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Tag: Vizcaya

  • Sundays (Ongoing) – Flower Arranging Class with Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Online

    Learn how to make flower arrangements for your home from Vizcaya’s floral designer and horticulture expert, David Hardy. He is the same horticulture expert who creates floral designs and cares for the gardens at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Florida

    This online video class covers the foundational principles of floral design and walks you, step-by-step, through different arrangement demonstrations each week.

    The content of the class is delivered as a pre-recorded video. You will have access to the content immediately upon purchasing and can watch at your own pace. There is no specific date that this class takes place or becomes available. You can purchase and start taking the class anytime.

    COST: $10 Once you purchase the class, you will receive an email with instructions to access the videos. The entire class will be outlined on a website, which you can access from your computer, tablet or smartphone. Register via Eventbrite HERE.

  • Thursday, March 3, 6:30 pm – Vizcaya: A Most Unusual American House, Online

    Morven Museum & Garden’s exciting Grand Homes & Gardens Distinguished Speakers Series returns with another stellar lineup. This year we travel to the Roaring 20’s starting at Innisfree in New York, then south to Swan House in Georgia, down to Ca’ D’Zan on Florida’s west coast; finally arriving in Miami’s Vizcaya. Held live in Morven’s Stockton Education Center, adjacent to the Museum, and simulcast on Zoom, in February and March, this illustrated lecture series brightens winter up and down the coast.

    In person program includes light refreshments tailored to the theme of each week’s featured lecturer. Online virtual program includes recipes for make-at-home fare. Tickets range from $15 – $90 (for the whole series) and may be purchased HERE.

    The final talk of this year’s series is on March 3 at 6:30 with Remko Jansonius, Senior Director, Art and Artifact Stewardship, on Vizcaya: A Most Unusual American House.

    Located along the shores of Biscayne Bay in Miami, Vizcaya was built to look like a centuries-old Italian estate, yet incorporated the most advanced technology of the day. It was the winter home of American industrialist James Deering from 1916 until his death in 1925. The house and gardens are filled with a wide array of European decorative art objects and furnishings, representing many styles and periods, countries and continents. The July 1917 issue of Architectural Review, entirely dedicated to Vizcaya, describes the estate as “the most ‘unusual’ of all the unusual American houses” illustrated that year. We will hear about Deering’s winter estate that holds the stories of tramps and movie stars, of rumrunners and prohibition.