"Respect Vizcaya's North Coconut Grove neighborhood and support its recreational ecosystem." That line sits in the list of guiding principles for Vizcaya's 2026 Master Plan, which the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners adopted 11-0 on October 20. The first principle on the same list calls for restoring and reviving the Village campus of historic buildings and native landscapes and giving the public free access to it.
To most of Bay Heights, Vizcaya means the bayfront house and its formal gardens, the place you take visiting relatives. The plan the County just approved is mostly about the other side of the street. That side is the estate's old farm village at 3250 South Miami Avenue, and it is being built up as a free weekend spot for the neighborhood around it.
You can already see that on any Sunday morning.
The side of Vizcaya that never needed a ticket
Vizcaya Village went up in 1916 as the estate's working farm, built so the property could feed and run itself. It had staff quarters, workshops, barns, greenhouses and growing fields. For most of the past century the public saw little of it. The historic Superintendent's House sat closed for decades. It reopened as the Village Café on November 10, 2024.
The café opens Saturdays and Sundays at 9:30 a.m. Vizcaya lists A Joy Catering as the café's manager. The posted menu covers breakfast, sandwiches, salads and bowls, smoothies and coffee. Around it, the restored Paint Shop supports Vizcaya's horticulture work, a pilot field supports urban farming programs, and a nature path styled on pine rockland runs along the southern edge of the property.
The anchor is the Vizcaya Village Farmers Market. It runs every Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and admission is free. Vendors sell local produce, prepared foods, baked goods, vegan items and handmade goods. Parking is free for the market. Market admission does not cover the Main House or the formal gardens, and that split is the point. Edible South Florida's October 2026 market roundup lists Urban Oasis Project as the contact for the market.
A calendar priced like a neighborhood park
The prices are low. On top of the free market, Vizcaya runs $5 wellness classes on Sunday mornings. The first three Sundays of each month are all-level yoga, and the last class of the month rotates. There is also a 30-minute guided tour at 11 a.m. for $6. The listings for the market run weekly through May 30, 2027.
The rest of the year is on Vizcaya's Village calendar:
| Date | What | Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, November 12 | Night Market: "Gratitude in Voice" | 5 to 9 p.m. | Free |
| Sunday, November 15 | Farmers Market | 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Free |
| Sunday, November 22 | Farmers Market, plus Indigo Hands family storytime and dyeing workshop | 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Market free |
| Sunday, November 29 | Farmers Market | 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Free |
| Sundays, December 6, 13 and 20 | Farmers Market | 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Free |
The Night Market is the evening version. Vizcaya runs it once a month as an outdoor gathering of local farmers, food producers, artisans and small businesses. November's edition adds seasonal offerings, music, poetry and interactive activities, and admission is free. The same evening, Vizcaya offers after-hours tours in English and Spanglish, priced separately at $6.
North Grove's weekend calendar runs past the Village, too. The Coconut Grove BID calendar lists the Holiday Barkzaar at The Barnacle Historic State Park on Saturday, November 14, at 11 a.m.
Getting in while the 32nd Road gate is closed
Vizcaya describes the Village as a place neighbors reach on foot or by bike, through the SW 32nd Road gate and with a direct link to Metrorail and the Underline. Restoration work has changed that for now. The current market listing says the SW 32nd Road gate is closed "until further notice." Here is how to get in this season:
- By car: enter through the parking lot off South Miami Avenue. Parking is free for the market.
- By Metrorail: from Vizcaya station, take the US-1 overpass to SW 32nd Road, then walk south along the west side of South Miami Avenue. Vizcaya's directions page puts the walk at about 10 minutes.
- By bike share: there is a Citi Bike station at South Miami Avenue and SW 32nd Road.
The gate is closed because of what is happening behind it.
What the barns are turning into
Vizcaya is restoring five more of the Village's historic buildings: the Dairy Barn, Chicken House, Stable, Wagon Shed and Farmhouse. The museum's stated target for finishing is late 2026. According to the Coconut Grove Spotlight, the work received City of Miami preservation approval on July 1, 2025.
What those buildings become shows who they are for. On November 7, 2025, Vizcaya announced a $20 million gift from Ken Griffin. The money turns the courtyard and four former barn and stable buildings into a Center for Learning and Discovery. The center is planned to hold a teaching kitchen for urban farming programs, an artist's studio, an art-making classroom, seminar spaces and a conservation lab. The rehabilitated Farmhouse will house archival exhibits and a reference library.
Those are classrooms and workrooms built around repeat programs. Together with the Sunday market and the weekend café, they make the Village a place to come back to each week.
The plan the County approved on October 20
The 2026 Master Plan covers the rest of the Village. At its center is the Field, a new edible garden meant to recall the estate's farming roots. The plan also adds a Welcome Center, Discovery Trails across the landscape, a Greenhouse, and a Program and Events Pavilion. The County resolution describes a large community farming space anchoring the Village. It also says the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust is in the early stages of a fundraising campaign for the renovation and construction projects that are not yet funded.
The biggest item in the plan is a second historic house. Villa Serena, the 1913 home of former Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan, would move from its Brickell Avenue site to an undeveloped part of the Village, surrounded by a grove of ornamental and fruit trees. The resolution says the move would open Villa Serena to the public for the first time in 112 years. Griffin would pay for the relocation and has pledged a separate $5 million endowment for the house's long-term care, programming and public access. According to Miami Today, Griffin bought Villa Serena and the more modern home next door, at 3031 and 3115 Brickell Ave., in 2022.
Upon County approval of the 2026 Master Plan, the Trust shall be required to secure the necessary regulatory approvals prior to undertaking any renovation, construction or relocation activities contemplated by the 2026 Master Plan from the State Historic Preservation Officer, the City of Miami and all other agencies with jurisdiction.
So the October 20 vote is a start, not a final sign-off. The Miami Herald reported that negotiations have no set timeline. In the same story, historian Paul George urged caution and said he generally opposes moving historic buildings from their original sites. The City of Miami and state preservation reviews will decide the Villa Serena question. Those reviews are the next public step for anyone in north Grove following the plan.
The farm buildings, the weekend café and the Sunday market do not depend on that decision. The next market is Sunday, November 15, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with the entrance through the South Miami Avenue parking lot.
At Elena Kemper Group, we watch changes like the Village plan because they shape what daily life looks like in Bay Heights and the rest of north Coconut Grove. If you would like to talk about what's changing near your street, from the restored barns to the Villa Serena reviews, we're glad to hear from you. Contact Us.
