The Kampong, Tropical botanical garden in Coconut Grove, Miami, US.

The Kampong is an 11-acre botanical garden in Coconut Grove, Miami, holding over 1,200 species including 65 mango varieties and 23 avocado cultivars. Its Fairchild-Sweeney House, built in 1928, has cream stucco walls, red-framed windows and a ground-level archway leading to a paved walkway.

A prominent plant explorer founded this garden in 1916 and introduced over 30,000 plant species to the United States through his work. His legacy makes it an important center for botanical research and conservation.

The name Kampong comes from Malay or Javanese for a village or group of houses, reflecting the Southeast Asian crops David Fairchild brought back from Indo-Malaysia. The Fairchild-Sweeney House, designed by Edward Clarence Dean and built in 1928, mixes Spanish and Southeast Asian influences; a later renovation added a second floor over part of it. Thomas Edison and Henry Ford visited.

The garden is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Reservations are encouraged, though tickets can be purchased on site. The Fairchild-Sweeney House, the main residence, has a second floor added over part of the original structure.

The Schokman Education Center, completed in 2007 to a design by architect Max Strang, is an outdoor pavilion built with oolitic limestone and exposed concrete. It is named for Larry Schokman, who was Mrs. Sweeney's superintendent for 11 years and later director of The Kampong from 1998 until his retirement in 2007.