Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Florida, United States

5Linda L 5:00 PM Feb 21, 2020

Nice day trip
We arrived at the 83 acre garden late morning on a weekday. Our first stop was at the gift shop where we paid for the admission and then waited a few minuites for a golf cart to take us to the tram stop. It was about a 10 minute walk but some of us has walking issues and decided to wait for the ride to the tram. The tram ride wait was quick. We were informed that this park has over 1200 volunteers. We could tell by his narration that he truly enjoys telling us about the numerous Palm trees and other plants and flowers seen. We saw small and large lizards scattered here and there on the lawns. The tram ride lasted aprox 30-45 minutes. We passed by the butterfly garden, a cafe and a rainforest area that we could visit on our own afterwards. Unfortunately they do not let us out to explore these areas (they are not far apart,) they take us back to the starting point of the tour which seemed like quite a walk away (for those of us with walking issues.) It's a shame that they don't provide a stop with a return pickup time, say on the half hour or hour, so people could visit the above mentioned areas. At the end of our tour, we took the golf cart back to the gift area and headed back home. I would recommend Fairchild Tropical Gardens but it might be worth calling to see if there are any activities going on that day as many students in grades K - 12 have field trips here or other activities might be taking place on that day. Visiting on a week day was a great choice for us.

4DJ59 5:00 PM Jan 21, 2022

Great butterfly house and pleasant gardens
The butterfly house was definitely our highlight. Wonderful enclosed space with many species of butterfly flying around so got some great photos. The botanical gardens are pleasant but not amazing. I live in the UK so was comparing it to Kew Gardens which are world class so maybe a little unfair. At $25 it is expensive and the cafe was ordinary so wished we’d taken a picnic