Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Tropical botanical garden in Coral Gables, Florida, United States.
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is a botanical garden covering 83 acres in Coral Gables, south of Miami in Florida. The site includes collections of rare tropical plants such as cycads, flowering trees, vines, and tropical fruit varieties, presented in thematically organized areas.
Robert H. Montgomery, an accountant, attorney and businessman who collected plants, bought the 83-acre site along Biscayne Bay and established the garden in 1936; it opened to the public in 1938. He named it after his friend David Fairchild, the plant explorer who had retired to Miami in 1935. Landscape architect William Lyman Phillips began the design in 1938, and the first buildings and landscape features were built over the following 15 years.
Robert H. Montgomery named the garden after his friend David Fairchild, the plant explorer who retired to Miami in 1935 and whose travels brought over 75,000 plants to the United States. The International Mango Festival is held here each July, and the garden has housed the American Orchid Society since 2012.
Visitors can take guided tours on a tram or explore paths on their own, while a range of specialized areas such as the Wings of the Tropics butterfly house offer different experiences. A cafe and gift shop complement the visit with refreshments and souvenirs.
The palm collection is considered the largest of its kind in the continental United States and includes over 450 species spread throughout the property. Some of these palms come from regions where they are now endangered or rare in their native habitats.
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