About this Event
The Miami Design District invites you to a special Earth Day Tour showcasing how thoughtful landscape design has transformed this vibrant neighborhood into a model of urban resilience and ecological innovation. Join us on a Landscape Design Tour of our Urban Canopy.
Led by experts from Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden and Island Planning Corporation, the tour highlights the District’s evolution into a lush urban oasis with over 575 trees across 55 species, plus orchids and epiphytes. Following the tour, participants are invited to experience a new site-specific art installation by Joyce Billet, featuring botanical sculptures in the Melin Atrium. Hear from the artist about her creative process and collaboration with Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden.
The tour highlights the District’s evolution into an lush urban oasis where shade, comfort, and ecological systems enhance both commercial and cultural life. Over the past decade, the neighborhood has cultivated a thriving landscape, now home to 575 trees spanning 55 species, along with a rich understory of epiphytes and orchids. Participants will also experience the site-specific sculptures of artist Joyce Billets in the Melin Atrium, adding an artistic layer to the District’s dynamic public spaces.
Celebrate Earth Day by exploring how the Miami Design District serves as an open space for sustainable urban design!
Tour Departs:
10AM Palm Court, 140 NE 39th St
Joyce Billet's installation:
11AM Melin Atrium, 3930 NE 2nd Ave
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Palm Court Plaza - Miami Design District, 140 NE 39th Street, Miami, United States
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