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Specialties
We are a botanical garden and South Florida’s Cultural Arts park. We offer 14 acres of magnificent botanical splendor, recreation for children including a petting zoo, a splash and play water feature for kids, a playground and numerous areas to host wonderful birthday parties. During our high season, October –April we run a Family Friday every month with a full feature animated film for kids, and flashlight tours through the gardens. We run a cult nigh film once a month for people looking for a place to enjoy a night out with adult refreshments, free parking and a pristine beautiful outdoor environment. We have a full time art gallery with a new show monthly, and we run a six month performing arts festival called Arts in the Gardens where we feature theater, music and dance performances every weekend. We are home to 2 resident orchestras, three resident dance companies, 3 resident theater companies — a 7 performance jazz series, plus free concerts of jazz and chamber music too.
History
Established in 1938.
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
Meet the Manager
Alana P.
Manager
Alana S. Perez was appointed by the Village Manager as the Pinecrest Gardens Director in April 2010. A native of Chicago, Illinois, she has a BS in Speech Education and Music and a MA in Theater from Northwestern University. Prior to joining the Village staff, Ms. Perez was the International Marketing Consultant for the not-for-profit Musicians Without Borders. Her career includes being a part of the sales staff at CBS Television Station Group, Midwest Sales Manager for the John Blair Company’s Television Syndication Division, Vice President of Marketing and Sales at World Sports Enterprises, President and Executive Creative Director at D’Arcy Romania, and Marketing Director at Florida Grand Opera.