Friends of Maclay Gardens, Inc. - Endowment Fund

The Gardens were first planted in the 1930s by Alfred B. Maclay, a wealthy New York banker who made his winter home in Tallahassee. After his death in 1953, Mrs. Maclay gave the Gardens to the State of Florida with the understanding that they be preserved as Mr. Maclay had designed them and open for the public to enjoy. Park land surrounding the Gardens offers recreational sites for swimming and wooded trails for hiking, jogging, bicycling and horse-back riding.