Key West Botanical Garden

Key west tropical forest and botanical garden.
Key west botanical garden. The garden is on stock island an island east of key west where livestock was once kept. Except major holidays admission. Having a conversation with misha the general manager made the experience top notch.
Welcome to key west florida. Here you can see many endangered and threatened flora and fauna. What s near the key west botanical garden.
Key west botanical gardens. The key west tropical forest botanical garden is the only frost free botanical garden in the continental united states. Adults 10 seniors 7 children 12 and under free.
Celebrating 85 years in 2021 the key west tropical forest botanical garden is the only frost free subtropical forest botanical garden in the continental united states a tropical environment with ample rain that allows most trees to retain their leaves in the dry season december through late may. 5210 college road key west fl 33040 305 296 1504 open daily 10 a m. There is nothing artificial about this tropical forest.
The busy city of key west has grown up around this unique eco system but the key west garden botanical society has managed to save it from being developed. Key west garden martello tower photo tour. I believe the installations you are referring to are pieces of a scarecrow competition that was held over from halloween.
It cultivates the bling of the garden world in the remnants of a red brick fort. Some of our most popular key west tourist activities on the water include dolphin encounters kayaking the backcountry diving and snorkeling at ft. The key west garden club at west martello tower is a non profit with a mission to provide educational opportunities for the community relating to tropical gardening and to the west martello tower a national historic site where the club is located.