Fairchild Tropical Gardens

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : See the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden of Coral Gables, Florida in this mesmerizing flight by micro drone pilot Whofpv. The garden is an 83-acre botanical garden filled with rare tropical plants. The museum, laboratory, learning center and conservation research facility opened to the public in 1938 and was established two years prior by businessman Robert H. Montgomery. Read more about the fascinating and beautiful place seen in this drone video in the description below.

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Fairchild Tropical Gardens was established in 1936 by Robert H. Montgomery (1872–1953), an accountant, attorney, and businessman with a passion for plant-collecting. The garden opened to the public in 1938. He named it after his friend David Fairchild (1869–1954), a significant plant explorer. Fairchild's travels brought more than 20,000 plants to the United States, including mangos, alfalfa, nectarines, dates, horseradish, bamboos, and flowering cherries. David Fairchild retired to Miami in 1935, but many plants still growing in the Garden were collected and planted by him, including a giant African baobab tree. Montgomery pursued the creation a botanical garden in Miami. He purchased the site, named it after Fairchild, and later deeded it in large part to Miami-Dade County