The Great Gatsby springs to mind as you wander through the gilt halls and garden rooms of Vizcaya, the winter home of eccentric Gilded Age millionaire James Deering. An endangered native forest muffles the lively hum of Miami, as champion trees stand sentinel around the manicured parterres, patinaed antiquities, and exotic blooms that make this vestige of worldly wonders feel like a place found only in fiction.
“Vizcaya very uniquely blends European design with South Florida’s tropical ambience and
