description: Enter the gates of this hidden oasis tucked in metropolitan Miami. See the sausage tree, named for its pendulous fruit hanging from ropelike stalks. Stand dwarfed by a hundred-year-old baobab from Tanzania that weighs almost 50 tons. Drink in the haunting fragrance of plants prized by the perfume industry. See the vibrant magenta blossoms of the pink trumpet tree as they color the horizon. Touch the hard hexagonal projections on the skin of the jakfruit, the world's largest tree fruit, or the feathery foliage of the canary yellow royal poinciana from Guyana.
FilMiami Jeff Peel, Miami Dade County – (305) 375-3288 Harry Gottlieb, City of Miami – (305) 860-3823 Graham Winick, City of Miami Beach – (305) 673-7070 111 NW 1st Street, Suite 2540 • Miami, FL 33128