 Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden
The garden presents extensive collections of rare tropical plants. The 83-acre display palms, cycads, flowering trees and vines.
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Fairchild Collections
 Since 1938 Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden has assembled an outstanding collection of taxonomically arranged and well-documented tropical plants, emphasizing palms, cycads, flowering trees, vines and fruit trees. Except for certain domesticated plants and critically endangered species, most of these plants are collected from the wild. These collections are now a resource of world significance. They also are an important local resource, providing the beauty which makes Fairchild a major cultural and visitor attraction, as well as offering a basis for education, research and conservation.
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Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden - Main Centers of Interest
 Living Collections and Garden Landscapes
Center for Tropical Plant Conservation
Palms
Education-Center for Teaching and Learning
Center for Tropical Plant Conservation
Public Programs
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More about Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden
Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden is the 30th largest state in the United States with 135,775 km2 (52,423 mi2) of total area. 3.19% of that is water, making Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden 23rd in the amount of surface water, also giving it the second largest inland waterway system in the United States. About three-fifths of the land area is a gentle plain with a general decline towards the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. The North Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden region is mostly mountainous, with the Tennessee River cutting a large valley creating numerous creeks, streams, rivers, mountains, and lakes.
The lowest point east of the Mississippi River lies in Dekalb County along a creek cutting tower ridges, and creating Buck's Pocket State Park. Another natural wonder is "Land Bridge" the longest natural bridge span east of the Mississippi River. Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden generally ranges in elevation from sea level at Mobile Bay, to a little more than 1,800 feet (550 m) in the Appalachian mountains in the northeast. The highest point is Mount Cheaha.
Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden also contains the Natchz Trace Parkway, the Selma To Montgomery National Historic Trail, and the Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail. (Source Wikipedia)
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Fairchild Practical Information
Location
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is located at 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, Miami, Florida 33156, USA. Fairchild is adjacent to Matheson Hammock Park, about 20 minutes by car from downtown Miami and Miami International Airport.
Hours
Open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every day except December 25th.
Parking
Parking is limited at Fairchild. It is highly recommended that you purchase tickets in advance. We also recommend carpooling or calling a local taxi company.
Admission
Includes the Chihuly at Fairchild exhibition, a narrated tram tour offered hourly (subject to availability), plus admission to all garden exhibits. You may purchase tickets upon arrival or in advance.
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Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden Accreditation
 The garden is accredited since 1981 by the American Association of Museums. It is an active member of Botanic Gardens Conservation International, the Center for Plant Conservation, the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta, and many other botanical, horticultural and conservation organizations.
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Anytime, absolutely anytime.
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Fairchild - History
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- Fairchild was founded by Col. Robert H. Montgomery and opened to the public in 1938. It is named after Dr. David Fairchild, the nation's foremost economic botanist and plant explorer. William Lyman Phillips, the leading landscape architect of South Florida during the 1930s, created the landscape design.
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Fairchild Education Center
Center for Teaching and Learning
Discovery Programs,
Fairchild Junior Naturalist Certificate,
Elementary Explorer, Adventure PlantMobile, Fairchild Homeschool,
The Fairchild Challenge for High Schools
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