Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Such a wonderful place. The magnificent art display, the beautiful flowers, trees and the landscape of the place, it will surely take your breath away. I would often visit here if I live nearby the place.
The whole experience was really magical and unforgettable, especially the butterfly exhibition where you can walk among them.

A beautiful gem in Miami! I first came to Fairchild about a year ago and have been back several times since. It is gorgeous! The property is huge and you could literally spend hours walking around and exploring every bit of it.
There is a guided tram ride throughout the property that departs every hour. I highly recommend it. The man who typically gives the tours is adorable and so passionate about Fairchild. The plants and trees they have are all so interesting and beautiful and this is a perfect place to go to take lots of pictures of the scenery!
It’s $ 25 for each adult to visit, but if you have a student ID definitely visit
for $ 2 tickets.
Love this place so much and all of the educational opportunities they provide. Can’t wait for my next visit! :)

If you’re looking for a place to relax, learn and experience nature, this is the place… Fairchild is a unique garden in my opinion. It’s well maintained, very diverse with regards to species and overall just beautiful. It also is home to one of the largest baobob tree I’ve ever seen… there are also butterfly gardens and laws within the property. The landscapes are fascinating. There is an entrance fee to the garden however on a plus side they also offer various offers and membership options. Once a membership is taken out some yearly activities are included so there is not an additional charge or discounted price. The garden also features many festivals and activities year round. They also offer numerous learning/​training opportunities. They’re is a gift shop and food and beverages for purchase. Many families have picnics inn the park as well. Today I am at Fairchild for a work training event, the weather is muggy and rainy however the zen atmosphere and surrounding takes away from the gloominess I am looking forward to taking the tram tour which is guided by the garden staff. This will be an opportunity for me to earn more about the garden’s history.

This was a very beautiful, serene and exceptionally well kept place. Having visited a few botanical gardens in different cities, this was a treat and the best by far that I’ve visited. The staff was knowledgable and very helpful. I recommend taking the tram ride first and then just walk around the place by yourself.

Very nice and well taken care off Botanical Garden. Multiple volunteers are helping out to keep the park beautiful.
They present many flowers and trees from all over the world. Very welcoming, friendly and clean. I will definitely go to the Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden again.

I came here for Valentine’s Day and oh boy was it an amazing night. Renee Olstead performed (all love songs) with a live band. There were two options for tickets: table seating with dinner ($ 150) or picnic and bring your own food ($ 60). There were also Fairchild member and student discounts. My Valentine and I chose the picnic setting which definitely added to the romance factor because we were snuggling the whole time. We brought wine, cheese, plenty of snacks, and a blanket! There were concessions available but the selection was slim. This place is so beautiful and peaceful! I would recommend anyone going to a night event to arrive earlier so you can enjoy the scenery.
Tip: Bring a rain coat or an umbrella if you are going to an event that lasts a few hours… just in case it rains.

Absolutely visit this place! David Fairchild was a turn of the century botanist. Among other things, he brought durum wheat into the USA, without which spaghetti would be impossible! He also collected many beautiful plants, including an outstanding collection of rare palms. I would rate this as the number one thing to do in Miami. Get out of the hustle and bustle and chillax. He also knew other famous botanists, like Frank Meyer, of Meyer lemon fame, who discovered this tree in a flower pot in Beijing, before he was thrown off a boat in the yellow river sometime also at the turn of the last century. And, while you are in Miami, the other thing you absolutely need to do, also, to get out of the crowds, is to rent a boat and view the outstanding marine environment of the city of Miami. Travel slow to save fuel and not spook the birds, and you may see some dolphins. A fine collection of rental boats to charter in Miami and Key West is

Good trees. Yes. Very good trees. I really liked the skinny one that was covered with spikes and didn’t have any foliage. A+ for the trees.

I love this place. Beautiful gardens to come and have a nice day with the family or on a date. You can bring a blanket and just sit on the grass and hangout with company. There’s also some really nice nature exhibits. They have events year round, and the chocolate festival is yearly. If you get hungry, they serve food and smoothies near the butterfly exhibit. If you love the outdoors and someplace that’s usually quiet, come here!

This place is absolutely beautiful! I’ve lived in South Florida for three years and am so happy I came. I wish they still had the stain glass. Now I finally have a tourist attraction that my northern friends would enjoy.

The price of admission is pretty high but this place is truly quite beautiful. Try to catch one of the guided tours though since there’s a lot going on that a layperson might miss out on. I know so much more about palm trees now!

Very beautiful garden. Very large and lots to see. If I lived closer, I would become a member!
There is an included tour ride you can take that departs on the hour for English speakers. Spanish tour is available every hour too. There is a butterfly enclosure with exotic imported butterflies. You can also find glass art around.
There was a wedding going on when I visited and it looked like an incredible venue for a wedding.

The garden itself is beautiful and unique. The tram tour is also recommended and included in the admission fee.
However the customer service where you enter the garden (which is called th visitor’s center) is one of the worst I’ve experienced. The girl at the cashier was extremely rude and not helpful at all when asked a simple question as «could you give us a map?».
Btw — if you have a credit card with a chip dont even try to use it. What a shame that a place welcoming tourists all around the world does not have an infrastructure for these kind of credit cards in 2015. We have been also told that they were short in cash when we tried to give them $ 100 bill for the $ 25 entrence.

First time visiting. The staff was awesome, the weather.perfect. I will return, spent 3 hours and still didn’t get to see everything.

Here in Miami visiting family, and people have been wanting to come to this botanical garden so we ended up here at the Fairchild Garden on a Sunday.
Admission (November 2015)
Senior $ 18
Adult $ 25
No student discounts however there is a student type of membership if you think you will be back to Fairchild to take advantage of it.
Friendly volunteer staff; everyone was very pleasant.
There is a Tram tour every hour leaving about 3 minutes walking distance away from the visitor center. The tour takes about 40 minutes. You could easily walk around on your own but I found the tour more useful to learn more about the grounds and the plants.
The butterfly exhibit is a must see! So many pretty butterflies!
Rainforest section of the gardens was pretty good too. If you like orchids, giant leaves and exotic plants, a MUST go.
The best times are before noon or after 3pm.

Perfect and Silent park.
Very kind volunteer people who works there. Really great time for families

What an amazing place that I would love to spend every day at. We were greeted by volunteers who were very sweet and helpful. We also discovered that educators receive a 50% discount so we even bought a year membership that is definitely worth the price. We went to the beautiful butterfly conservatory and were even given information cards about the species of butterflies. We also went to the lowlands area where we spent hours laying in the grass, in the fresh air and on Mother Nature. There are 83 acres of land so we definitely didn’t see everything so I will of course return and they have so many events as well. I’m happy to have become a member!

I am a man of the savage barbarian variety. When i originally became a fairchild member, i figured that i’d get my pleasure by way of my partner’s enjoyment of the garden. My first year of membership is about to expire and the aforementioned soulless nordic devil is no longer in the picture, yet i’m going to be renewing.
[If you want serious input, skip to the last 2 paragraphs now]
I enjoyed the following in my visits throughout the year;
*Spiders. Particularly their «banana spiders» — these spiders were created in a secret science facility that is under ground below the garden. They are a mix between a mongolian spider and a yellow coat wasp. They live inside of bananas, hence the name. Watch out for their human sized webs.
*Other creatures and critters, including snakes.
*Smoothies. The best ones aren’t from the café but from the occasional vendors. Sometimes i’ve found them in weird random parts of the garden. If you see someone standing in the middle of nowhere by the cacti in a trench coat with a cart full of pineapples, this is the person you want to talk to.
*Butteryfly box. This one is pure genius. With no way for you to escape the box, they release a bunch of butterflies. Women tend to get all squirmy when these disgusting creatures start crawling all over them planting their little suckers everywhere. This is the time for photos.
The biggest drawback for the barbarian type is that everything is family oriented /​«chickish». So the true savage may feel a little out of place. For this reason i recommend that fairchild opens /​does one of the following:
*An arachnid-​reptile petting display.
*Kangaroo fighting pitt.
*Snake catching competitions with door prizes.
Throughout the year they have events of all types. Music, art, fruit festivals, plant sales, lessons on plants and wildlife, etc… for the most part these are free to attend for members. Every now and then they hold events where even members have to pay (discounted) entry — such as the ever so popular chihuahua blown glass art display. Up side is that this can usually go towards your renewal!
If you’re into gardening or just enjoy greenery then a membership may be worth the few extra bucks. For the weekends when there is nothing else to do — there is probably something going on here. Definitely get on their e-​mail list.

This is a beautiful garden with amazing s action of flowers, trees and butterflies. I specifically went here to see the Dale Chihuly exhibit that was going on until the end of May 2015. I loved how the art pieces were displayed and incorporated into the garden. It was really fun and just amazing to look at. The butterfly section was another memorable section. It was indoors and the amount and the different types of butterflies were incredibly beautiful! The greenhouse has a stream and a pond where they have these colorful African cichlids swimming around. One pond had just shiny blue ones. It was amazing! There’s a tunnel of trees where you can hang you wishes written on a piece of paper on the branches. Read them. Some are really funny! It was really hot walking around in the sun so I would visit on cooler days.

Had not been back here in ages…
finally decided to come to see Chihully exhibition before it ends.
Gorgeous tropical gardens, very zen kind of feeling while you are walking through the gardens.
Well maintained, clean, it was not packed.
Very interesting seeing plants and flowers that i have never seen before. Beautiful setting.
the Chihully Exhibition is gorgeous and the blown glass sculptures are strewn accross the gardens, lakes, all over the place.
Great place to walk and relax and just enjoy a nice afternoon.

I’m a botanic nerd and I loved this place in a deep and sacriligious way. The specimens are by and large incredibly grown, impeccably labeled and there are some very interesting genera on display if you’re the kind of person who cares about that kind of thing. But who knows– maybe science isn’t for you. Maybe you look up at those flying silver tubes in the sky in abject wonder as they disappear off the side of your flat planet.
It doesn’t matter. My wife doesn’t know Linnaeus from her own hand and still had a wonderful time. She was enamored with the Chihuly display, the incredible butterfly house and the overall aesthetic of the place. It is a peaceful, beautiful and well-​curated tropical garden in the middle of a wonderful residential area.
I could take a pass on the café, though. Not even my beloved science could work up a rational solution to the issue of its sub-​mediocrity. My sandwich should have been burned at the stake. It was definitely the work of the devil.

Great scenery and as an added bonus, Chihuly pieces here! The grounds are so nice to walk around, watch nature, sit around and relax, read a book, or just to do nada. Go while the Chihuly pieces are on display, this time they will be there till May 31 2015.
I would definitely recommend taking the Tram first, then walk around the Garden. The Tram helps you see the whole Garden and you could plan accordingly which area of the Garden you want to see twice, or walk the whole thing around!
The weather is great for this time of the year to spend it outdoors. Take advantage soak up the excellent weather in Miami at the Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden! Once inside you don’t feel that you are in Miami, you are in paradise!

This place is amazing! I have lived here in sunny Florida most of my life but never went here until this week!
Firstly, the Chihuly art displays are until 3÷31÷15, if you are planning to go, NOW is the time!
The tram tour departs every hour and is included with your admission. If you are there on a busy day, get a boarding pass about 30 minutes before for a guaranteed seat. It’s a great way to start since it takes you around all of the outer parts of the garden with a live guide giving great information about the plants, trees, and art. Shout out to all of the volunteers throughout the garden, they were so helpful, knowledgable, and friendly!!! They went out of their way to provide tips and valuable info.
If you can, bring a picnic basket and enjoy any grass or picnic benches throughout. I will say the concessions offered are busy and typically not worth it.
It is really hard to imagine how many plants, flowers, and trees are here. It is really something to see. They have lots of hidden pathways and even found a little secret waterfall.
Parking is included with admission, but be prepared for about a $ 25 ticket to enter.

Serene
Relaxing
Over 80 acres
Great social media
Good tour on a tram every hour which is great instead of walking 80 acres !
Gift shop
Closes somewhat early
Open 364 days of the year minus christmas
Not worth the full entrance price but I would recommend going during festivals
Check it out

Living in Chicago, I’m a huge fan of Chicago Botanic Gardens, and our indoor Garfield Park Conservatory. Fairchild Botanic Garden can best be described as heaven on Earth!
Entrance fees are steep, but this place is well worth it. Grab a map, because this place has lots of nice meandering paths, and it covers a lot of area. I loved the variety of palms and sheer volume of them. There was good signage throughout, explaining how Fairchild came to be, and teaching visitors about the land, flora and fauna.
Going on now until May 2015, is a Dale Chihuly exhibit, that they were installing on my visit. Different glass installations throughout the park add to the natural beauty of the gardens.
I loved seeing all manner of lizards and skinks on benches, and on the grounds. Also came across a Blue Heron on my walk around one of the outer ponds. The tram will take you around the Gardens, but getting out there on foot, you’ll get an upclose view of birds, turtles, trees and flowers. I went around Center Lake, and can’t wait to return to hit up some of the outer paths, as there’s so much to see.
Since I was here so long, I unexpectedly needed lunch. The service at the Café was less than stellar. Long slow lines, and the teenager that took my order got it wrong, although it was just off the standard menu. Pack a lunch, grab a water from a vending machine– skip the café.
The employees and volunteers are knowledgeable and only too happy to answer questions! I liked parking in the Overflow lot, as it allowed me to return quickly to my car when needed, and will definitely visit Fairchild again.

Unos de los mejores parques en Miami, todos los paisajes son super lindos.
Cuando fui con Nelly la pasamos super bien. Le feria del Mango no se la pueden perder/

What a Beautiful tropical garden in Miami.
I have been a member here for th e past 3 years. It’s worth being a member cause if you go to the many events held here it pays for itself at the end and you get to support a great place. My favorite events are the Orchid, Chocolate, and Mango Festival. I take my mom here and walk around and admire all the beautiful plants, trees, birds, ponds, and reptiles. They have free wheel chair rentals if you need them. Staff is friendly and knowledgeable of the garden. They also give tours of the grounds.

Netter botanischer Garten, der auf Mr. Fairchild zurückgeht. Er erhebt keinesfalls Anspruch auf Vollständigkeit, man sollte ihn eher als aufwändig angelegten Park mit wunderbaren Pflanzungen sehen. Hauptsächlich natürlich subtropische Arten, die bei Führungen von freiwilligen Tourguides (meist ältere Damen) näher erklärt werden. Im Eintrittspreis enthalten ist eine Rundfahrt in einer kleinen Bahn.
Sehr teuer mit $ 20 ist allerdings der Eintritt.
Fairchild Garden ist der Schauplatz für regelmäßig stattfindende Veranstaltungen, wie zB Pflanzenbörsen, Ausstellungen, Musik und Theater. Dauerhaft sind verschiedene Skulpturen im Park platziert.
Wenn man in Miami ist, gehört der Garten zu den Top 20-​Must-​Sees !

Was man hier alles sehen kann… Sehr schön angelegt und überall duftet es so gut :)