Just south of Miami, The Fairchild Farm is the permanent home of Fairchild’s Tropical Fruit Program’s living genetic collections, one of the world’s finest collections of mangos, avocados, and tropical fruit. These collections support the conservation of key tropical fruit species, drive research in applied horticulture, and supply plants and expertise to home gardeners, commercial growers, and researchers around the world.

Tropical Fruit Crops We Grow in Miami

Our primary collections include mango, avocado, jackfruit, mamey sapote, sapodilla, canistel, abrico, caimito, Spanish lime, and tamarind. Each collection has a distinct scientific focus shaped by the program’s research and outreach goals, which in turn determine how much space and how many resources each receives.

The Fairchild Mango Collection — One of the World’s Largest

The mango is the crown jewel of The Fairchild Farm and the fruit that defines our story. With more than 400 mango varieties under cultivation, the Fairchild mango collection is one of the largest and most significant in the world, a living archive of cultivars gathered from Southeast Asia, India, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Florida’s own breeding tradition.

Fairchild’s connection to the mango runs deep. Our namesake, the legendary plant explorer Dr. David Fairchild, introduced the mango to the United States, alongside hundreds of other tropical crops that still shape American agriculture today. More than a century later, his legacy lives on in every mango tree we grow in Miami.

Every tree has a story, and every harvest sharpens what we know about flavor, resilience, and which mango varieties thrive in South Florida’s backyards and orchards.

• Experience the hundreds of varieties: Join us at the Fairchild Mango Festival →
• Go deeper, year-round: Become a member of the Fruit Club →

How to Grow a Mango Tree in Miami

Mangos thrive in Miami’s subtropical climate, and with the right variety and a little know-how, almost any South Florida yard or patio can host a productive tree. Through The Fairchild Farm, we share the management techniques we use on our own collections, practices tailored to our research but readily adapted to a backyard grove.

How We Built These Collections

Assembling these collections takes dedication. Our research scientists have gone door-to-door and garden-to-garden across the Americas, the Caribbean, and Asia to gather the most outstanding tropical fruits they could find. The result is one of the most ambitious efforts to collect clonal tropical fruit varieties anywhere in the modern world.

Research, Conservation, and Real-World Impact

The collections fuel scientific discovery and have immediate practical value for home gardeners, estate growers, and large-scale commercial agriculture worldwide. Evaluations (yes, that means tasting the fruit) are a serious part of the work, and the results of those gastronomic investigations are felt, and eventually tasted, right here in Miami, across the Americas and beyond.

A Hub for Tropical Fruit Education in Miami

The Fairchild Farm serves as headquarters for the Tropical Fruit Program and welcomes local and international growers seeking the latest growing techniques. A dedicated teaching and research building houses our staff and includes a classroom and a synoptic teaching collection. Our outreach program centers on tropical fruit and tropical fruit products, with workshops, classes, and internships led by Fairchild staff and volunteers — all aimed at nurturing public appreciation for tropical fruit in Miami and beyond.

The Fairchild Farm is also home to our Million Mangos Project, an initiative to encourage transforming Miami into the world’s largest mango grove.