Lin, I just might show up. My brother and his family recently moved to West Palm Beach. He invited my husband and I to come down for a visit in June. I'll be planning my itinerary soon. Of course I want to include visiting some of the botanical gardens and nurseries in Florida. I may be emailing you for ideas/suggestions of places that I need to be sure to visit.

@Deebie, My husband and I have lived in Daytona Beach for 43 years but in May we are retiring farther south to Sebastian, Florida. I can't wait to get settled into our house down there and have time to visit some of the botanical gardens in that part of the state.

I've never visited these gardens but to get you in the mood for seeing beautiful tropical plants while in Florida, you can over the gallery photos on this page for Mounts Botanical Gardens in West Palm Beach: http://www.mounts.org/

When googling, I found this place In West Palm Beach that might be a fun place to tour, although it appears that they are only open to the public one day each month and reservations are required:
http://www.unbelievableacresbo...
http://www.unbelievableacresbo...

Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens is @ 50 miles north of Palm Beach:
http://pslbotanicalgardens.org...

Mckee Botanical Gardens is @ 60 miles north of Palm Beach:
http://www.mckeegarden.org/

Once my husband and I move and get settled, I look forward to visiting Mckee Gardens which is only 20 miles from our home in Sebastian.

Thanks Lin, and wishing you much success and happiness in your new home.