Flamingo Gardens and the Wray House in Davie, Florida

Flamingo Gardens and the Wray House in Davie, Florida

In 1927, Floyd and Jane Wray purchased 320 acres of land near the Everglades for $5.00 per acre to establish a citrus orchard.  They named their enterprise Flamingo Grove and planted their first orange tree on February 22, 1927.  Over the next three years, the Grove expanded to 2,000 acres, with an inventory of more than 60 fruit varieties.     Their business model included selling 5-acre plots of land to investors for $3750.  Each acre was pre-…