The Villagers Present "Gardens of Miami" is an idea book that promotes the advancement, expansion and recognition of the practice of landscape architecture by Florida licensed landscape architects, designers and amateurs within the unique ecoregion of Miami-Dade County. 27 exceptional and previously unpublished gardens serve as inspiration to others who live and practice under challenging environmental conditions.Text by Elaine Mills, City of Miami Landscape Architect and wife of Ken Mills, Head of the Upper School, and Julie Petrella Arch, with a forward by Joanna Lombard, RE P'11, Architect and Professor at the University of Miami. Photographs by Steven Brooke.