Plantation Gardens, Plantation: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 10, 2026. Sources: the City of Plantation’s Plantation Gardens Historic District Neighborhood Plan Report (PDF draft, 2003, Internet Archive copy) and parks directory; the Broward County Property Appraiser’s neighborhood layer; Broward County’s address points and school boundaries; the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades; Zillow Research; Broward County Transit; and OpenStreetMap.

Plantation Gardens is where Plantation began: the first houses went up along East Acre Drive in the 1940s on one-acre lots, and the city held its first council meeting in a feed warehouse at the neighborhood’s southern edge in 1953. The city calls it the Plantation Gardens Historic District. Today it holds the city library, the Plantation Historical Museum, Plantation Woods park and Peters Elementary, with about 1,250 street addresses in Broward County’s address data, all in one ZIP code.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Plantation High for every address, a B school in Florida’s 2026 grades. Check yours with the district’s Find My School tool.
• Home value: $543,429 in ZIP 33317 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest highway exit: Florida’s Turnpike exit 58, Sunrise Boulevard, about 2.5 miles by road; the nearest I-595 exit, University Drive, is about 3.5 miles.

Part of our Plantation neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

The city’s Plantation Gardens Historic District Neighborhood Plan Report, a December 2003 draft, puts the district at about 620 acres west of Florida’s Turnpike, east of the East Holloway Canal, north of Broward Boulevard and south of Sunrise Boulevard. The Broward County Property Appraiser’s neighborhood layer draws Plantation Gardens a little larger, about 850 acres, between the Turnpike and the Plantation Preserve golf course; this page uses that outline. Fig Tree Lane, Palm Tree Road and East Acre Drive run through it. Park East is across the Turnpike to the east and Plantation Park across Broward Boulevard to the south.

All of the area’s street addresses are in ZIP code 33317.

History. The plan says Fred C. Peters, “the Father of Plantation,” hired Russell T. Pancoast in 1945 as the first city planner, and Chauncey Clark and his family began building the first houses along East Acre Drive on one-acre lots called “long acres,” with the back two-thirds meant for gardens and fruit trees. Two hurricanes and floods in 1947 covered the new village; by 1948 there were 12 homes and about 36 residents. Plantation was chartered on April 30, 1953, and held its first formal council meeting on May 11, 1953, in an old feed warehouse near East Acre Drive and Broward Boulevard. The library moved to its current building in 1968, and Deicke Auditorium was dedicated in May 1973. More in our history and landmarks guide.

Schools

How the neighborhood’s addresses fall in Broward County’s 2025-26 school boundary layers, with each school’s 2026 grade from the Florida Department of Education. The percentage is the share of possible points the school earned.

Peters Elementary is inside the neighborhood, and Plantation Middle is just north of it on Sunrise Boulevard. Confirm an address with the district’s Find My School tool. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP 33317 was $543,429 in August 2026, down 0.5% from $546,095 in August 2025, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, single-family homes and condos together, not a sale price, and it covers the whole ZIP code, which takes in most of eastern Plantation, not just Plantation Gardens. The citywide Plantation figure was $495,099, down 2.1% on the year. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

From the city’s parks directory:

• Plantation Woods, 5555 Palm Tree Road, with pavilions, a playground, restrooms and a water playground.
• Plantation Botanical Garden, 501 N. Fig Tree Lane, beside the library, with a playground and walking trail.
• Hoffman Park, 5701 Cypress Road, with baseball fields and event space.
• PAL Park and Roy Salmon Stadium, 1000 NW 70th Ave., at the western edge.
• Plantation Preserve Park and Linear Trail, 7050 W. Broward Blvd., about a sixth of a mile west: a 1.1-mile trail through the city golf course and wetlands.

More in our parks and trails guide and walking and biking trails.

Getting around

• Highways: Florida’s Turnpike exit 58, Sunrise Boulevard, about 2.5 miles by road from the middle of the neighborhood; the Turnpike is a toll road. I-595 exit 6, University Drive, is about 3.5 miles.
• City Hall: about 1.6 miles to 400 NW 73rd Ave.
• Airport: about 10 miles to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
• These are distances measured on the OpenStreetMap road network with the OSRM routing engine, not drive times.
• Bus: Broward County Transit Route 22 stops along Broward Boulevard, including at Fig Tree Lane and Acre Drive, and routes 36 and 81 along Sunrise Boulevard, in BCT’s published schedule data for summer 2026. Check current times on BCT’s website or at 954-357-8400.

More in our getting around guide.

Homeowners associations

The Property Appraiser’s neighborhood layer records an association named Plantation Gardens for the neighborhood. The 2003 plan says the Plantation Homeowners Association was formed in 1949 and that its president became the city’s first appointed mayor. Association rules and fees are not public records we can check; ask for the governing documents before you buy.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap:

• Publix, 6921 W. Broward Blvd., at the southwest corner
• Neighbors Food Market, 6041 W. Sunrise Blvd., just north of the neighborhood
• CVS Pharmacy, 7155 W. Broward Blvd., about two-tenths of a mile west

How we drew this area

This page uses the Plantation Gardens polygon in the Broward County Property Appraiser’s neighborhood layer, as published by Broward County GIS, which covers the historic district the city’s 2003 plan describes. Addresses and school shares come from every Broward County address point inside it, matched to the county’s 2025-26 school boundary layers on Oct. 10, 2026. Store locations are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Plantation Gardens Historic District?

It is the city’s original neighborhood, where the first houses went up along East Acre Drive in the 1940s on one-acre lots. The city’s 2003 neighborhood plan for it covers about 620 acres west of Florida’s Turnpike, east of the East Holloway Canal and between Broward and Sunrise boulevards.

What schools serve Plantation Gardens?

In Broward County’s 2025-26 school boundary data, every address in Plantation Gardens is zoned for Peters Elementary, Plantation Middle and Plantation High. Peters and Plantation High earned a B in Florida’s 2026 grades and Plantation Middle a C.

Is Plantation Gardens a good place to live?

Here are the facts. The neighborhood covers about 850 acres in the county’s records with about 1,250 street addresses, the city library, Historical Museum, Plantation Woods park and Peters Elementary inside it. The typical home value in ZIP 33317 was $543,429 in August 2026, according to Zillow.

What ZIP code is Plantation Gardens in?

33317, for every street address in the neighborhood in Broward County’s address data. Zillow put the typical home value there at $543,429 in August 2026, down 0.5% on the year.