EXPERIENCE THE RARE & EXOTIC!

At Flamingo Gardens you can feed a flamingo, take a narrated Tram Tour through a tropical hardwood jungle, and encounter Everglades native wildlife!

Flamingo Gardens is a botanical garden of rare, unusual, or endangered tropical and sub-tropical plants, and a wildlife sanctuary home to permanently injured and non-releasable Florida native wildlife.

Founded in 1927 as a citrus grove by Floyd and Jane Wray, it’s one of the oldest botanical gardens in South Florida. Flamingo Gardens is part of the Long Key chain of islands, once surrounded by the Everglades. Its hardwood hammocks of ancient Live Oaks were once inhabited by the Tequesta people as far back as 1000 BC and are an important bird migratory route.

Most of the large trees and plants at Flamingo Gardens were planted in the 20s - 40s through a US. Department of Agriculture program that sent plants and seeds from around the world to see what could be grown in South Florida. Today, the 60-acre not-for-profit botanical garden boasts 15 Champion Trees certified as the largest trees of their species by the Florida Division of Forestry. It contains thousands of orchids and one of the largest heliconia collections in the continental United States.

Built in 1933, the historic Wray Home is the oldest residence in Broward County west of University Drive and is now a museum reflecting South Florida life in the 1930s.

The Everglades Wildlife Sanctuary is home to the largest collection of Florida native wildlife in the state including alligators, black bear, bobcats, eagles, hawks, otters, owls, panther, peacocks, and of course flamingos. Be sure to visit the new native Butterfly Conservatory!

Please visit www.FlamingoGardens.org or call 954-473-255 for more information. Flamingo Gardens is located at 3750 South Flamingo Road in Davie, FL 33330. Open daily (closed Thanksgiving and Christmas), 9:30am to 5:00pm. Last ticket is sold at 4:00pm. Allow at least 2-3 hours to see all it has to offer!