McKee Botanical Garden is located on an 18-acre tropical hammock in Vero Beach, FL. The property is home to over 10,000 plants and the state's largest collections of waterlilies. William Lyman Phillips from the esteemed firm of Frederick Law Olmsted designed the basic infrastructure of streams, ponds and trails while they focused their efforts on assembling one of the most outstanding collections of water lilies and orchids ‐ augmenting native vegetation with ornamental plants and exotic specimens from around the world.