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Discover Vero Beach
Florida’s Best Kept Secret... Vero Beach!!!
Vero Beach is centrally located on the treasure coast, just 1 hour north of West Palm Beach and 1 hour south of the Kennedy Space Center. Vero beach is known for championship golf, beautiful beaches, and fine dinning. Couple all this with luxurious living and top-notch schooling and you have one of the most desirable cities in the US and Florida in which to live.
 The City of Vero Beach
From: An Introduction to Vero Beach (See Link Below)
Unpretentiously elegant Vero Beach is one of Florida's most idyllic vacation destinations. This recognition comes not only from residents and visitors alike, but from the American publication, Rating Guide to Cities which named Vero Beach as the best small city in Florida. Vero Beach is one of only four Florida towns included in "The 100 Best Art Towns in America".
Vero Beach radiates cultural wealth. The $2.5 million Center for the Arts is the largest combination art museum and teaching facility in the entire State of Florida. Riverside Theater, a 630 seat facility, is the only professional Equity theater on the Treasure Coast.
Vero Beach has frequently been called the "Central Gemstone of the Treasure Coast". With an inherent natural beauty, preserved and protected by her residents, as well as strict building codes, Vero is a peaceful haven from the frantic lifestyles of many of today's cities.
Stately live oak trees form a canopy over many of the residential streets while an abundance of colorful oleander, hybiscus, and bougainvillia lend to the tropical atmosphere. For an unusual experience, come see the manatee during the winter months as they seek the warmth of the water at the Vero Beach Municipal Power Plant.
The serene atmosphere enveloping Vero Beach provides a background for a wide range of recreational activity - both active and passive. The municipal park system includes 4 beach front parks and major recreation centers at both Riverside Park and Leisure Square.
Vero Beach is the smallest city in the nation to have its own professional baseball team. The Dodgers have been an integral part of the community since 1948 when they arrived here.
Vero Beach is frequently approached by boat from the north and south via the Intercoastal Waterway. Visitors and residents are welcome at our 71 slip marina that has 42 moorings in a controlled and protected area.
The City of Vero beach was originally called "Vero" in 1891. It wasn't until 1925 that the name was officially changed to "Vero Beach". Vero Beach is the county seat of Indian River County.
Paradise Found
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (See Link Below)
Vero Beach is part of Florida's Treasure Coast and is known for its outstanding beaches. Vero Beach is situated north of South Florida's Gold Coast and just south of Sebastian Inlet, the Surf Capital of the East Coast.
Vero's beaches combine excellent sand quality with significant surf and tidal action, appealing to beach strollers, surfers, and boogie-boarders alike. Vero's main public beach is known as South Beach and is accessible at the Eastern End of Causeway Boulevard. Vero also features Humiston Park and Jaycee Beach as its other primary public beaches.
Vero's Public Beach South
The city includes several parks, most notably Riverside Park, which is the location of Riverside Theater, the Vero Beach Museum of Art and the city's greatest group of recreational assets. Among Vero Beach's other cultural centers is the Vero Beach Theater Guild (community theater), and the McKee Botanical Garden.
Vero Beach is also home to general aviation manufacturer New Piper Aircraft which is the largest private employer in Indian River County.
'Vero Man'
Vero Beach was the site of a major archaeological discovery by local resident Frank Ayers in 1915. Known as the 'Vero Man', the find created an international controversy for it provided the first evidence that human beings had inhabited the ' new world' prior to the end of the Wisconsin glaciation (c.10,000 BCE).
Over the next thirty years, the remains were shuffled back and forth between the Smithsonian Institution and the Florida State Museum of History in Tallahassee. Experts could never reach an agreement and the remains were eventually lost just prior to the invention of Carbon-14 dating in 1947.
Interest in Vero Man gradually waned, though more recently there was some renewed interest in finding the remains. Vero Beach Magazine "How Vero Man was lost - and found again" September/October 1998.
Vero Beach, Florida
McKee Botanical Garden
Vero Beach, FL
 McKee Botanical Garden, Inc. is a private, non-for-profit cultural organization located at the southern gateway to Vero Beach, Florida, with the mission of “nurturing and enhancing a historic garden in a unique subtropical setting for the education, enjoyment and enrichment of all.”
The garden is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a historic Florida landmark. It has been endorsed by The Garden Conservancy as a project of National Significance and received the Florida Trust’s “Outstanding Achievement in Landscape Architecture” in 2002.
The Garden receives support from individuals, foundations, and corporations and from income generated from admissions, gift shop sales, special events, and rentals. The Garden can be rented for weddings, dinner parties, receptions, ceremonies and other private events.
McKee Botanical Garden is known for its 18 acre subtropical jungle hammock, filled with plants appropriate for horticultural growing zone 9B. This dense and diverse collection also features several restored architectural treasures.
McKee Botanical Garden is located at 350 U.S. Highway 1, Vero Beach. The Garden is open from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon – 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed on Mondays and major holidays. Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors and $3.50 for children ages 5-12.
Royale Palm Pointe Park
Vero Beach, FL
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Royale Palm Pointe off Indian River Boulevard in Vero Beach opened to an exuberant crowd of 8,000 in February 2001 and has been drawing 300 to 600 people every day since.
The park features open green space planted with palm trees, flowers and shrubs from Indian River Blvd. to the river, with businesses on each side. Parts of the green space are available for community events. Walking toward the river you come to one of the park's main features - an 'Interactive' fountain for kids of all ages! For your safety there is a lifeguard on duty Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Scenic river views, boat docking, a fishing dock, picnic tables and rest rooms add to this attractive and exciting new recreation facility. |
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Valkaria Gardens
Valkaria, FL
Valkaria Gardens are owned by Dr. Frank Brown and are located at 4263 Corey Rd in Valkeria, FL.
Dr. Brown is world-renown for his work with tropical plants and has brought plants to Florida from all over the world. From Valkaria Gardens, Dr. Brown holds various workshops on Gardening in Florida, Garden Design, and Color In Gardens and occasionally gives scheduled tours.
From Vero Beach, drive north on US 1 to Valkeria Rd, turn left and go 3 miles to Corey Rd. Turn left and Valkaria Gardens is 500 yards to the garden gate.
Call 321-768-1697 or Email valkariatg@aol.com for Valkaria Gardens openings and schedule.
Links to Area Attractions
Your Reef Ocean Resort website offers information links to many of the area attraction brochures below as well as links to Vero Beach Information, Government, Maps and Directions, Vacation Time Share, Weather, and others.
Just click on the "Links" below the pictures that follow and you are on your way!
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