NATIVE FLAGS Leaf Summit - Million Trees...

NATIVE FLAGSXAVIER CORTADA

Leaf SummitFIU Biscayne Bay Campus

North Miami, FLMarch 23, 2017

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Frost Art MuseumArt in State Buildings Program (State of Florida)

Upper Keys Government & Cultural CenterMonroe County Art in Public Places

Florida Botanical GardensPinellas County Public Art and Design Program

Participatory Eco-art Projects

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Deering Estate

Native Flags is exhibited at Miami-Dade Park's Deering Estate at Cutler, where visitors can

purchase their green flag and see an exhibit of the 12 native trees featured for South Florida.

Deering Estate•Hialeah Elementary School students plant native trees at Deering Estate

North Pole

Xavier Cortada, Native Flags (at the North Pole), 2008.

Reforestation helps prevent the polar regions from melting:

Every tree planted helps reduce greenhouse gases by capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and releasing oxygen.

1. Plant a native tree and

flag in your yard and

state:

I hereby reclaim this

land for nature.

2. Take a picture and

upload it to our website:

www.nativeflags.org

3. Encourage

neighbors to do the

same.

Xavier Cortada, Native Flags, 2007.

The project's conspicuous green flags serve as a catalyst for conversations with neighbors, who will be encouraged to join the effort and help rebuild their native tree canopy one yard at a time.

Xavier Cortada, Native Flags, 2007.

Ideally, as they watch each tree grow, their interest in protecting the environment will also grow.

Xavier Cortada, Native Flags (at the North Pole), 2008.

Native FlagsMiami Beach Earth Day 2013

South Beach (2013)

Native Flags

North Pole (2008)

Native Flags gardensFineberg Fisher Elementary, Miami Beach, FL (2008).

Native Flags gardensKey Biscayne Community School, Key Biscayne, FL (2008).

Florida Botanical GardensPinellas County Public Art and Design Program

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I planted my Red Maple tree in my yard

on Feb 8, 2009 and reclaimed this land

for nature. I'm in 6th grade at

Shorecrest Preparatory School.

Scott McMaster

St. Petersburg, FL

Florida Botanical GardensPinellas County Public Art and Design Program

This slash pine was provided by St.

Petersburg Florida Native Plant Society

at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve during

Wildlife Weekend event held the first

weekend in March.

Corey Smolik

St. Petersburg, FL

Florida Botanical GardensPinellas County Public Art and Design Program

“Sea grape planted in my yard on April 26, 2009.”

Brannon HenrieSt. Petersburg, FL

“Our baby Slash Pine planted on March 15, 2009.”

Teresa Restom Gaskill,St. Petersburg

Treasure Coast

The project’s 2009 exhibit at Martin County Cultural Courthouse Center, Stuart, FL

Treasure Coast

Native Flags: exploratorium(San Carlos Charter Learning Center's 8th grade,

San Francisco, CA 2009)

Native Flags: Taiwan

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Native Flags: Taiwan

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Frost Science Museum

Miami Science Museum

Frost Science Museum

On October 4, 2007, Miami Mayor Manny Diaz plants a Paradise Tree

at the Miami Science Museum.

Native Flags: Earth Day 2012(Miami Beach Senior High School,

Miami Beach, FL April 23 2012)

Native FlagsGreen Buttonwood (Cornocarpus erectus)

Native FlagsWild Tamarind (Lysiloma latisliquum)

Native FlagsGumbo Limbo (Bursera simaruba)

Native FlagsParadise Tree (Simarouba glauca)

Native FlagsLive Oak (Quercus virginiana)

Native FlagsDahoon Holly (Ilex cassine)

Native FlagsPigeon Plum (Coccoloba diversifolia)

Native FlagsSatin leaf (Chrysophyllum oliviforme)

Native FlagsSea grape (Coccoloba uvifera)

Native FlagsFirebush (Hamelia patens)

Native FlagsFlorida Privet (Forestieria segregata)

Native FlagsWild Coffee (Psychotria nervosa)

Native Flags

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Xavier CortadaArtist-in-Residence

Florida International UniversityCollege of Arts, Sciences & EducationSchool of Environment, Art and SocietyandCollege of Communication, Architecture + The Arts

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