Miami Gardens

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
3251 South Miami Avenue. Miami, Florida 33129
Phone: 305-250-9133

Originally the winter home of the International Harvester vice-president, John Deering, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is a Renaissance-style villa with European fine and decorative art. In addition to the house, now museum, Vizcaya has become very well known for its beautiful gardens, water features and topiary.

The Deering Estate at Cutler
16701 S. W. 72nd Avenue MIAMI, FLORIDA 33157
Telephone: 305-235-1668

The Deering Estate at Cutler is one of the most unique parks in south Florida. An environmental, archaeological, historical and architectural preserve, it is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Through daily Natural Areas Tours, skilled Naturalists guide visitors through the Park's protected habitats. The Park's offshore island of Chicken Key, a restored bird rookery, can be visited via scheduled Canoe Tours. The 444-acre property encompasses globally endangered pine rockland habitat, among the largest blocks of this ecosystems remaining in the United States, as well as coastal tropical hardwood rockland hammocks, mangrove forests, salt marshes, a coastal dune island and the submerged resources of Biscayne Bay.

The Deering Estate at Cutler is not only unique in natural beauty; it also includes historical buildings dating from 1896 to 1922, important archaeological sites that date human presence on this land to 10,000 years ago and animals back 100,000 years, and a Native American burial mound dating from around the year 1600. The Park offers informative tours of some of south Florida’s earliest structures and architecture with experienced guides through daily scheduled House Tours.