The 2012 ASHS Annual Conference
Miami Area Public Gardens Tour
Miami Area Public Gardens Tour
Objective(s):
: The tour will consist of three, rather different public gardens, all close to Miami. This will be a day-long tour with lunch included at the second stop. The first stop is The Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. This is a national historical landmark, museum and 10 acres of formal gardens and a rockland hammock (native forest), built by James Deering in 1916. The Kampong, a division of the National Tropical Botanical Garden is the second stop on the tour. Located on Biscayne Bay in Coconut Grove, Florida, The Kampong contains a fascinating array of tropical fruit cultivars and flowering trees. This site was first established in the early 1900’s where some of the first introductions of many of these fruits were made in the US. The tour will culminate at the Montgomery Botanical Center, established in 1959. Montgomery Botanical Center keeps living specimens from wild plant populations worldwide. Emphasizing palms and cycads, the population-based, documented, scientific collections are available for study in Montgomery's 120-acre botanical garden. There will be time to attend the ASHS HortLandmark Award presentation ceremony if you wish.
: The tour will consist of three, rather different public gardens, all close to Miami. This will be a day-long tour with lunch included at the second stop. The first stop is The Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. This is a national historical landmark, museum and 10 acres of formal gardens and a rockland hammock (native forest), built by James Deering in 1916. The Kampong, a division of the National Tropical Botanical Garden is the second stop on the tour. Located on Biscayne Bay in Coconut Grove, Florida, The Kampong contains a fascinating array of tropical fruit cultivars and flowering trees. This site was first established in the early 1900’s where some of the first introductions of many of these fruits were made in the US. The tour will culminate at the Montgomery Botanical Center, established in 1959. Montgomery Botanical Center keeps living specimens from wild plant populations worldwide. Emphasizing palms and cycads, the population-based, documented, scientific collections are available for study in Montgomery's 120-acre botanical garden. There will be time to attend the ASHS HortLandmark Award presentation ceremony if you wish.
Saturday, August 4, 2012: 9:00 AM
Tours Pick Up In Front of the Main Hotel Lobby Entrance
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