Evenstad Horticulture Campus, a $15.5 million growing facility that will promote its development of nature-based environmental solutions, expand its collections of tropical and subtropical plants, and enhance its 170 acres of cultivated gardens and native habitat, which draw some 250,000 people a year.
The new center propels the 12-year-old botanical garden—one of the nation's youngest—into its next phase, as a regional resource for plant science, conservation, and education. In addition to private donations, the project's funders include the Florida Legislature, which recognizes the Garden's role in advancing environmental solutions.
The Garden's ongoing projects include:
– Beach dune restoration
– Trialing drought- and salt-tolerant trees for public landscapes
– Seed banking
– Environmental education, including stormwater management training
