Education at Vizcaya Archives - Vizcaya Skip to content The Stories of Vizcaya Education at Vizcaya Featured Story Sustainability Urban Agriculture Vizcaya Village Growing Together: How Urban Farming Strengthens Our Community Continue reading Education at Vizcaya Featured Story Horticulture Urban Agriculture Vizcaya Village How to Grow Squash in South Florida: A Simple, Beginner-Friendly Guide In South Florida, our unique climate gives us the chance to grow squash almost year-round. Whether you’re working with a backyard garden or a few pots on your patio, learning how to grow squash in South Florida is a fun and rewarding way to bring fresh food to your table. If you’ve ever dreamed of... Continue reading Education at Vizcaya Horticulture Sustainability Urban Agriculture Vizcaya Village Inside Vizcaya’s Urban Farm: Cultivating Food, Culture, and Youth Engagement In 2025, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens was honored to join the Urban Agriculture Resilience Program—an initiative led by the United States Botanic Garden and the American Public Gardens Association. This national program supports public gardens in fostering food education, sustainability, and hands-on growing experiences to address food insecurity across diverse communities. For Vizcaya, participation marks... Continue reading Education at Vizcaya Featured Story People and Ideas Vizcaya Village The Kitchin: A Journey of Community Building through Art Summer art-making programs have been a long-standing tradition at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, dating back to the 2016 launch of the museum’s Participatory Public Art (PPA) program. This series was designed to unite the community through artist-led experiences – all for FREE. In the summer of 2023, a new PPA project came to life through... Continue reading Education at Vizcaya People and Ideas Sustainability Preserving Ecosystems, Inspiring Minds: Dive into Wild Vizcaya If you search Vizcaya on Google Earth, you’ll see a lush green space in the middle of Miami’s urban core. Those 50 acres, part of the original 180-acre James Deering estate, have been preserved as Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, a mix of formal gardens, a rockland hammock, a mangrove shore, and an exquisitely restored historic... Continue reading Design and the Natural Environment Education at Vizcaya From Nature to Art: Inspiring Students at Creative Vizcaya 2023 With support from the Janet Traeger Salz Charitable Trust, the second annual event, Creative Vizcaya, occurred in March 2023. Inspired by Vizcaya’s rich historic art collection, architecture, and design, Creative Vizcaya connects students with local artists to participate in art-making workshops. The program served 275 students from Booker T. Washington Senior High School, Everglades Preparatory... Continue reading Education at Vizcaya People and Ideas Press Creative Vizcaya featured on WLRN Hundreds of Miami-Dade County high schoolers got a breath of fresh air this week, leaving the classroom behind to spend a day with local artists at the Vizcaya Museum & Gardens on the shores of Biscayne Bay.... Continue reading Design and the Natural Environment Education at Vizcaya Students Learn through Action in Creative Vizcaya With support from the Janet Traeger Salz Charitable Trust, Vizcaya launched a new educational program, Creative Vizcaya, that connects students with local artists to participate in art-making workshops. In May 2022, the program served a total of 210 students from Booker T. Washington Senior High School, Miami Norland Senior High School, Miami Springs Senior High... Continue reading Design and the Natural Environment Education at Vizcaya People and Ideas Vizcaya is Talking Trash BISCAYNE BAY DRIFT CARD STUDY Where’s that trash coming from? In 2016, Vizcaya approached the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science and CARTHE, a team of ocean scientists at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science to start a conversation about trash and pollution at Vizcaya. Together we launched an... Continue reading Education at Vizcaya Sustainability Take a walk on the Wild Side Vizcaya is home to so much more than art and history. A variety of wild creatures live in and around the property, and every year, Wild Vizcaya brings scientists and visitors together to learn more about them.... Continue reading