The Tropical Garden Magazine

The triannual member publication of
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

The Tropical Garden reaches people devoted to gardening, the outdoors, horticulture, botany, science, landscaping, nature, natural history and all the delights of gardening that make it such a growing passion and pastime in Florida and far beyond. The Tropical Garden is an award-winning (writing, photography and design), full-color publication.

Each issue of the full-color magazine includes features on everything from botany, horticulture, agriculture, botanical exploration, conservation and noteworthy topics related to the world of tropical plants—from Florida’s backyards to the larger, global environment.

Stay updated with what’s going on at Fairchild, South Florida, the world of plants, and more.

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Next issue (Vol. 74, No. 2) will be in homes the week of September 1, 2019.

Highlights of the Current Issue

FAIRCHILD BECOMES THE NATIONAL ORCHID GARDEN
LANDSCAPES WE LOVE—BROMELIAD SONGS CARRY DIFFERENT TUNES
BRINGING THE BIRDS TO YOUR OWN BACKYARD
SALUTE TO SCHOOL GARDENS
ORCHID CARE IN SUMMER

Plus:
Book Review
From the Archives
Tropical Cuisine
Garden Wildlife
What to do in your Garden
Classes at Fairchild—the full list of our ever-popular classes in cooking, photography, horticulture, art, and more

Fairchild’s work is reported on by organizations ranging from local media to National Geographic. Our partners include local municipalities and Miami-Dade County public schools involved in The Million Orchid Project, to NASA, with whom Fairchild is researching plants best suited for growth in space-station conditions to ultimately provide astronauts the ability to be self-sustaining.

For more information about The Tropical Garden magazine, contact us.

The Tropical Garden recently earned three awards from the Florida Magazine Association 2017 Charlie Awards and eight awards from the 2018 ceremony, including:

Four Charlie Awards (the top honor) including one for “Overall Best Writing”
Three Silver Awards
One Bronze Award

And we recently learned we are among the finalists for the 2019 Charlie Awards!

For further information about The Tropical Garden, please contact us.