gardens and arboreta

A Treasury of Glorious Public and Private Gardens for Garden Lovers to Visit!

Florida Gardens

 

 Albin Polasek Museum and Garden: 633 Osceola Avenue, Winter Park, FL

 (407)647-6294.

The home and studio feature two galleries, a chapel and three acres of gardens displaying works of the sculptor Albin Polasek.

 

 Ancient Spanish Monastery St. Bernard de Clairvaux: 16711 West Dixie Highway, North

 Miami Beach, FL 33160 (305)945-1461.

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.

 

 Audubon House and Tropical Gardens:  205 Whitehead Street, Key West, FL 33040

 (305)294-2116.

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.

 Bok Tower Gardens:  1151 Tower Boulevard, Lake Wales, FL 33853 (963)676-1408.
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."

 Busch Gardens: 3000 E. Busch Boulevard at McKinley Avenue, Tampa, FL (813)987-5082.
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.

 

 Butterfly World:  3600 W. Sample Road, Tradewinds Park, Coconut Creek, FL 33073

 (954)977-4400.
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 Secret Garden.

 Caribbean Gardens: 1590 Goodlette-Frank Road, Naples, FL 33940 (941)262-5409.
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.

 Chapman Botanical Gardens:  Apalachicola, FL 32320 (850)653-8219.
This small but picturesque city boasts a botanical garden.

 

 Cluett Memorial Gardens: Bethesda by the Sea Episcopal Church, 141 S. County Road,  

 Palm Beach, FL 33480-6107 (407)655-4554.

These gardens gracing the Episcopal Church were a 1931 gift by a parishioner in memory of her parents.

 

 Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens:  829 Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville, FL 32204

 (904)356-6857.

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).

 

 Cypress Gardens: 2641 South Lake Summit Drive (1 mile off US 27), Cypress Gardens, FL

 33884 (941)324-2111.

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;

 

 Deerfield Beach Arboretum: Constitution Park, 2841 West Hillsboro Boulevard, Deerfield

 Beach, FL 33442 (954)480-4240 or 480-4430.

This 8 acre city arboretum, newly created, displays labeled palms, flowering trees, native trees and exotic shade trees.

 

 Eden State Gardens: North of US 98 on County Road 395, P.O. Box 26, Point

 Washington, FL 32454 (850)231-4214.

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.

 

 Ernest Hemingway Museum: 907 Whitehead Street, Key West, FL 33040 (305)294-1136.

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.

 

 Eureka Springs Gardens: Eureka Springs Park, 6400 Eureka Springs Road, Tampa, FL

 33610 (813)744-5536.

This 31 acre botanical garden features rare and unusual plants and a greenhouse, trellised walks, boardwalk and picnic area.

 

 Everglades Wonder Gardens: 27180 Old US 41, Bonita Springs, FL 34135-

 5405 (941)992-2591.

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.

 

 Fairchild Tropical Garden:  10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables (Miami), FL 33156

 (305)667-1651.

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.

 

 Flamingo Gardens and Arboretum:  3750 S. Flamingo Road, Davie, FL 33330 (954)473-2955.

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.

 

 Florida Botanical Gardens at Pinewood Cultural Park: 12520 Ulmerton Road, Largo, FL 33774 (727)582-2100.

This new facility will consist of 160 acres with a multitude of gardens at the current site of the Pinellas County Extension Office.

 

 Florida Institute of Technology Botanical Garden: 150 W. University Boulevard,

 Melbourne, FL 32901 (800)888-4348.

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.

 

 Fort DeSoto Park: 3500 Pinellas Bayway South, Tierra Verde, FL 33715 (727)866-2484.

This full service park is situated on 5 interconnected islands.

 

 Fragrance Garden: Lakes Regional Park, 7330 Gladiolus Drive, South Fort Myers, FL (941)432-2000 or (941)463-9356.

Touch and smell the wonderful scents of native and exotic plants and walk a fruit and spice path in this 277 acre public park.

 

 Fruit and Spice Park: 24801 SW 187th Avenue, Homestead, FL 33031 (305)247-5727.

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.

 

 Gamble Plantation and Historic Site: 3708 Patten Avenue, Ellenton, FL 34222

 (941)723-4536.

The mansion of this former sugar plantation, now a state park, is surrounded by 16 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds.

 

 Gifford Arboretum:  University of Miami Campus, Corner of San Amaro Drive and Campo

 Sano, Coral Gables, FL 33146 (305)284-5364.

This 50 year old arboretum, named after the first graduate forester in the U.S., has recently undergone extensive improvements.

 

 Gizella Kopsick Palm Arboretum: North Shore Drive at 10th Avenue Northeast, Saint

 Petersburg, FL 33713 (727)893-7335.

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.

 

 Harry P. Leu Gardens: 1920 N. Forest Avenue, Orlando, FL 32803-1537 (407)246-2620.

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.

 

 Heathcote Botanical Gardens:  210 Savannah Road, Fort Pierce, FL 34982 (561)464-4672.

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.

 

 Helen Lind Garden: Lemoyne Art Foundation, 125 North Gadsden Street, Tallahassee, FL

 32301-1594 (904)222-8800.

The Helen Lind Garden at the Foundation is the setting for LeMoyne's collection of outdoor sculpture.

 

 Historic Spanish Point: 337 North Tamiami Trail, P.O. Box 846, Osprey, FL 34229

 (941)966-5214.

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.

 

 Ichimura Miami-Japan Garden: North side of Watson Island off MacArthur Causeway, Miami, FL (305)662-8008.

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.

 

 Jacksonville Zoological Garden: 8605 Zoo Parkway, Jacksonville, FL 32218

 (904)757-4463.

More than 800 rare and exotic animals are features on 70 acres of landscaped grounds.

 

 John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art: 5401 Bay Shore Drive, Sarasota, FL 34243

 (941)3599-5700.

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.

 

 The Kampong: 4013 S. Douglas Road, Coconut Grove , FL 33133 (305)442-9318.

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.

 

 Kanapaha Botanical Gardens: 4700 SW 58th Drive, Gainsville, FL 32608 (352)372-4981.

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.

 

 Key West (Joe Allen) Garden Center and West Martello Tower: Atlantic Boulevard and

 White Street, Key West, FL (305)294-3210.

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.

 

 Koreshan State Historic Site: Corkscrew Road off US 41, Estero, FL 33928 (941)992-0311.

This riverside park contains the physical remains of a Utopian Community including a restored historical building and gardens.

 

 Kraft Azalea Gardens: Alabama Drive off Palmer Drive, Winter Park, FL (407)623-3334 or

 (407)599-3334.

An 11 acre public garden on the shores of Lake Maitland.

 

 Lake County Horticultural Learning Center: Discovery Gardens, 30205 SR 19, Tavares,

 FL 32778-4262 (352)343-4101.

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.

 

 Lowry Park Zoological Garden: 7530 North Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33604-4756

 (813)935-8552.

On this 24 acre site in colorful lush surroundings are found the largest concentration of native Florida wildlife exhibited in the state.

 

 Maclay State Gardens: 3540 Thomasville Road, Tallahassee, FL 32308

 (904)487-4115 or (904)487-9910.

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.

 

 Marie Selby Botanical Gardens:  811 S. Palm Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236 (941)366-5730.

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.

 

 McKee Botanical Garden:  350 U.S. Hwy. 1, Vero Beach, FL 32962 (561)794-0601.

Restoration of 18 acres of tropical gardens is underway and the Garden hopes to welcome its first visitors in the summer of 2000.

 

 Mead Garden:  Garden Drive off Highway 17-92, Winter Park, FL 32789 (407)599-3358.

Mead is a 55-acre urban garden, complete with a beautiful stream, birds, and hundreds of native and exotic sub-tropical plants.

 

 Merrick House and Gardens: 907 Coral Way, Coral Gables, FL 33134 (305)460-5361.

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.

 

 Miami Beach Botanical Garden: 2000 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33109

 (305)993-2024.

This city botanical garden, in the process of renovation, features 4 1/2 acres of tropical and sub-tropical plants.

 

 Miami Metrozoo: 12400 SW 152nd Street, Miami, FL 33177 (305)251-0400.

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.

 

 Mockernut Hill Botanical Garden: County Road 320, Shiloh, FL (352)466-4136.

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.

 

 Monkey Jungle: 14805 SW 216 Street, Miami, FL 33170 (305)235-1611.

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.

 

 Montgomery Foundation Botanical Center:  11901 Old Cutler Road, Miami, FL 33156

 (305)667-3800.

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

 

 Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens: 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach, FL

 33446 (561)495-0233.

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.

 

 Morningside Nature Center: 3540 E. University Avenue, Gainsville, FL 32641

 (352)334-2170.

An heirloom garden and 225 species of wildflowers are among the attractions at this Living History Museum.

 

 Mounts Botanical Garden:  531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach, FL 33415-1395

 (561)233-1749.

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.

 

 Nancy Forrester's Secret Garden: One Free School Lane and Elizabeth Street (between

 Southard and Fleming Streets), Key West, FL 33040 (305)294-0015.

This artists' garden contains a collection of rare tropical plants and tropical birds.

 

 Oldest House: 14 St. Frances Street, Saint Augustine, FL 32084 (904)824-2872.

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

 

 Ormond Memorial Gardens and Art Museum: 78 E. Granada Boulevard, Ormond Beach,

 FL 32174-6358 (904)676-3347.

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.

 

 Parrot Jungle and Gardens: 11000 SW 56th Avenue, Miami, FL 33156 (305)666-7834.

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.

 

 Ravine State Gardens: Twigg Street, Palatka, FL (904)329-3721.

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.

 

 Rockefeller Gardens: The Casements Cultural Center, 25 Riverside Drive, Ormond Beach,

 FL 32176-6520 (904)676-3216.

The former home of John D. Rockefeller, the Casements is a cultural center with two acres of graciously restored Gardens.

 

 Sarasota Garden Club: 1131 Boulevard of the Arts, Sarasota, FL 34236 (941)955-0875.

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.

 

 Sarasota Jungle Gardens: 3701 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota, Florida 34234 (877)861-6547.

This family park features 10 acres of gardens displaying native and exotic flora together with some Florida fauna.

 

 Sensory Garden and Butterfly Garden: Bill Dreggors Park, 230 North Stone Street,  

 Deland, FL

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.

 

 Society of the Four Arts: 2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach, FL 33480 (407)655-7226.

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.

 

 South Florida Museum, Bishop Planetarium and Parker Manatee Aquarium: 201 10th 

 Street West, Bradenton, FL 34205 (941)746-4131.

A reproduction of Hernando DeSoto's sixteenth century home in Spain includes a lovely Spanish Courtyard. Don't miss "Snooty" the Manatee.

 

 (George and Ann) Sturgeon Memorial Rose Garden: Serenity Gardens Memorial Park,

 13401 Indian Rocks Road, Largo, FL 34644 (813)595-2914).

This cemetery contains an All America Rose Selections accredited rose garden.

 

 Subtropical Horticulture Research Station: 13601 Old Cutler Road, Miami, FL 33158

This U.S. Dept of Agriculture Research Station focuses on tropical plants, especially economic ones.

 

 Sugar Mill Gardens: 950 Old Mill Road, Port Orange/Daytona Beach, FL (904)767-1735.

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.

 

 Sunken Gardens: 1825 Fourth Street North, St. Petersburg, FL 33704 (727)896-3186.

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 are displayed every year at the gardens.

 

 Thomas Edison Winter Home & Laboratory: 2350 McGregor Boulevard, Fort Myers, FL

 (941)334-3614.

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.

 

 Unbelievable Acres Botanic Gardens, Inc.: P.O. Box 2695, Palm Beach, FL 33480

 (561)655-7116.

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.

 

 University of Central Florida Arboretum: 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Orlando, FL

 32816-2368 (407)823-2978.

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?

 

 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.

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.

 

 Vizcaya Museum: 3251 S. Miami Avenue, Miami, FL 33129 (305)250-9133.

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.

 

 Walt Disney World: P.O. Box 10,000, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830.

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.

 

 Washington Oaks State Gardens: 6400 North Oceanshor Boulevard, (south of Marineland),

 Palm Coast, FL 32127 (904)446-6780.

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.

 A World of Orchids: 2501 N. Old Lake Wilson Road, Kissimmee, FL 34747 (407)396-1887.
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.
 

The ZOO of Northwest Florida: 5701 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze, FL (850)932-2229.

This friendly zoo features 700 animals surrounded by botanical gardens.

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