Fairchild
Tropical Botanic Gardens
Located
in Miami, this garden and resource center in Coral Gables features
extensive collections of rare tropical plants including palms,
cycads, flowering trees and vines.
The
garden is open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every day except
December 25th. See website for admission charges.
Flamingo
Gardens
Located
in Davie, Florida, the garden features lush gardens, showcasing
rare and exotic plants such as Orchids, Calatheas and other
unique plants. It also has an impressive collection of native
plants, wild sanctuary life and much more.
Visit
their website for operational hours and admission charges.
Heathcote
Botanical Gardens
Located
in Fort Pierce, this garden offers a collection of plants of
the warm-temperate subtropic and tropic variety such as palms,
cycads, bromeliads, bonsai, flowering trees, shrubs and vines.
Check
their website for operational hours and admission charges.
The
Florida Botanical Gardens
When
completed, this garden in Largo will feature an assembly of
natural and formal gardens blending Florida native plants and
exotic tropical plants.
Visit
their website for more information about this project, visiting
times and admission fees.
Kanapaha
Botanical Gardens
Located
in Gainesville, this garden was developed by the North Florida
Botanical Society. It houses the state's largest public display
of bamboos and the largest herb garden in the Southeast. Kanapaha's
signature plants include a premier stand of Chinese royal bamboo
(Wong Chuk), and during the summer months giant Victoria water
lilies and Asian snake arums. Some of the gardens are organized
taxonomically; others demonstrate principles of ecology or natural
selection.
Visit
their website for operational hours and admission fees.
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
This Garden is committed to the conservation of tropical plants
through programs of research, education and horticultural display,
art and cultural exhibits. Selby Gardens showcases over 20,000
plants from 214 plant families, including 6,000 live orchids,
in outdoor and display house gardens.
The
Gardens are open daily 10-5, except Christmas. Visit their website
for more information and admission fees.
McKee Botanical
Garden
This historic garden in the subtropical setting of Vero Beach
is known for its 18 acre subtropical jungle hammock, filled
with plants appropriate for horticultural growing zone 9B. It
is maintained by a private non-profit organization for public
education and pleasure.
Visit
their website for more information including operational hours
and admission fees.
Mounts
Botanical Garden
This
facility in West Palm Beach offers gardens and programs with
horticultural and botanical information about South Florida's
unique plants and environment.
Visit
their website for operational hours and admission charges.
University
of South Florida Botanical Gardens
USF
Botanical Gardens showcases natural areas, collections and displays
that include: orchids, begonias, mallows, bromeliads, gingers,
ferns, aroids, fruit trees, palms, cycads, carnivorous plants,
butterfly garden, herb and scent gardens, and much more.
Admission
is free, except during fundraisers such as plant festivals.
See their website for operational hours.
