Pan’s Garden: the creation of an all-native botanical garden

Inside the gates is a bronze casting of Pan, the ancient Greek god of the wild, and the garden’s namesake

Located on a half-acre site, Pan’s Garden opened to the public in November 1994. With support from Lydia Mann, the Foundation commissioned architect Leslie Divoll to design the park and Sanchez & Maddux as landscape architects.

The Foundation prioritized recycled historic building materials and local builders. Cuban barrel roof tiles found on the site were repurposed into the center pavilion and the bronze and copper entrance gates were produced by Reich Metal fabricators, one of the surviving Mizner Industries. The Foundation also rescued architectural fragments from sections of a tiled landscape wall destined for demolition from the Casa Apava estate.

With the founding of Pan’s Garden, the Foundation restored a section of the Town’s street grid to its former pattern and reintroduced one hundred species of native plants, representing the botanic heritage of the island.