Awards & Recognition
December 17, 2012
Knight grants help local arts groups
Local arts groups begin to plan community endeavors after receiving Knight Arts Challenge grants.
November 30, 2012
Deering Estate replaces Boardwalk over Cutler Burial Mound
The Deering Estate rebuilds the boardwalk over its Cutler Burial Mound, the resting place of more than a dozen Tequesta Indians and a prime archeological site.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/30/3120832/deering-estate-replaces-boardwalk.html#storylink=cpy
May 21, 2012
The Deering Estate at Cutler was awarded with two of the 2012 NACo Achievement Awards for its Living Artist Concert Series and its School Yard Science & N.E.S.T.T. Programs. NACo recognizes effective and innovative programs that contribute to and enhance county government in the United States.
Home for the holidays: Here's how to enjoy the season in South Florida
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Grant helps Deering Estate at Cutler promote ecology education in schools
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
By HOWARD COHEN
School Yard Science Program at Deering Estate hits Road
By Sheila Stieglitz
Jazz sounds resonate at Palmetto Bay's Deering Estate
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
By ROCIO BLANCO GARCIA
Cindi Curtis' jazzy sounds will turn Palmetto Bay's historic Deering Estate at Cutler into an intimate club on June 27, when the artist kicks off the estate's 2009 Summer Cabaret Concert Series. Miami Herald Article
Miami-Dade County receives 20 NACO Awards
Miami-Dade County was presented with 20 awards by the National Association of Counties (NACo). The 2009 Achievement Awards recognize innovative county government programs that better serve residents. The Deering Estate at Cutler received two awards for the Artist Village and Living Classroom.
Best of South Florida: Readers' choice for South Florida's finest
Sunday, May 17, 2009
The Deering Estate was voted #2 for Best Historical Attraction (runner up to our brother property Vizcaya Museum & Gardens) Congratulations!
As any vacationer knows, South Florida bubbles with ''bests.'' Check out any list of savvy hotels, stellar beaches, memorable meals, and South Florida's lodgings, attractions, restaurants will be there. But nobody knows this place better than those of us who live here. Now we've created our own list: The Best of South Florida, chosen by the readers of The Miami Herald and Miami.com. Last month, you voted for your favorites. Here are the top three vote-getters in each category, listed in order. To the winners, congratulations! Miami Herald Article
Historic Deering Estate in Palmetto Bay is drawing quite a crowd
Sunday, May 17, 2009
By HOWARD COHEN
If the sight of more than 5,000 century-old wine bottles doesn't tell you that you're amid history, then sniff the air. The nose knows the ghosts of Florida's past float here. ''Here'' is the Deering Estate at Cutler, a sprawling 444-acre historical home and nature preserve neatly tucked along the edge of Biscayne Bay and open to the public for tours and events. Increasingly, Deering is becoming a must-see site. Attendance jumped nearly 80 percent last year. And already 12,000 more people have passed through the estate than what was the entire attendance in 2007. Miami Herald Article
Parks wins Governor's Sterling Award
The Miami-Dade Park and Recreation Department has received the 2009 Governor’s Sterling Award. The Award, presented by Governor Charlie Crist and the Florida Sterling Council, recognizes organizations and businesses in Florida that have successfully achieved performance excellence within their management and operations.
Miami Beach Plum TV: video on "The Lost Town of Cutler"
Education & Interpretive Staff Member Ernie Lent shares the history of the "Town of Cutler" in this short film produced by Jonathan Vigliotti for Miami Beach Plum TV in September 2008.
National Register of Historic Places
The Deering Estate was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on March 11, 1986. The National Register of Historic Places is the Nation's official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation. Authorized under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Register is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect our historic and archeological resources. Properties listed in the Register include districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that are significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture. The National Register is administered by the National Park Service, which is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
The Society of American Travel Writers Phoenix Award
The Deering Estate at Cutler was selected as a 2004 Phoenix Award Winner. The Society of American Travel Writers Phoenix Awards give appropriate recognition for individuals or organizations actively involved in conservation, preservation, beautification and anti-pollution campaigns which further the growth and appeal of North American travel destinations.
The Deering Estate at Cutler was nominated by Ethel Blum.
Design With Natives 2002 Landscape Awards Program
The Deering Estate at Cutler Ecosystem Restoration