Paraiso Mexicano: Gardens, Landscapes, and Mexican Soul

by Marie-Pierre Colle

Book Overview

The gardens of Mexico are some of the most extraordinary in the world, and the people of Mexico have cultivated a deeply spiritual connection and reverence for their land. Through generations of toil and inventiveness, they found ways to tame the soil, using bold combinations of plants. As Alfonso Alfaro writes in his introduction, the "culture was synonymous with plant life, and plant life was transformed into art." That heritage is still alive today...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0609606867
• ISBN13: 9780609606865
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter Publishers
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.5" x 11.3"