NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN

Education: ntbg believes that education is key for preservation of tropical plants & ecosystems. Tours are offered through its gardens to educate the general public about the need to preserve tropical forests rich with native biodiversity and to protect our ecosystems & resources that we rely on for our own well-being. In 2024, our botanical gardens had 110,379 visitors from around the world. Other educational activities include formal and informal lectures, botanical illustrator courses, internships & workshops for college professors, high school teachers & environmental journalists. Science staff regularly provide articles in scientific publications. The science staff have collaborated on & published several books on tropical flora. The loy mccandless marks botanical library currently holds over 20,000 volumes, 3,000 original botanical artworks & prints, 6,000 photographs & 16,000 color slides. The library comprises one of the finest collections of tropical botanical & horticultural reference collections in the pacific basin. The kampong, in coconut grove, fl is home to the former residence of dr. David fairchild, an american botanist who was responsible for the introduction of more than 200,000 exotic plants & crops in the u.s.