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Botanical Gardens & EVERGLADES Wildlife Sanctuary

THANK YOU DONORS
Donation of $1000 or more will be recognized on a permanent donor acknowledgement marker.

NAMING DONOR ($500,000)

MARY N.PORTER LEGACY FUND

DEDICATION DONORS ($250,000 or more)

PLATINUM DONORS ($100,000 to $249,999)
CAROL HOLDREN

DIAMOND DONORS ($50,000 to $99,999)

FLOYD L. WRAY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

GOLD DONORS ($25,000 to $49,999)

ANONYMOUS

FLAMINGO GARDENS VOLUNTEERS

JOHN KYLE & KRISTINA BRUNI

SILVER DONORS ($10,000 to $24,999)

FRIENDS OF FLAMINGO GARDENS

MELINDA SCHWARTZ

STRAUS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST

BRONZE DONORS ($5,000 to $9,999)
KEITH CLARK

STAN WOOD

EXHIBIT DONORS ($1,000 to $4,999)

JAN AMADOR

BENJAMIN & LINDA LAMBERT

DAVIE LEDBETTER

BARARA MURRISH

SCOTT PRITCHETT

KEVIN SMITH

SUPPORTERS ($500 TO $999)

DIEDRE OTTO

Blue denotes pledged donation
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Call 954.473.2955.

Capital Campaign

Phase I of the new Mary N. Porter Welcome Center is anticipated to cost $2.2 million. To date, the Board of Trustees has raised initial Lead Gifts and pledges totaling over $875,000 toward this initial Phase I goal, including the lead naming gift- a $500,000 grant from the Mary N. Porter Legacy Fund. To read more about the new Welcome Center, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (large file may download slowly).

​​Flamingo Gardens Board 2017 President Barbara Murrish (third from left) and Executive Director Keith Clark (fourth from left) accept a $500,000 check from the Board of Directors at the Community Foundation of Broward. Left to Right: Gary Bitner, Cynthia Borders-Byrd, Murrish, Clark, Stacy Ostrau, and Alicia Lucia Jackson.

MARY N. PORTER WELCOME CENTER​

Flamingo Gardens is planning for a new $4.4 million 10,000 square foot Welcome Center for visitors. The current building is 67 years old and its original wood frame construction is in severe disrepair. Its facilities are outdated and inadequate, and no longer meet the current needs of the 170,000 plus annual visitors to Flamingo Gardens. 

The new Welcome Center will provide a new entrance to the botanical gardens, customer service center, ticket booth, guest facilities, Gift Shop, Volunteer and Rental offices, cafe, and 2500 sq ft. of multi-purpose meeting, classroom, and exhibition space. Parking will be expanded with new front enrance signage and landscaping.

FLAMINGO GARDENS RECEIVES $500,000 GRANT 

​FROM MARY N. PORTER LEGACY FUND

Flamingo Gardens is receiving a half million dollars from the estate of a local philanthropist to help fund a new 10,000 sq. ft. Welcome Center at the botanical gardens and wildlife sanctuary.

IN November 2017, the Board of Directors of the Community Foundation of Broward announced a total $1.9 million in grants from the Mary N. Porter Legacy Fund to fund capital projects at four area nonprofits, including the grant to Flamingo Gardens.  Read Press Release​​​