Mounts Botanical Garden
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'''Mounts Botanical Garden''' is a [[botanical garden]] in [[West Palm Beach, Florida]], [[United States|USA]]. It is [[Palm Beach County, Florida|Palm Beach County]]'s oldest and largest public garden with over 2,000 [[species]] of [[tropical]] and [[subtropical]] [[plant]]s from six continents, including plants native to [[Florida]], exotic [[tree]]s, [[herb]]s, [[citrus]], and [[Arecaceae|palm]]s. Its eighteen plant collections represent [[arid]]-land plants to [[aquatic plants|aquatics]] to edible landscapes, and range from [[temperate]] North American trees to rare tropical [[fruit]]s.
The Garden began as a 3.5 acre (1.4 hectare) County site for pasturing [[4-H]] horses, named in honor of Marvin "Red" Mounts. Planting of tropical fruit trees started in 1954, and over the years today's 14 acres (5.7 hectares) botanical garden has emerged.
== See also ==
* [[List of botanical gardens in the United States]]
== External links ==
*[http://www.mounts.org/ Mounts Botanical Garden]
[[Category:Botanical gardens in Florida]]
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