Mounts Botanical Gardens of Palm Beach County - Still Farmers' Best Friend

It is the mission of this stunning place to promote gardens and gardening

unique to the subtropics while providing opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds to learn the art, science and joy of gardening.

And what a wonderful surprise it was to find this place!  The Mounts Botanical Garden of Palm Beach County dates back to 1925 when its name sake made his way to the region at the age of 26... Marvin 'Red' U. Mounts. 
  

In addition to the 14 acres of gardens, with their local plants, palms and water features, there’s a garden shop, nursery, a master gardener program/University of Florida extension and resources from the master Gardener Help Desk! 

No surprise that The Help Desk attendant was very engaging and offered, in addition to her advice, photographs and descriptions of plants which fit my needs for full sun shrubbery.

Just a short distance from Palm Beach International airport and very convenient to Interstate 95, what wonderful plantings and an overall design!  I really appreciated the myriad clumps of different bamboos, palms and large specimen of such fascinating trees as the largest Bottle Brush and Silk Floss trees I had ever seen! 

I have not seen a “begonia garden” before and enjoyed the displays of shrubbery for this climate zone, so many nice plantings.   For me, this Botanical Garden has many facets in plant materials and resources I have not seen available!  I am certain it is beautiful any time of year.

Learn more here: www.mounts.org

Marvin ‘Red’ U. Mounts became the county’s top agriculture agent – and the farmers’ best friend*.  The Mounts Botanical Gardens of Palm Beach County, dedicated in his honor, continues to leave a legacy of beauty, farming and sustainability for generations to come.

* Source: PalmBeachPost.com | HistoricPalmBeach.Blog.palmbeachpost

A bit more about Mounts Botanical Gardens

Exceptional gardens

Enjoy perusing Mounts Botanical Garden’s cornucopia of composition gardens that flow smoothly through our eclectic landscape. Each garden within our collection is a living exhibit, with plants chosen specifically to tell a story to our visitors about choices they can make within a challenging subtropical climate. Our gardens illustrate what Palm Beach County residents can emulate in their own spaces, large or small. Learn more about Mounts Gardens.

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• Meet the 'Plant Whisperer', Jim Harshbarger; Massachusetts Certified Arborist'
• Learn more about THE GARDEN TUTOR

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