Plantation Heritage Park

This 88.5-acre park was formerly a University of Florida agricultural experimentation farm.  Plantation Heritage maintains that horticultural theme with tropical flowering trees and palms throughout the park, along with many displays of landscape plants. The Broward County Audubon Society's Anne Kolb Memorial Trail winds through re-created representative plant communities.  A rare fruit area is maintained by park staff and the Rare Fruit and Vegetable Council.

The park, opened in 1984, offers many picnic areas, playgrounds, nature trails,and a fitness trail.  Many runners, walkers, and bicyclists avail themselves of the park's sidewalks and roadways for their daily workouts.

Next to the park office, you will find the 2,000-square-foot Fountain Room (sorry, currently under renovation construction and not available).  This meeting room has large windows to offer patrons a fabulous view of the lake. This room can be reserved for meetings, parties, banquets, receptions, reunions, or any activity.  There are also several picnic shelters throughout the park that can be reserved for that special picnic or party.

Besides the Fountain Room and picnic shelters, there is a gazebo strategically placed near the duck pond that makes a wonderful location for the exchange of vows.  The gazebo must be reserved in advance if you plan to say "I do" there.

If fishing is your game, feel free to bring your gear to the park, and make sure you have your freshwater fishing license if you are over age 16.  There are also paddleboats for rent (great leg exercise for those looking for an alternative to walking/jogging).

Click here to view a graphic map of the park.

A little history... In 1931, Frederick C. Peters, the son of a successful Missouri shoe manufacturer, moved to South Florida and bought a 90-acre piece of land in what is now the City of Plantation.  The park site was later leased from the Peters family by the state, which established the University of Florida USDA Plantation Experiment Station for conducting research on the spread of the citrus black fly.  The Broward County Commission and the City of Plantation acquired the park land in 1977 through a grant from the Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund.  At the city's request, the park, initially known as the Peters Tract, was renamed Plantation Heritage.

Volunteer of the Season

If you’ve ever visited Plantation Heritage Park, there’s a good chance you’ve seen volunteer Julie Grady hard at work. That’s because she’s always there, or so it seems. Since she began volunteering at the park in 1984, Grady has put in an astounding 17,000 hours of service. Whether she’s washing the park’s rental boats, planting flowers, or assisting with a program of some sort, the seemingly tireless Grady always has a smile on her face. Volunteering, she says, keeps her young and happy, and she considers the park staff her extended family. Grady’s contributions were acknowledged by the Florida Recreation and Park Association with the 2001 Voluntary Service Award, and that same year she was named Woman of the Year by the Plantation Woman’s Club, an organization she also somehow finds time to be active in. Never one to rest on her laurels, however, she continues to show up and serve at Plantation Heritage. Thanks, Julie!

Be a volunteer like Julie!  Check out the volunteer web page for more information.

For more information, contact:

Plantation Heritage Park
1100 S. Fig Tree Lane
Plantation, FL  33317
Phone: 954-791-1025
Fax: 954-791-1049

We also invite you to visit our other Broward County Parks.