About the Business
South Florida's Pinecrest Gardens is a cultural arts park and botanical garden that covers 14 acres of stunning natural beauty. It offers a variety of entertainment for children, including a petting zoo, splash and play area, and playground. During the high season, between October and April, the park hosts a Family Friday every month featuring an animated movie and flashlight tours through the gardens. There is also a monthly Cult Night Film event with adult refreshments, free parking, and a peaceful outdoor atmosphere.
The park also boasts an art gallery with a new show every month and a six-month performing arts festival called Arts in the Gardens. During this festival, theater, music, and dance performances are held every weekend and two resident orchestras, three resident dance companies, and three resident theater companies are featured. Additionally, there is a seven-performance jazz series and free concerts of jazz and chamber music.
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- In the 1930s, Austrian born Franz Scherr envisioned building an attraction where birds would "fly free". He rented twenty acres of hammock land for $25.00 per year and started developing the tourist attraction that would become Parrot Jungle. A winding nature trail was dug through the coral rock and hammock land, leaving the natural flora untouched. An entrance building was built on Red Road. On December 20, 1936, about 100 curious visitors paid 25 cents admission to see and hear Scherr describe his birds, trees and flowers. Since 1936, Parrot Jungle attracted over a million visitors, including Sir Winston Churchill, and became a world-famous tourist attraction. The attraction moved to Miami's Watson Island in 2002 and was later renamed Jungle Island. On December 17, 2002, the Village of Pinecrest completed the purchase of the Parrot Jungle property and began the transition towards developing the site as Pinecrest Gardens. Pinecrest Gardens was dedicated by the Village Council on March
- (305) 669-6990
- 11000 Red Rd, Pinecrest, FL 33156
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