Established in 1938, this 83-acre The Fairchild Tropical Garden is an international leader in tropical plant preservation, research, exploration, and conservation of tropical plant biodiversity.

This is one of the world's preeminent botanic garden, maintained for science and education.

This garden is an amazing place. It is a tropical paradise. Plants in their collection include hundreds of species of palms, cycads, tropical flowering trees, vines and fruit trees; all collected from the wild.

The Center for Tropical Plant Conservation conducts research to identify endangered plant species and save them from extinction. These endangered plant species are located in countries where a loss of plant habitat caused by human activities may result in potential loss of these distinctive species.

Many of such sensitive plant species were collected in South Florida, the Caribbean, Oceanic Islands, tropical Africa, South America, Asian-Pacific region, and Madagascar.

With representation in the World Conservation Union, there are ongoing projects and conservation partnerships with over 20 tropical countries to help them maintain and conserve the ecosystem for  preservation of an identified sensitive species of plant or plants. Currently, such cooperative projects are ongoing in the African countries of Madagascar and Kenya.