"They’re tearing down everything."
-- Omar Packard
A live oak tree older than the city of Coral Gables, which is celebrating its centennial this year, could be the key to saving a beloved garden that is set to be razed and replaced by a luxury apartment building.
At least, that’s what activist Bonnie Bolton, her attorney and other Gables residents are hoping for. v“This tree is older than many of the trees in Vizcaya’s untouched forest,” Bolton told the Miami Herald as she peered at the large tree from the sidewalk during a walk along the future high-rise site.
“Vizcaya, Fairchild, the Montgomery, the Gifford and Tropical Audubon Society all say you cannot move a 200-year-old oak tree” and expect it to live.
Read more at the Miami Herald