Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is an 83-acre (34 ha) botanic garden with extensive collections of rare tropical plants including palms, cycads, flowering trees, and vines. It is located in the city of Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, just south of Miami, surrounded at the north and west by Matheson Hammock Park.
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables, Florida, November 2004
Rainbow Eucalyptus at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens
The world's largest unbranched inflorescence, the Amorphophallus titanum takes years to bloom. This specimen, affectionally called Mr. Stinky due to the foul smell of the bloom, is part of the collection in the tropical conservatory at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. Photo taken in 2001.
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden botany lab used to test growth with LED lights
Matheson Hammock Park is a 630 acres (2.5 km2) urban park in metropolitan Miami on 9610 Old Cutler Road, just south of Coral Gables, Florida. The park surrounds the north and western ends of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
Matheson Hammock Park with the Miami skyline in the background