Did you know South Florida has a tree zoo? The official name is The Deerfield Beach Arboretum, and it’s made up of almost 10 acres surrounding the Constitution Park Recreation Center.

“It’s not as bad as Wilma,” said Jerry Behan, president of the Friends of the Deerfield Beach Arboretum. “We lost some big trees, but several were ones we wanted to remove anyway.

An alligator about 9 feet tall was lurking in a small pond when a dog without a leash went for a swim near the Arboretum at Constitution Park on Thursday in Deerfield Beach. The alligator surfaced ...

What's an arboretum?" the small boy asked Zeke Landis, who was leading a group of schoolchildren through the Deerfield Beach Arboretum. "Hmmm," murmured Landis, thinking hard and fast. "You know when ...