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| name = McKee Jungle Gardens
| name = McKee Jungle Gardens
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| image = The Hall of Giants.JPG
| caption = The Hall of Giants, McKee Botanical Garden
| image = The Hall of Giants.JPG
| caption = The Hall of Giants, McKee Botanical Garden
| location = 350 U.S. Highway 1<br/>[[Vero Beach, Florida|Vero Beach]], [[Florida]]
| location = 350 U.S. Highway 1<br/>[[Vero Beach, Florida|Vero Beach]], [[Florida]]
| area = 18 acres (7.3 hectares)
| added = [[January 7]], [[1998]]
| nearest_city = [[Vero Beach, Florida]]
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| visitation_num =
| area = 18 acres (7.3 hectares)
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| built =
| governing_body = Indian River Land Trust
| architect = William Lyman Phillips
| designated =
| added = January 7, 1998
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| refnum = 97001636<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2006a}}</ref>
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The '''McKee Botanical Garden''' (area of 18 acres (7.3 hectares)) is a non-profit, [[Subtropics|subtropical]] [[botanical garden]] in [[Vero Beach, Florida|Vero Beach]], [[Florida]].<ref name="nris"/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930202121/http://www.flheritage.com/services/sites/fht/record_t.cfm?ID=316&type=c&index=31 McKee Botanical Garden listing at FL heritage website]</ref> It is located at 350 [[U.S. Route 1 in Florida|U.S. Highway 1]], [[Vero Beach, Florida|Vero Beach]], [[Florida]].
The '''McKee Botanical Garden''' 18 acres (7.3 hectares) is a private, non-profit, subtropical [[botanical garden]] in [[Vero Beach, Florida|Vero Beach]], [[Florida]]. It is located at 350 [[U.S. Route 1|U.S. Highway 1]], [[Vero Beach, Florida|Vero Beach]], [[Florida]], [[United States|USA]]. It is a [[Florida]] landmark and on [[January 7]], [[1998]], it was added to the [[United States|U.S.]] [[National Register of Historic Places]] under its former name of '''McKee Jungle Gardens'''. Now, there are several buildings on the garden including the office, gift shop, education center and a restaurant. Waldo Sexton and Arthur G. McKee purchased an 80 acre (32 hectares) tropical [[hammock (ecology)|hammock]] along the [[Indian River (Florida)|Indian River]] in [[1929]]. Tropical landscape architect William Lyman Phillips designed its streams, ponds, and trails, and its indigenous vegetation was augmented with ornamental plants and seeds from around the world. The partnership opened the garden in [[1932]] as a tourist attraction as McKee Jungle Gardens. Although the Garden was successful for several decades, it shut down in [[1976]], and most of its land was sold for development. The site remained vacant for twenty years until the Indian River Land Trust purchased it in [[1995]]. The current Garden was formally dedicated in [[2001]].

==History==
It was founded in 1929, when [[Waldo E. Sexton]] and Arthur G. McKee purchased an {{convert|80|acre|ha|adj=on}} tropical [[hammock (ecology)|hammock]] along the [[Indian River (Florida)|Indian River]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060821143658/http://www.flheritage.com/services/sites/floridians/?section=v#VeroBeach Great Floridians of Vero Beach]</ref><ref>{{cite news|title = Florida's Jungle Garden of Rare Plants: In the McKee Park the Riotous Blooms of Tropical Lands Have Been Added to the Native Growths With Unique Effect|first1 = Hubbard|last1 = Hutchinson|newspaper = New York Times|date = Sep 11, 1932|page = SM17}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/12/archives/they-call-it-the-damndest-place-you-ever-saw-on-the-beach-where.html |title = They Call It 'The Damndest Place You Ever Saw'—On the Beach Where Turtles Come to Cry|first1 = Jay |last1 = Clarke|newspaper = [[New York Times]] |date = December 12, 1971|page = XX3}}</ref> Tropical [[Landscape architecture|landscape architect]] William Lyman Phillips was hired to design its streams, ponds, and trails. Its indigenous vegetation was augmented with ornamental plants and seeds from around the world. In 1932, they proceeded to open the garden, then known as McKee Jungle Gardens, as a tourist attraction. Although the Garden was successful for several decades, it shut down in 1976, and most of its land was sold for development. The site remained vacant for twenty years until the Indian River Land Trust purchased it in 1995. The current Garden was formally dedicated in 2001.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Raver |first1=Anne |title=A 1930's Roadside Attraction Blooms Again |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/10/garden/a-1930s-roadside-attraction-blooms-again.html |access-date=9 April 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=10 February 2002}}</ref> It is now a [[Florida]] landmark and on January 7, 1998, it was added to the [[United States|U.S.]] [[National Register of Historic Places]] under its former name of '''McKee Jungle Gardens'''.<ref name="nris"/> Currently, there are several buildings on the garden including the office, gift shop, education center and a restaurant.


==Flora==
==Flora==
The Garden's collections currently include:
The Garden's collections currently include:
{{div col|colwidth=15em}}

* ''[[Adenium]] obesum''
''[[Acacia farnesiana]]'', ''[[Adenium]] obesum'', ''[[Aechmea]]'' 'Blue Tango', ''[[Aechmea]] leuddemanniana'' 'Mend', ''[[Aechmea]] pineliana'' var. ''minuta'', ''[[Aechmea]]'' 'Li'l Harvey', ''[[Aleurites]] moluccana'', ''[[Alpina]] purpurata'' 'Eileen McDonald', ''[[Alpina]] zerumbet'', ''[[Alpinia]] calcarata'', ''[[Alpinia]] zerumbet'', ''[[Ananas comosus]]'', ''[[Annona glabra]]'', ''[[Annona muricata]]'', ''[[Anthurium]]'' 'White Gemini', ''[[Ardisia]] crenata'', ''[[Ardisia]] escallononioides'', ''[[Aristolochia gigantea]]'', ''[[Aristolochia grandiflora]]'', ''[[Asclepias]]'' species, ''[[Bambusa]] Chungii'', ''[[Barleria]] micans'', ''[[Bauhinia]] punctata'', ''[[Bauhinia]]'' species, ''[[Begonia]]'' 'Beefsteak', ''[[Belamcanda]] chinensis'', ''[[Billbergia]]'' species, ''[[Bixa]] orellana'', ''[[Bromelia]] pinquin'', ''[[Brugmansia]]'' species, ''[[Brunfelsia]] jamaicensis'', ''[[Caladium]]'' 'Aaron', ''[[Caladium]]'' 'Florida Starburst', ''[[Caladium]]'' 'Florida Sweet Heart', ''[[Caladium]]'' 'Freda Hemple', ''[[Caladium]]'' 'Ginger Land', ''[[Caladium]]'' 'June Bride', ''[[Caladium]]'' 'White Queen', ''[[Caldium]]'' 'Scarlet Pimpernel', ''[[Calliandra]] haematocephala'', ''[[Calliandra]] haematocephala'', ''[[Callicarpa]] Americana'', ''[[Callicarpa]] americana alba'', ''[[Canna (plant)|Canna]]'' species, ''[[Carica papaya]]'', ''[[Chamaedorea]] tepejilote'', ''[[Clerodendron]] fairchildianum'' 'Musical Note', ''[[Clerodendron]] speciosissimum'', ''[[Clerodendrum]] bungii'', ''[[Clerodendrum]] quadriloculare'', ''[[Clerodendrum thomsoniae]]'', ''[[Clerodendrum]] ugandense'', ''[[Clivia]]'' species, ''[[Congea]] tomentosa'', ''[[Cordia]] lutea'', ''[[Corida]] boissieri'', ''[[Costas (flower)|Costas]] barbatus'', ''[[Crinum]] americanum'', ''[[Crinum]] asiaticum'', ''[[Crinum]]'' species (dwarf), ''[[Curculigo]] capitulate'', ''[[Curcuma]]'' species, ''[[Delonix regia]]'', ''[[Dendrobium]] × hybrid'', ''[[Dichromena]]'' species, ''[[Dombeya wallichii]]'', ''[[Dracaena (plant)|Dracaena]] fragrens'', ''[[Epidendrum]]'' 'Kauai Sunrise', ''[[Eucalyptus]] deglupta'', ''[[Ficus]] benghalensis'', ''[[Ficus]] natalensis leprieurii'', ''[[Gigantochloa]] pseudoarundidacea'', ''[[Glandularia]] tampensis'', ''[[Grewia]] caffra'', ''[[Habranthus]] brachyandrus'', ''[[Hamelia]] cuprea'', ''[[Hamelia]] macrantha'', ''[[Hamelia]] patens'', ''[[Hedychium]] gardneranum'', ''[[Heliconia]] rostrata'', ''[[Hibiscus]] coccineus'', ''[[Hibiscus rosa-sinensis]]'', ''[[Hoya carnosa]]'', ''[[Ipomoea]] fistulosa'', ''[[Jacquemontia]] penthantha'', ''[[Jatropha]] podagrica'', ''[[Justicia]]'' species, ''[[Kaempferi]] pulchara'', ''[[Laelia]] pacavia'', ''[[Citharexylum]] fruticosum'', ''[[Lagerstroemia]] speciosa'', ''[[Lantana]] trifolia'', ''[[Lonicera]] sempervirens'', ''[[lpomoea]] fistulosa'', ''[[Megaskepas]] erythrochlamys'', ''[[Mussaenda]]'' 'Dona Aurora', ''[[Myrsine]] guianensis'', ''[[Nelumbo]]'' 'Mrs. Peggy Slocum', ''[[Nelumbo]]'' species, ''[[Nymphaea]]'' species, ''[[Odentatum]] stricta'', ''[[Oxalis]]'' 'Montana', ''[[Passiflora]] citrine'', ''[[Passiflora]] hahnii'', ''[[Passiflora]]'' species, ''[[Passiflora]] x violacea'', ''[[Pentas]] lanceolata'', ''[[Petrea]] volubilis'', ''[[Phoenix (plant)|Phoenix]] hybrid'', ''[[Plumbago]] scandens'', ''[[Plumeria]]'' species, ''[[Podranea]] ricasoliana'', ''[[Pseuderanthemum]] alatum'', ''[[Pseudobombax]] ellipticum'', ''[[Rondeletia]] leucophylla'', ''[[Ruellia]] brittoniana'', ''[[Russelia]] equisetiformis'', ''[[Russelia]] sarmentosa'', ''[[Sagittaria]] lancifolia'', ''[[Stachytarpheta]] urticifolia'', and ''[[Victoria (waterlily)|Victoria]] cruziana''.
* ''[[Aechmea]]'' 'Blue Tango'
* ''[[Aechmea]] leuddemanniana'' 'Mend'
* ''[[Aechmea]] pineliana'' var. ''minuta''
* ''[[Aechmea]]'' 'Li'l Harvey'
* ''[[Candlenut|Aleurites moluccana]]''
* ''[[Alpina]] purpurata'' 'Eileen McDonald'
* ''[[Alpinia]] calcarata''
* ''[[Alpinia zerumbet]]''
* ''[[Ananas comosus]]''
* ''[[Annona glabra]]''
* ''[[Annona muricata]]''
* ''[[Anthurium]]'' 'White Gemini'
* ''[[Ardisia crenata]]''
* ''[[Ardisia]] escallononioides''
* ''[[Aristolochia gigantea]]''
* ''[[Aristolochia grandiflora]]''
* ''[[Asclepias]]'' species
* ''[[Bambusa]] chungii''
* ''[[Barleria]] micans''
* ''[[Bauhinia]] punctata''
* ''[[Bauhinia]]'' species
* ''[[Begonia]]'' 'Beefsteak'
* ''[[Belamcanda]] chinensis''
* ''[[Billbergia]]'' species
* ''[[Bixa]] orellana''
* ''[[Bromelia]] pinguin''
* ''[[Brugmansia]]'' species
* ''[[Brunfelsia]] jamaicensis''
* ''[[Caladium]]'' 'Aaron'
* ''[[Caladium]]'' 'Florida Starburst'
* ''[[Caladium]]'' 'Florida Sweet Heart'
* ''[[Caladium]]'' 'Freda Hemple'
* ''[[Caladium]]'' 'Ginger Land'
* ''[[Caladium]]'' 'June Bride'
* ''[[Caladium]]'' 'White Queen'
* ''[[Caldium]]'' 'Scarlet Pimpernel'
* ''[[Calliandra haematocephala]]''
* ''[[Callicarpa americana]]''
* ''[[Callicarpa]] americana alba''
* ''[[Canna (plant)|Canna]]'' species
* ''[[Carica papaya]]''
* ''[[Chamaedorea tepejilote]]''
* ''[[Citharexylum spinosum]]''
* ''[[Clerodendron]] fairchildianum'' 'Musical Note'
* ''[[Clerodendron]] speciosissimum''
* ''[[Clerodendrum]] bungii''
* ''[[Clerodendrum]] quadriloculare''
* ''[[Clerodendrum thomsoniae]]''
* ''[[Clerodendrum]] ugandense''
* ''[[Clivia]]'' species
* ''[[Congea]] tomentosa''
* ''[[Cordia]] [[Cordia lutea|lutea]]''
* ''[[Cordia boissieri]]''
* ''[[Costus barbatus]]''
* ''[[Crinum americanum]]''
* ''[[Crinum asiaticum]]''
* ''[[Crinum]]'' species (dwarf)
* ''[[Curculigo]] capitulate''
* ''[[Curcuma]]'' species
* ''[[Delonix regia]]''
* ''[[Dendrobium]] × hybrid''
* ''[[Dichromena]]'' species
* ''[[Dombeya wallichii]]''
* ''[[Dracaena fragrans]]''
* ''[[Epidendrum]]'' 'Kauai Sunrise'
* ''[[Eucalyptus deglupta]]''
* ''[[Ficus benghalensis]]''
* ''[[Ficus]] natalensis leprieurii''
* ''[[Gigantochloa]] pseudoarundidacea''
* ''[[Glandularia]] tampensis''
* ''[[Grewia]] afra''
* ''[[Habranthus]] brachyandrus''
* ''[[Hamelia]] [[Hamelia cuprea|cuprea]]''
* ''[[Hamelia macrantha]]''
* ''[[Hamelia patens]]''
* ''[[Hedychium gardnerianum]]''
* ''[[Heliconia rostrata]]''
* ''[[Hibiscus coccineus]]''
* ''[[Hibiscus rosa-sinensis]]''
* ''[[Hoya carnosa]]''
* ''[[Ipomoea carnea]]''
* ''[[Jacquemontia]] penthantha''
* ''[[Jatropha podagrica]]''
* ''[[Justicia (plant)|Justicia]]'' species
* ''[[Kaempferi]] pulchara''
* ''[[Laelia]] pacavia''
* ''[[Lagerstroemia]] speciosa''
* ''[[Lantana]] trifolia''
* ''[[Lonicera sempervirens]]''
* ''[[Megaskepas]] erythrochlamys''
* ''[[Mussaenda]]'' 'Dona Aurora'
* ''[[Myrsine]] guianensis''
* ''[[Nelumbo]]'' 'Mrs. Perry Slocum'
* ''[[Nelumbo]]'' species
* ''[[Nymphaea]]'' species
* ''[[Odentatum]] stricta''
* ''[[Oxalis]]'' 'Montana'
* ''[[Passiflora citrine]]''
* ''[[Passiflora hahnii]]''
* ''[[Passion flower|Passiflora]]'' species
* ''[[Passiflora × violacea]]''
* ''[[Pentas lanceolata]]''
* ''[[Petrea]] volubilis''
* ''[[Phoenix (plant)|Phoenix]] hybrid''
* ''[[Plumbago]] [[Plumbago scandens|scandens]]''
* ''[[Plumeria]]'' species
* ''[[Podranea]] ricasoliana''
* ''[[Pseuderanthemum]] alatum''
* ''[[Pseudobombax ellipticum]]''
* ''[[Rondeletia (plant)|Rondeletia]] leucophylla''
* ''[[Ruellia brittoniana]]''
* ''[[Russelia equisetiformis]]''
* ''[[Russelia]] sarmentosa''
* ''[[Sagittaria lancifolia]]''
* ''[[Stachytarpheta]] urticifolia''
* ''[[Vachellia farnesiana]]''
* ''[[Victoria (plant)|Victoria]] cruziana''.
{{div col end}}


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[List of botanical gardens in the United States]]
* [[List of botanical gardens in the United States]]

==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
{{commons}}
* [http://www.mckeegarden.org/ McKee Botanical Gardens web site]
* {{Official|http://www.mckeegarden.org}}
* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/FL/Indian+River/state.html Indian River County listings] at [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com National Register of Historic Places]
* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/FL/Indian+River/state.html Indian River County listings] at [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com National Register of Historic Places]
* [http://www.flheritage.com Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs]
** [http://www.flheritage.com/facts/reports/places/index.cfm?fuseaction=ListAreas&county=indian%20river Indian River County listings]
** [http://www.flheritage.com/services/sites/fht/record_t.cfm?ID=316&type=c&index=31 McKee Botanical Garden]
** [http://www.flheritage.com/services/sites/floridians/?section=v#VeroBeach Great Floridians of Vero Beach]


[[Category:Botanical gardens in Florida]]
[[Category:Botanical gardens in Florida]]
[[Category:Registered Historic Places in Florida]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Indian River County, Florida]]
[[Category:Vero Beach, Florida]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Vero Beach, Florida]]
[[Category:Parks in Indian River County, Florida]]


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Latest revision as of 12:59, 10 August 2024

McKee Jungle Gardens
The Hall of Giants, McKee Botanical Garden
Location350 U.S. Highway 1
Vero Beach, Florida
Nearest cityVero Beach, Florida
Coordinates27°36′27″N 80°22′55″W / 27.6076°N 80.3820°W / 27.6076; -80.3820
Area18 acres (7.3 hectares)
ArchitectWilliam Lyman Phillips
NRHP reference No.97001636[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 7, 1998

The McKee Botanical Garden (area of 18 acres (7.3 hectares)) is a non-profit, subtropical botanical garden in Vero Beach, Florida.[1][2] It is located at 350 U.S. Highway 1, Vero Beach, Florida.

History

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It was founded in 1929, when Waldo E. Sexton and Arthur G. McKee purchased an 80-acre (32 ha) tropical hammock along the Indian River.[3][4][5] Tropical landscape architect William Lyman Phillips was hired to design its streams, ponds, and trails. Its indigenous vegetation was augmented with ornamental plants and seeds from around the world. In 1932, they proceeded to open the garden, then known as McKee Jungle Gardens, as a tourist attraction. Although the Garden was successful for several decades, it shut down in 1976, and most of its land was sold for development. The site remained vacant for twenty years until the Indian River Land Trust purchased it in 1995. The current Garden was formally dedicated in 2001.[6] It is now a Florida landmark and on January 7, 1998, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places under its former name of McKee Jungle Gardens.[1] Currently, there are several buildings on the garden including the office, gift shop, education center and a restaurant.

Flora

[edit]

The Garden's collections currently include:

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 15, 2006.
  2. ^ McKee Botanical Garden listing at FL heritage website
  3. ^ Great Floridians of Vero Beach
  4. ^ Hutchinson, Hubbard (Sep 11, 1932). "Florida's Jungle Garden of Rare Plants: In the McKee Park the Riotous Blooms of Tropical Lands Have Been Added to the Native Growths With Unique Effect". New York Times. p. SM17.
  5. ^ Clarke, Jay (December 12, 1971). "They Call It 'The Damndest Place You Ever Saw'—On the Beach Where Turtles Come to Cry". New York Times. p. XX3.
  6. ^ Raver, Anne (10 February 2002). "A 1930's Roadside Attraction Blooms Again". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
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