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Flamingo Gardens
Flamingo Gardens
	Flamingo Gardens' main attraction
	Location within Florida Flamingo Gardens (the United States)
Standort	3750 South Flamingo Road, Davie, Broward County, Florida, United States
Coordinates	26°04′25″N 80°18′46″W / 26.073728°N 80.312859°W
Area	60 acres (24 ha)
Created	January 1927
Status	Open year round
Website	www.flamingogardens.org

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Flamingo Gardens is a 60-acre (24 ha) botanical garden and wildlife sanctuary, located just west of Fort Lauderdale, Florida and north of Miami at 3750 South Flamingo Road, Davie, Florida, United States. It is open to the public for a fee.

History

The Gardens, a tropical oasis in South Florida, were originally the property of Floyd L. and Jane Wray, who in 1927 built a weekend home, citrus grove and laboratory on what was then the edge of the Everglades, where they started a botanical collection of rare and unusual tropicals and subtropical exotics, fruit trees and specimens collected from around the world. The non-profit Floyd L. Wray Memorial Foundation was established to preserve the property and its gardens for future generations.^[1] The Wray Home is now a museum illustrating a country home in the early 1930s. Guided tours are provided daily.

Collection

Plants

The grounds contain more than 3,000 species of tropical and subtropical plants, including 200-year-old Southern live oaks, and 300 plus species of palms. A narrated tram ride leads through the site's tropical rainforest, native hammock, wetland areas and exotic flora. The gardens are home to nationally noted collections of heliconias, gingers, calatheas, bromeliads, flowering trees, palms, crotons, aroids, succulents, orchids, ferns and cycads as well as a mango orchard, and pollinator's garden. On the grounds is a jungle-like arboretum featuring 16 Champion trees, many the largest in the state or the country including a massive Enterlobium cyclocarpum (Ear Tree). The arboretum contains one of the largest collection of non-indigenous champion trees in the region. Among the specimens include pink trumpet tree, yellow poinciana, dynamite tree, Indian jujube, bread nut tree, wampi, and white sapote among others. The Xeriscape Garden demonstrates low maintenance, minimally-watered gardening.

Animals

Fauna include American flamingos, an American black bear,^[2] North American river otters, American alligators, bobcats, Florida panthers, turtles, peacocks, fish crows, bald eagles, owls and other birds of prey. Additionally, exotic species like African spurred tortoises, keel-billed toucans, parrots and macaws are kept.

The 25,000 square feet (2,300 m²) Everglades aviary houses one of the largest collections of birds and animals in the United States. Species include American white pelicans, brown pelicans, wood storks, American white ibises, roseate spoonbills, great blue herons, black-crowned night herons, fulvous whistling ducks, anhinga, double-crested cormorants and laughing gulls. The aviary exhibits four native Florida ecosystems; coastal prairie, mangrove swamp, sub-tropical hardwood hammock and sawgrass marsh.

References

^ "History of - Flamingo Gardens, History of Flamingo Groves". Flamingo Gardens. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
^ "600-pound bear finds permanent home in S. Fla".

External links

[1] "History of - Flamingo Gardens, History of Flamingo Groves". Flamingo Gardens. Retrieved 2018-10-17.

[2] "600-pound bear finds permanent home in S. Fla".

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-'''Flamingo Gardens''' is a {{convert|60|acre|sing=on}}, not-for-profit [[wildlife sanctuary]], [[aviary]], and [[botanical garden]] located just west of [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]] at 3750 South Flamingo Road,  [[United States]]. It is open to the public for a fee.
+'''Flamingo Gardens''' is a {{convert|60|acre|sing=on}} [[botanical garden]] and [[nature reserve|wildlife sanctuary]], located just west of [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]] and north of Miami at 3750 South [[Florida State Road 823|Flamingo Road]], [[Davie, Florida|Davie]], [[Florida]], [[United States]]. It is open to the public for a fee.
 ==History==
-The Gardens were originally the property of Floyd L. and Jane Wray, who in 1933 built a home and citrus grove on what was then the edge of the Everglades, where they started a botanical collection of tropical and subtropical [[fruit]] trees and shrubs. The '''Wray Home''' is now a museum illustrating a country home in the early 1930s. Guided tours are provided daily.
+The Gardens, a tropical oasis in South Florida, were originally the property of Floyd L. and Jane Wray, who in 1927 built a weekend home, citrus grove and laboratory on what was then the edge of the Everglades, where they started a botanical collection of rare and unusual tropicals and subtropical exotics, [[fruit]] trees and specimens collected from around the world. The non-profit Floyd L. Wray Memorial Foundation was established to preserve the property and its gardens for future generations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.flamingogardens.org/history.html|title=History of - Flamingo Gardens, History of Flamingo Groves|website=Flamingo Gardens|language=en|access-date=2018-10-17}}</ref> The Wray Home is now a museum illustrating a country home in the early 1930s. Guided tours are provided daily.
-[[Pioneer City]], a western theme park, was built in the 1960s across the street from Flamingo Gardens. It lasted only a few years.
 ==Collection==
 ===Plants===
-The grounds contain more than 3,000 species of tropical and subtropical plants, including [[orchid]]s, [[fern]]s, [[bromeliad]]s, 200-year-old [[Southern live oak|oak]]s, and 300 plus species of [[Arecaceae|palm]]s. A narrated tram ride leads through the site's tropical rainforest, native [[Hammock (ecology)|hammock]], wetland areas and groves. The Tropical Plant House displays orchids, [[calathea]]s, and other plants; the [[arboretum]] contains one of the largest collection of non-indigenous champion trees in the region, among the specimens include [[Tabebuia|pink trumpet tree]], [[yellow poinciana]], [[Sandbox tree|dynamite tree]], [[Ziziphus mauritiana|Indian jujube]], [[Brosimum alicastrum|bread nut tree]], [[Clausena lansium|wampi]], and [[white sapote]] among others with understorey plantings and a waterfall; and the [[Xeriscape]] Garden demonstrates low maintenance, minimally-watered gardening.
+The grounds contain more than 3,000 species of tropical and subtropical plants, including 200-year-old Southern live oaks, and 300 plus species of [[Arecaceae|palm]]s. A narrated tram ride leads through the site's tropical rainforest, native [[Hammock (ecology)|hammock]], wetland areas and exotic flora. The gardens are home to nationally noted collections of heliconias, gingers, calatheas, bromeliads, flowering trees, palms, crotons, aroids, succulents, orchids, ferns and cycads as well as a mango orchard, and pollinator's garden. On the grounds is a jungle-like arboretum featuring 16 Champion trees, many the largest in the state or the country including a massive Enterlobium cyclocarpum (Ear Tree). The [[arboretum]] contains one of the largest collection of non-indigenous champion trees in the region. Among the specimens include [[Tabebuia|pink trumpet tree]], [[yellow poinciana]], [[Sandbox tree|dynamite tree]], [[Ziziphus mauritiana|Indian jujube]], [[Brosimum alicastrum|bread nut tree]], [[Clausena lansium|wampi]], and [[white sapote]] among others. The [[Xeriscape]] Garden demonstrates low maintenance, minimally-watered gardening.
 ===Animals===
+[[File:American Flamingo SMTC.jpg|thumb|right|American flamingo in the enclosure in Davie.]]
-Fauna include an [[American black bear]], [[North American river otter|otter]]s, [[American alligator|alligator]]s, [[bobcat]]s, [[Florida panther]]s, [[tortoises]], [[turtle|fresh water turtle]]s, [[geese]], [[Mute swan|swans]], [[sandhill crane]]s, blue-beaked [[duck]]s, [[American flamingo|flamingo]]s, [[bald eagle]]s, [[golden eagle]]s, [[owl]]s, [[peacock]]s, [[macaw]]s, and [[Green iguana|iguana]]s. The {{convert|25000|sqft|m2}} [[Everglades]] aviary houses one of the largest collection of wading birds in the United States. Species include, [[American white pelican|white pelican]]s, [[roseate spoonbill]]s, [[American white ibis]], [[wood stork]]s, [[brown pelican]]s, [[great blue heron]]s, [[great egret]]s, [[snowy egret]]s, [[anhinga]]s, [[double-crested cormorant]]s, [[tricolored heron]]s, [[Black-crowned night heron|night heron]]s and [[seagulls]]. The aviary exhibits five native Florida ecosystems; [[Western Gulf coastal grasslands|coastal prairie]], [[mangrove swamp]], [[cypress forest]], [[South Florida rocklands|sub-tropical hardwood hammock]], and [[Everglades|sawgrass prairie]].
+Fauna include [[American flamingo]]s, an [[American black bear]],<ref>{{cite web |title=600-pound bear finds permanent home in S. Fla. |url=https://www.local10.com/news/2013/09/05/600-pound-bear-finds-permanent-home-in-s-fla/ }}</ref> [[North American river otter]]s, [[American alligator]]s, [[bobcat]]s, [[Florida panther]]s, [[turtle]]s, [[Peafowl|peacocks]], [[fish crow]]s, [[bald eagle]]s, [[owl]]s and other birds of prey. Additionally, exotic species like [[African spurred tortoise]]s, [[keel-billed toucan]]s, [[parrot]]s and [[macaw]]s are kept.
+The {{convert|25000|sqft|m2}} [[Everglades]] aviary houses one of the largest collections of birds and animals in the United States. Species include [[American white pelican]]s, [[brown pelican]]s, [[wood stork]]s, [[American white ibis]]es, [[roseate spoonbill]]s, [[great blue heron]]s, [[black-crowned night heron]]s, [[fulvous whistling duck]]s, [[anhinga]], [[double-crested cormorant]]s and [[laughing gull]]s. The aviary exhibits four native Florida ecosystems; [[Western Gulf coastal grasslands|coastal prairie]], [[mangrove swamp]], [[South Florida rocklands|sub-tropical hardwood hammock]] and [[Everglades|sawgrass marsh]].
 == See also ==
 * [[List of botanical gardens in the United States]]
+==References==
+<references />
 ==External links==
 *{{Official website|http://www.flamingogardens.org}}
-*[http://www.uniquetravelstories.com/FL/FlamingoGardens1.htm Article about the gardens]
 *[http://www.escapekeygraphics.com/2010/02/adobe-illustrator-time-lapse-video-4/ Article about the Walking Map of the gardens]
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 [[Category:Tourist attractions in Broward County, Florida]]
 [[Category:1933 establishments in Florida]]
+[[Category:Protected areas established in 1938]]

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