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Camp Milton Arboretum

Arboreta

Arboretum singular, arboreta plural, these are public gardens and public parks that provide interpretation of plants and trees in Florida

Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park

Blooming season at Maclay Gardens

Tallahassee      ( 30.513433,-84.247481 )      

In late winter, azaleas create ribbons of bright color beneath the live oak canopy across the grounds of Maclay Gardens, a series of formal gardens along the hillsides sweeping down to Lake Hall.

Ann Norton Sculpture Garden

Ann Norton Sculpture Garden

West Palm Beach      ( 26.695206,-80.050553 )      

One of the largest palm collections in the United States is the backdrop for the oversized works of sculptor Ann Norton on this 1.7 acre estate adjoining her former home and studio in West Palm Beach.

Camp Milton Historic Preserve

Camp Milton Arboretum

Baldwin      ( 30.3343, -81.8687 )      2.4 miles

On a walk through Camp Milton Historic Preserve, discover Civil War stories through a grove of historic trees that have tales to tell beneath their leafy shade

Chapman Botanical Garden

Chapman Botanical Garden

Orman House Historic State Park  |  Apalachicola
( 29.730683, -84.990441 )      0.4 miles

Chapman Botanical Garden honors the memory of Dr. Alvan Wentworth Chapman, a noted botanist who in 1860 published Flora of the United States. Adjoins the Orman House

Crane Point Hammock

Adderly House at Crane Point Hammock

Marathon      ( 24.716525,-81.075822 )      

Part native, part cultivated, Crane Point Hammock is 63 acres of tropical hardwood hammock in the heart of Marathon. Preserved from development in 1989 by the Florida Keys Land Trust, it is the largest tropical hammock in the Middle Keys.

Dorothy B. Oven Park

Camellia Garden, Dorothy B. Oven Park

Tallahassee      ( 30.491913, -84.253774 )      0.6 miles

Only seven acres in size, Dorothy B. Oven Park is a Tallahassee city park beloved by locals but little known outside the city, developed on a former nursery established by one of Florida’s earliest camellia growers.

Eden Gardens State Park

The Wesley House at Eden Gardens

Point Washington      ( 30.365451,-86.120389 )      

At Eden Gardens State Park, lush cultivated gardens surround the historic Wesley House, a restored antebellum plantation home built by timber baron William Henry Wesley in 1897.

Edison & Ford Winter Estates

Thomas Edison home

Caloosahatchee River  |  Fort Myers
( 26.633947,-81.880128 )      

Tropical gardens from the 1920s grow lavishly around the historic winter homes of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford at the Edison & Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Fairchild Tropical Gardens

Coral Gables      ( 25.679378,-80.274408 )      

Established in 1938 as one of the world’s largest collections of tropical plants, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is an integral part of the history of Florida botany and of Coral Gables.

Flamingo Gardens

Tropical giants at Flamingo Gardens

Davie      ( 26.074198,-80.31352 )      

From its roots in a citrus grove, a nonprofit botanical garden sprouted through the efforts of Floyd and Lula Wray. In 1927, they purchased 320 acres to grow citrus and a year later, Floyd hired Frank Stirling to create a botanical garden for test planting of tropical fruit and flowering trees.

Florida Botanical Gardens

Florida Botanical Gardens

Largo      ( 27.883445,-82.807877 )      

Walk through the garden gates into a wonderland of sensory stimulation. With nearly 180 acres in the heart of Largo, the Florida Botanical Gardens is a place for peaceful immersion.

Four Arts Gardens

Four Arts Gardens

Palm Beach      ( 26.706604,-80.042401 )      

Designed in 1938 as demonstration gardens by the Garden Club of Palm Beach to show the diversity of tropical plants available for landscaping in the region, the Four Arts Gardens offer a peaceful retreat from the surrounding downtown area.

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