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McKee Botanical Garden, Inc. is a private, not-for-profit cultural organization located at the southern gateway to Vero Beach, Florida, with the mission of "nurturing and enhancing a historic garden in a unique tropical setting for the education, enjoyment and enrichment of all."
The garden is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a historic Florida landmark.
It is featured on Florida Heritage and Wikipedia.com
It has been endorsed by The Garden Conservancy as a project of National Significance and received the Florida Trust's "Outstanding Achievement in Landscape Architecture" in 2002.
The Garden receives support from individuals, foundations, and corporations and from income generated from admissions, gift shop sales, special events, and rentals. The Garden can be rented for weddings, dinner parties, receptions, ceremonies and other private events.
McKee Botanical Garden is known for its 18-acre subtropical jungle hammock, filled with plants appropriate for horticultural growing zone 9B. This dense and diverse collection also features several restored architectural treasures.
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Picturesque landscapes highlighting the beauty of Vero Beach, Florida.
In 1922, the McKee-Sexton Land Company was established in Vero Beach, Florida. This partnership purchased an 80-acre tropical hammock along the Indian River in 1929 and McKee Jungle Gardens was born.
With the help of landscape architect William Lyman Phillips, now known as the pioneer of tropical landscape architecture, the basic infrastructure of streams, ponds and trails was designed. Native vegetation was augmented with ornamental plants and seeds from around the world as Arthur G. McKee and Waldo E. Sexton set about assembling one of the most outstanding collections of water lilies and orchids.
By the 1940's more than 100,000 tourists were visiting McKee Jungle Gardens each year, making it one of Florida's most popular attractions. In the early 1970's, attendance dwindled due to competition from new large-scale attractions and the garden was forced to close its doors in 1976.
The land was sold and all but 18 acres were developed. The remaining acreage, zoned for additional development, sat vacant for twenty years. In 1994, the Indian River Land Trust launched a fund-raising campaign and successfully purchased the property on December 1, 1995 for $1.7 million.
Since that pivotal date, close to $9.1 million was raised to purchase, stabilize and restore the Garden. The Garden held its formal Dedication November, 2001.
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Weddings, Facility Rentals, and Gift Shop
Amazing setting for any wedding McKee Garden offers gorgeous scenerey and a memory to last a life time
McKee Botanical Garden is the perfect place for you to hold classes, business meetings, receptions. Facility rental options are available.
A full featured gift shop available located at the garden entrance.
Dinosuar Exhibit
Nestled amongst the tropical fauna of Florida's McKee Botanical Garden awaits 30 life-sized prehistoric creatures. With their immense stature, exotic features and wide eyes, the sculptures appear at home in the tropical foliage. They are everywhere - from the Postosuchus (a relative to the alligator) and the flying Sordes (or "hairy devil"), to the enormous Daspletosaur (cousin to the T-Rex). Imagine stepping back in time into the prehistoric era. |
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BOOtanical Garden
McKee Botanical Garden features a Halloween Theme every year during the holiday. Visit their website or in person for more details. A wonderful time for children and adults. |
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