The Gardens, a tropical oasis in South Florida, were originally the property of Floyd L. and Jane Wray, who in 1927 built a weekend home, citrus grove and laboratory on what was then the edge of the Everglades, where they started a botanical collection of rare and unusual tropicals and subtropical exotics, fruit trees and specimens collected from around the world.

The non-profit Floyd L. Wray Memorial Foundation was established to preserve the property and its gardens for future generations.

A narrated tram ride leads through the site's tropical rainforest, native hammock, wetland areas and exotic flora.

Species include American white pelicans, brown pelicans, wood storks, American white ibises, roseate spoonbills, great blue herons, black-crowned night herons, fulvous whistling ducks, anhinga, double-crested cormorants and laughing gulls.

The aviary exhibits four native Florida ecosystems; coastal prairie, mangrove swamp, sub-tropical hardwood hammock and sawgrass marsh.