Bonnet House Family Summer Special
The Bonnet House Museum & Gardens is offering a Family Summer Special. Through August 30, 2026, those 17 and younger enter free with an adult paying $30.
The deal at Bonnet House in 2026 is offered June, July and August, and includes entry to the historical house and the lavish gardens at the 35-acre beachfront property.
Bonnet House is one of the oldest buildings in Broward County. It was built as a private home in 1920, on land bought by Broward pioneer Hugh Taylor Birch in 1895. He gave the land to his daughter Helen and her husband, Chicago artist Frederic Clay Bartlett. Helen died in 1925, and the house was mostly decorated by Bartlett's second wife, Evelyn Fortune Bartlett. Her original furnishings and decor remain in the house. She gave the house to the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation in 1983.
The gardens are also notable, and the ground are one of the last South Florida examples of a native barrier island habitat. On the property, you can see a desert garden, a hibiscus garden and the main courtyard full of tropical vegetation. That includes orchids collected by Evelyn Bartlett.
Today, visitors can see Frederic's and Evelyn's artwork as well as artwork collected by the family.
Bonnet House, 954-703-2614, is at 900 N. Birch Road, Fort Lauderdale 33304.
