Fairchild Botanical Garden: City in a Garden

The first botanical garden in the United States was founded in 1936 here in Miami. What started as an introduction to tropical plants has expanded to countless workshops and education at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. Now, many students are asking for a greener city – to grow up in a tropical oasis. With the initiative City in the Garden, the goal is to make Miami a garden similar to how Singapore has done it. “Miami can be a city of gardens. We are working with developers, community leaders, municipalities to transform Miami into an emerald city – to take the same mindset that’s been happening in Singapore for the past 25 years and create that in South Florida,” said Nannette Zapata, Chief Operating Officer at Fairchild. The ultimate goal: for Miami’s iconic emblem to be that City in a Garden.