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Flamingo Gardens, 3750 South Flamingo Road, Davie, FL 33330 TRAVELERC’S GUIDE TO GARDENS Additional Information Flamingo Gardens, 3750 South Flamingo Road, Davie, FL 33330. (954) 473-2955. www.flamingogardens.org. Flamingo Gardens n Open year-round 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (except Christmas Day and Thanksgiving Day.) by Mary S. Chadduck n Admission: Members free. $18 (ages 12+), $10 (ages 3–11), free (2 and under). Discounts: $15 (age 65+, armed services, and college students); ID required. Flamingo Gardens participates in the American Horticultural Society Reciprocal Admis- HERE ARE indeed flamingos at sions Program. AHS members who reside more than 90 miles from Flamingo Gardens Flamingo Gardens, just as there receive free admission and free parking. Twere in 1925 when Floyd and Jane Wray purchased 320 acres of swamp- Other nearby sites to explore: land in the Everglades west of what is now Bonnet House Museum & Gardens, Fort Lauderdale, FL. www.bonnethouse.org. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Consistent with Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, Delray Beach, FL. www.morikami.org. agricultural practices of the time, they planted acres of citrus trees, and in 1927 they christened the enterprise Flamingo Groves. They also opened up the proper- ty for tours and the gardens became a test site for plants from tropical and subtrop- ical regions around the world, expanding its potential as a horticultural showplace. Over time, as the land became more valuable for housing than for orchards, sections of the original property were sold off. Visitors still came to see the gardens and its resident flamingos, pea- cocks, alligators, and other wildlife. Fol- lowing Floyd Wray’s death, in 1969 the This cluster fig (Ficus racemosa) is one of the largest of the species in the state of Florida. Floyd L. Wray Memorial Foundation was established to preserve the core 60- that six-lane Highway 823 was moved iconias (Heliconia spp.) and members of acre property, which was renamed Fla- slightly to accommodate the tree. the ginger family (Zingiberaceae). The col- mingo Gardens. The gardens house two plant collec- lection traces its roots to an earlier period tions of note. Restoration and cataloging when the garden was a national repository EVERGLADES ECOSYSTEM efforts are underway for a collection of hel- for the genera in these species. The West Fast forward 45 years and Flamingo Gar- Arboretum includes a Croton Garden The aviary is home to over 250 birds from more than 45 species native to Florida. dens today is an intriguing hybrid that that features one of the largest collections manages to be both a botanical garden and of crotons (Codiaeum spp.), a genus of ev- The gardens feature a mixture of na- Education has become a major com- a wildlife sanctuary. The botanical garden ergreen perennials and shrubs with color- tive and exotic plants, but incorporating ponent of the garden’s mission. “Our incorporates some of the original plant- ful variegated foliage, in the country. more natives is a priority for the staff. For focus is on native plants—in particular ings around the Wrays’ house, which serves example, the new Butterfly Garden was Everglades plants—and education, while as a museum. The house was built on a WILDLIFE SANCTUARY planted in conjunction with the Florida maintaining our tropical and subtropical hardwood hammock, which is a unique In 1990, with the opening of its Everglades Wildflower Foundation, with the goal of collections,” says Keith Clark, the gar- Everglades feature formed from land bare- Wildlife Sanctuary, Flamingo Gardens increasing the diversity of butterflies and dens’ managing and development direc- ly above flood level that is populated by expanded its operations to include native moths in the garden by broadening the tor. To that end, Flamingo Gardens hosts hardwood tree species. Some of the live wildlife. This facility gives a permanent palette of native plants. thousands of school children each year oaks (Quercus virginiana) that were on the home to injured or non-releasable animals The preservation and restoration of na- and offers a variety of classes for all ages. hammock when the Wrays arrived are esti- native to Florida, including many rare and tive landscapes is in evidence in other areas, As the Wrays’ living legacy, Flamin- mated at over 200 years old. endangered species. The 25,000 square-foot such as the sawgrass prairie and the hard- go Gardens celebrates the enchanting The gardens is home to several more Everglades Free-Flight Aviary alone hous- wood hammock in the aviary, both under- natural beauty of the Florida landscape impressive trees. These include a cluster es more than 45 species of native birds in going facelifts that include the removal of while preserving its unique native flora fig (Ficus racemosa) that measures a stun- habitats modeled on five ecosystems unique invasive species. And the constructed wet- and fauna. m ning 60 feet in circumference and 70 feet Native to Brazil, blue ginger (Dichorisandra to the Everglades: coastal prairie, mangrove lands give visitors a chance to experience in height, and a cuipo or canoe tree (Ca- thyrsiflora) is a tropical evergreen perennial swamp, cypress forest, subtropical hardwood the Everglades as the pioneers and Native Mary S. Chadduck is the editorial intern vanillesia platanifolia) that is so significant related to spiderworts. hammock, and sawgrass prairie. PHOTOGRAPHSONTHISPAGE ANDOPPOSITECOURTESYFLAMINGO OF GARDENS Americans might have seen them. for The American Gardener. 44 the American Gardener November / December 2014 45.
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