbs,
flowers, roses, low maintenance landscape material, fruits
and vegetables, sub-tropical plants, aquatic, wetland, and
shade-loving plants. An oriental-style garden and large
children's garden with a maze are also planned.
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Lowry Park Zoological Garden:
7530 North Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33604-4756
(813)935-8552.
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On this 24 acre site in colorful lush surroundings are found
the largest concentration of native Florida wildlife
exhibited in the state.
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Maclay State
Gardens: 3540 Thomasville Road, Tallahassee, FL 32308
(904)487-4115 or
(904)487-9910.
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In designing these gardens, Alfred Maclay mingled native
plants and exotic plants to create a setting of tranquil
beauty. Although the gardens were designed to be in bloom
during the winter and early spring when the family was in
residence, Maclay emphasized the more subtle contrasts in
texture and color. Special areas include Oriental Magnolias,
a Walled Garden, a Secret Garden, an Azalea Hillside, a
Camellia Walk, a Reflection Pool Vista and a Lake Walk.
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Marie Selby
Botanical Gardens: 811 S. Palm Avenue, Sarasota, FL
34236 (941)366-5730.
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The historic Selby estate contains 15 distinct garden areas
including the Bamboo Pavilion, Banyan Grove, Baywalk
Sanctuary, Bromeliad Display, Cacti and Succulents, Cycad
Collection, Hibiscus Garden, Palm Grove, Tropical Display
House, Tropical Food Garden, Waterfall Garden and Butterfly
Garden. The Mansion serves as a museum with botanical
exhibits.
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McKee
Botanical Garden: 350 U.S. Hwy. 1, Vero Beach, FL 32962
(561)794-0601.
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Restoration of 18 acres of tropical gardens is underway and
the Garden hopes to welcome its first visitors in the summer
of 2000.
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Mead Garden: Garden
Drive off Highway 17-92, Winter Park, FL 32789 (407)599-3358.
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Mead is a 55-acre urban garden, complete with a beautiful
stream, birds, and hundreds of native and exotic
sub-tropical plants.
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Merrick
House and Gardens: 907 Coral Way, Coral Gables, FL 33134
(305)460-5361.
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The 1899 home of the founder of Coral Gables, George
Merrick, has been restored to its 1920s appearance. The 1.3
acre grounds feature herbs and native fruits and flowers.
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Miami Beach Botanical Garden:
2000 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33109
(305)993-2024.
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This city botanical garden, in the process of renovation,
features 4 1/2 acres of tropical and sub-tropical plants.
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Miami Metrozoo: 12400 SW
152nd Street, Miami, FL 33177 (305)251-0400.
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Over 700 fabulous wild animals in a lush, subtropical
cage-less environment (on small islands resembling their
natural habitats, surrounded by moats) can be viewed from
tram tours, behind the scene tours, and a monorail.
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Mockernut Hill Botanical Garden: County Road 320, Shiloh,
FL (352)466-4136.
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In the early stages of development, this 109 acre garden is
open only by special arrangement. It is dedicated to
providing a place for Conway Data, Inc. and Conway
Conservation, Inc. to explore and demonstrate techniques
that can be used in conservation programs on corporate real
estate.
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Monkey Jungle: 14805 SW
216 Street, Miami, FL 33170 (305)235-1611.
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This 10 acre "biopark" where the monkeys run free and the
humans are enclosed in walkways includes 4 acres of
Amazonian rainforest with South American plants. The park is
in the process of rebuilding after Hurricane Andrew.
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Montgomery Foundation
Botanical Center: 11901 Old Cutler Road,
Miami, FL 33156
(305)667-3800.
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The Foundation is dedicated to establishing scientifically
valuable collections of palms and cycads and to make them
available for research by scientists. The collections
include over 5,500 palms representing more then 350 species
and over 3,500 cyads representing more than 135 species. The
site is open by appointment to scientists, educators,
students, historians, and organized botanical groups
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Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens:
4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach, FL
33446 (561)495-0233.
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Donated by a early Japanese settler, Morikami Park offers
200 acres of tranquil pine forest, nature trails, lakes and
waterfalls, shaded picnic pavilions, Japanese Gardens and
bonsai collections.
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Morningside Nature Center:
3540 E. University Avenue, Gainsville, FL 32641
(352)334-2170.
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An heirloom garden and 225 species of wildflowers are among
the attractions at this Living History Museum.
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Mounts
Botanical Garden: 531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach,
FL 33415-1395
(561)233-1749.
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This thirteen acre site, a joint project of Palm Beach
County and the University of Florida, offers landscapes of
tropical trees, tropical fruits, lush tropical foliage, and
native Florida plants. Collections include tropical fruit,
citrus, roses, palms, shade and flowering trees, herbs,
rainforest and poisonous plants.
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Nancy Forrester's Secret Garden:
One Free School Lane and Elizabeth Street (between
Southard and Fleming Streets),
Key West, FL 33040 (305)294-0015.
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This artists' garden contains a collection of rare tropical
plants and tropical birds.
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Oldest House:
14 St. Frances Street, Saint Augustine, FL 32084 (904)824-2872.
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Continuously occupied since the early 1600s, the site of the
Oldest House offers Ornamental Gardens contain plants
typical of those grown by Spanish, British and American
occupants
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Ormond Memorial Gardens and
Art Museum: 78 E. Granada Boulevard,
Ormond Beach,
FL 32174-6358 (904)676-3347.
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Created with donated labor of World War II veterans, the
site became the first war memorial in Florida after World
War II. The botanical garden, maintained by a garden
artisan, combines native plants and exotic flora and
features small ponds, the Peacock Fountain, a gazebo, and a
new waterfall.
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Parrot
Jungle and Gardens: 11000 SW 56th Avenue, Miami, FL 33156
(305)666-7834.
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These lush tropical gardens, situated in a lovely setting of
cascading waterfalls, meandering streams and a serene lake,
display over 1,200 varieties of exotic plants including
heliconias, bananas, orchids and bromeliads. Within this
jungle setting can be found a large collection of tropical
birds, exotic reptiles, indigenous mammals and endangered
baby apes.
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Ravine State Gardens: Twigg Street, Palatka, FL
(904)329-3721.
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The only formally landscaped state park, the 59 acres of
ravines were planted during the WPA era with over 95,000
azaleas of 64 varieties, 11,000 palm trees and more than
250,000 ornamental plants complemented by extensive
fieldstone terraces, rock gardens and massive cypress
building construction is typical of the time.
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Rockefeller Gardens: The Casements Cultural Center, 25 Riverside
Drive,
Ormond Beach,
FL 32176-6520 (904)676-3216.
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The former home of John D. Rockefeller, the Casements is a
cultural center with two acres of graciously restored
Gardens.
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Sarasota Garden Club:
1131 Boulevard of the Arts,
Sarasota, FL 34236 (941)955-0875.
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The historic home of the Garden Club is surrounded by a
garden that features a 1/2 acre pond, a Butterfly Garden, a
Children's Haven, and a Quiet Garden.
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Sarasota
Jungle Gardens: 3701 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota, Florida 34234
(877)861-6547.
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This family park features 10 acres of gardens displaying
native and exotic flora together with some Florida fauna.
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Sensory Garden and
Butterfly Garden: Bill Dreggors Park, 230 North Stone Street,
Deland, FL
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This lovely sensory garden was created by the Garden Club of
DeLand for the benefit of the visually impaired and
physically handicapped. A nearby butterfly garden attracts
butterflies.
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Society
of the Four Arts: 2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach, FL 33480
(407)655-7226.
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Dedicated to encouraging an appreciation of art, music,
drama and literature, the Society also offers horticultural
gardens and the Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden. Designed as
demonstration gardens to display tropical plants suitable
for landscaping in the South Florida climate, the gardens
include a Chinese Garden (with a moongate and authentic
statuary), a rock garden, a Spanish facade with its
decorative well, a Madonna garden, a formal fountain, a
fragrant rose garden and small herb garden.
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South Florida Museum, Bishop Planetarium and Parker Manatee Aquarium:
201 10th
Street West, Bradenton,
FL 34205 (941)746-4131.
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A reproduction of Hernando DeSoto's sixteenth century home
in Spain includes a lovely Spanish Courtyard. Don't miss
"Snooty" the Manatee.
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(George and Ann) Sturgeon Memorial Rose Garden: Serenity Gardens
Memorial Park,
13401 Indian Rocks Road,
Largo, FL 34644 (813)595-2914).
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This cemetery contains an All America Rose Selections
accredited rose garden.
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Subtropical Horticulture Research Station: 13601 Old Cutler
Road,
Miami, FL 33158
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This U.S. Dept of Agriculture Research Station focuses on
tropical plants, especially economic ones.
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Sugar Mill Gardens:
950 Old Mill Road, Port Orange/Daytona Beach, FL (904)767-1735.
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The ruins of a sugar mill and 40 year old dinosaurs from a
former theme park are surrounded by 12 acres of botanical
gardens, maintained by the Botanical Gardens of Volusia.
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Sunken
Gardens: 1825 Fourth Street North, St. Petersburg, FL 33704
(727)896-3186.
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This botanical garden, one of the oldest in the state, dates
back to 1903 when back to 1903 when George Turner, Sr.,
began to convert a five acre tract along Fourth Street North
into a botanical garden by draining a pond. The fertile pond
muck, 10 feet below street level, was developed into a
nursery and later a tourist attraction. Over 4,000 varieties
of plants representing virtually every tropical and
sub-tropical country in the world and up to 50,000 annuals
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Thomas
Edison Winter Home & Laboratory: 2350 McGregor Boulevard, Fort
Myers, FL
(941)334-3614.
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The inventor's fourteen acre riverfront estate exhibits the
original furnishings, laboratory and botanical gardens of
rare and exotic tropical vegetation including a banyan tree
that is four hundred feet around.
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Unbelievable Acres Botanic Gardens, Inc.: P.O. Box 2695, Palm
Beach, FL 33480
(561)655-7116.
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A subtropical rain forest, developed from cleared land in a
quarter of a century, showcases some 2000 varieties of
plants and a tree canopy extending 100 feet high.
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University of Central Florida
Arboretum: 4000 Central Florida Boulevard,
Orlando, FL
32816-2368 (407)823-2978.
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This 80 acre arboretum features 12 acres of gardens
(including a Rose Garden, Greenhouse, Conservatory Compound,
Cycad Garden, Palm Collection, Bromeliad Sanctuary, Swamp
Habitat, Fern garden, Wetland Plants Display) as well as a
Sandpine-Wild Rosemary Scrub, Longleaf Pine Flatwoods,
Oak Hammock, Oak Scrub, Palm Strand, Pond Pine Community,
Cypress Slough, Cypress Dome, Black Gum Pond, and a 9 Acre
man-made Lake. The web site answers that age-old question --
what is an arboretum?
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University of South Florida
Botanical Garden: Location: Pine and Alumni Drive, Mail:
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, SCA
238, Tampa, FL 33620-5150 (813)974-2329.
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Current displays include hardy palms, a Bromeliad Garden, an
Herb Garden, a Butterfly Garden, a Carnivorous Plant Bog
(Yikes!), a Riparian (Wetland) Forest, a Fruit Orchard,
Flowering Trees, a Rain Forest Shade Garden, a White Sand
Scrub and a Conservatory. A collection of rare Begonias can
be seen by appointment. The labels are colored coded to
denote native (red), exotic (blue) and edible (green)
plants.
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Vizcaya Museum: 3251 S.
Miami Avenue, Miami, FL 33129 (305)250-9133.
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This Italian Renaissance-style 34 room villa (a winter
residence) features over 10 acres of formal gardens and
fountains. Visitors can view the gardens by moonlight.
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Walt Disney World: P.O. Box 10,000, Lake Buena Vista, FL
32830.
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Site of an All America Rose Selections Display Garden,
located in the Magic Kingdom between Cinderella's Castle and
Tomorrowland. There are more than 100 varieties and
13,000 rose plants throughout Walt Disney World.
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Washington Oaks State Gardens: 6400 North Oceanshor Boulevard,
(south of Marineland),
Palm Coast, FL 32127
(904)446-6780.
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An oak hammock nestled between the ocean and a river
provides a unique garden setting for an abundance of native
and exotic plants. Magnificent live oaks shade gardens
filled with lovely camellias, azaleas, and roses. Citrus
trees surround the perimeter.
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A World of Orchids: 2501 N. Old Lake Wilson Road,
Kissimmee, FL 34747 (407)396-1887.
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50,000 square feet of greenhouses, cool houses and a
conservatory house the world's largest permanent indoor
display of rare and exquisite flowering orchids. A lovely
nature walk completes your visit with a pond, a rose garden,
and a free flight aviary with exotic birds. |
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The ZOO of Northwest Florida:
5701 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze, FL (850)932-2229.
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This friendly zoo features 700 animals surrounded by
botanical gardens.
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