isaac farms' succulent selection is super nice

someone recently asked me about museums in Miami dedicated to specific topics. Like, small, little museums exploring one theme or era. I told them there's the Goldcoast Railroad Museum, HistoryMiami, the Dezer Collection (an antique car museum) and the little Cuban museum on Coral Way - but I should have mentioned Isaac Farms, which is, by no means actually a museum, but definitely a super thorough collection of succulents of all varieties.

If you're anything like me, you have a serious succulent obsession and give a big laugh to the prices at West Elm (the theives are charging $8 for an AIRPLANT! Hahaha!) - if you feel me on this, you have to go to Isaac Farms - and carve out a good hour or two to explore. This nursery is beautiful if not a bit overwhelming. There are greenhouses and greenhouses and greenhouses with succulents, succulents and more succulents. If you're less the DIY type and more the buy-it-made type, you can buy already planted and styled arrangements that range from small and affordable to large statement pieces.

A few months ago I was there, wandering the tiny cactus section, and there was a Vogue shoot going on just a few feet away.

Stop and get a strawberry milkshake at one of the many farmstands in Homestead (last time I got tamales too, but my car smelled really serious when I got back inside, so I don't totally recommend that) and then go explore Isaac Farms and stock up for all those DIYs you've been meaning to get around to. Make it your New Year's Resolution.

18800 Southwest 177th Ave

CulturePatricia GuarchDecember 29, 2014diy, gardening, homestead, only in miami, trees