The Women's Park

If you are interested in holding your private event at the beautiful The Women’s Park, you can rent the picnic pavilion with a view of the lake. Please note there is no electricity or water hookup.

Girls Empowerment and Mentoring (G.E.M.) Summer Arts Camp

Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces presents the 17th year of the award-winning Girls Empowerment and Mentoring (G.E.M.) Summer Arts and Leadership Program designed especially for young girls ages 6-14 at the Roxcy O’Neal Bolton Women’s History Gallery at The Women’s Park. G.E.M. is a six-week camp bringing girls’ visions to life by inspiring and empowering them to discover how the arts can expand their world, develop their minds, and grow intellectually.

G.E.M.’s arts and leadership enrichment program provides a nourishing, multicultural group setting, and an array of workshops in visual, performing and language arts including dance, musical theater, chorus, painting, crafts, women’s studies, and leadership development. With the goal of encouraging each participant to find her unique creative voice, the G.E.M. girls will be taught by professional artists and educators, and provided with a safe, quality experience enhanced by the natural beauty of The Women’s Park.

G.E.M. is the HIDDEN TREASURE OF THE ARTS, a unique combination of talents, dreams and strengths, an artistic inspirational journey!

For more information and registration, call the park office.

Arts Enrichment Program - Adult Classes

Come join us for an exciting variety of adult classes that are designed to improve your mind and body, including Tai-Chi classes. Please call for the most up-to-date class schedule and offerings.

Roxcy O'Neal Bolton's struggles for women's rights included campaigning for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, pioneering enlightened treatment of rape victims, opening department store lunchrooms to women, denouncing abusive or derogatory treatment of women, and working with national women's rights movement figures such as Betty Friedan.

This exhibit of items from the Roxcy O'Neal Bolton Papers collection at the State Archives of Florida highlights just a few of Roxcy O'Neal Bolton's activities and achievements from over 50 years of concern and activism.

• Read more about Bolton on the Florida Memory website

A time capsule was buried in December 1992 at The Women’s Park as part of the park's official dedication ceremony. It contained hundreds of items celebrating the work and accomplishments of the women of Miami-Dade County, such as writings from environmental activist and author Marjory Stoneman Douglas, African American author Zora Neale Hurston and Cuban anthropology Lydia Cabrera. Among these treasures are tape recordings, newspapers, photographs, artwork, books and historical mementos from significant women in government, medicine, the arts, law, journalism and other professions.

On March 22, 2023 the time capsule was unveiled at The Women’s Park, in celebration of Women’s History Month. This event recognized and celebrated the contributions of women in Miami-Dade County, by revealing the contents of the time capsule.