Mckee Botanical Garden

Our mission is to nurture and enhance a historic garden in a unique tropical setting for the education enjoyment and enrichment of all.
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Highway 1 vero beach florida it was founded in 1929 when waldo sexton and arthur g. The mckee botanical garden is a non profit subtropical botanical garden in vero beach with a mission of nurturing and enhancing a historic garden in a unique subtropical setting for the education enjoyment and enrichment of all. Mckee purchased an 80 acre 32 ha tropical hammock along the indian river tropical landscape architect william lyman phillips was hired to design its. In it he placed a huge table made out of a single 35 foot piece of mahogany.
My husband jack fondly remembers visiting the attraction as a child because of the monkeys they housed there. Mckee botanical garden in vero beach specializes in water lilies. Photo by bonnie gross sexton also the man behind the fanciful driftwood inn on the beach in vero beach built a cypress and pine log structure designed to be a polynesian ceremonial palace. Located on a tropical hammock its indigenous vegetation was augmented with ornamental plants seeds from.
Our world class exhibits and seasonal events give members and visitors the opportunity to create memories and experience the garden s wonder. Is a private non for profit cultural organization located in vero beach florida with this mission of nurturing and enhancing a historic garden in a unique subtropical setting for the education enjoyment and enrichment of all. Currently the garden gift book shop is open by appointment only. Mckee botanical garden vero beach.
Mckee botanical gardens has been restored to an 18 acre world class botanical garden in vero beach florida. Mckee botanical gardens in vero was known as mckee jungle gardens and i live literally less than 2 miles away.