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Botanical gardens, groves, and a nature center in a jungle setting. Walk or take a one-and-a-half-hour narrated tram tour.

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Flamingo Gardens & Wildlife Sanctuary has volunteer openings for adults and students fulfilling community service requirements (age 16 and over) at...

2007 | Best Tourist Trap

So many South Floridians are scared to venture west. University Boulevard may as well be the Everglades to them, and names like Nob Hill and Hiatus sound like faraway, mythical realms. When out-of-town visitors come calling, by all means take them to the beach. But then take them to a place where some wild things roam. Precariously poised at the very edge of civilization, the 60-acre botanical garden gives guests an eye-popping extravaganza of bromeliads, African violets, calatheas, and... More »
1999 | Best Place To Make Fine-Feathered Friends

Good ol' Edgar. He's always there for us, perched on a railing. He's just one of the 43 species that inhabit the aviary for injured birds at Flamingo Gardens. When it first opened, in 1991, Edgar was the first tenant; now he's the welcoming party. But you have to get the conversation going. Michael Ruggieri, director of animals, says that fish crows like Edgar are born mimics. Repeat something a few times, and they'll respond. We've heard Edgar utter "hi," but he also says "hello," "what ya'... More »

31st Anniversary Orchid Show & Sale

By Rebeccca Dittmar | Thu, April 05, 2012

In some states, Easter-egg hunts have been called off due to interfering helicopter parents shoving children down and rushing to find eggs for their own precious progeny. But — for once! — Florida is not competing for most absurd state in the unio... More »

Flamingo Gardens & Wildlife Sanctuary