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Growing Together: How Urban Farming Strengthens Our Community
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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...
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Vizcaya Village Café Opens in Coconut Grove
On November 10, 2024, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens welcomed hundreds of enthusiastic guests to the grand opening of the new Vizcaya Village Café, marking a pivotal moment in the restoration of Vizcaya Village. The event was a resounding success, bringing together community members, urban agriculture enthusiasts, and local dignitaries, including Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniela Levine...
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Landscape Architecture Magazine features Vizcaya’s Historic Gardens
Vizcaya Gardens and Museum has invited locals to share stories about how climate change has affected their lives in South Florida. The museum will host a storytelling event documenting the immediate, real-life impacts of climate change to “drive home the point that we are in crisis, and we need to do something right now,” said...
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A Greener Grove: Fight Food Waste and Give Back
Vizcaya is not just about preserving the past. With its lush formal gardens, rich habitats and endangered landscapes, the museum is also focused on cultivating a sustainable future. This year, Vizcaya is proud to announce its participation in Food Waste Prevention Week, a pioneering national initiative aimed at reducing food waste, supporting our environment, and...
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Our Future’s Heritage: A Celebration of Indigenous American Culture
“Our Future’s Heritage” marked a significant event in Vizcaya Museum and Gardens’ ongoing commitment to honoring and celebrating diverse cultural traditions. Held in partnership with Voices of the River of Grass, this installment of Vizcaya Late brought Indigenous voices and perspectives to the forefront, offering a unique opportunity for visitors to engage with and learn...
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Composting Done for You [GIVEAWAY]
Think of composting as nature’s own recycling process. It’s a simple yet transformative practice that turns your everyday kitchen scraps and yard waste into nutrients for your garden or potted plants. Imagine taking things like banana peels, apple cores, and fallen leaves and turning this would-be waste into rich, fertile soil that breathes life into...
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Free Orchid Care Class: How to Grow, Repot & Mount Orchids at Home
HOW IT WORKS This online course is delivered through a series of pre-recorded videos that you’ll find on this page and on Vizcaya’s YouTube channel. Each of the four videos will focus on a specific type of orchid and how to best care for that specific variety. Among these instructions, you will also find demonstrations...
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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...
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Ways to Garden Sustainably and Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
Global warming and climate change are global phenomena, but there are many things we can do as individuals to help mitigate their effects. Or, shall we say, help mitigate our own carbon footprint. If you’ve got a case of the green thumb, then you may be unaware that some of your gardening habits could be...
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