Tropical Garden in the Desert

Two weeks ago the Down to Earth garden club here in San Miguel de Allende had the grand opportunity to visit one of the most spectacular gardens in San Miguel, if not in all of Mexico.  The house and garden are located very close to the Sterling Dickinson orchid gardens in a very serene setting in the hills over looking San Miguel.

What makes this garden so special is that it is practically a topical oasis in the middle of the high desert environment of San Miguel.  The garden design takes advantages of multiple levels and vistas as the property scales down a steep hillside and creates multiple "rooms" within the garden.  It is truly a joy to walk through this garden and enjoy the peace and quiet that it has created.

There is a vast combination of tropical plants, native plants (to the San Miguel area) as well as grasses, fruit trees and other wonderful plants.

So instead of trying to describe the wonder of this garden, I have presented a few of the images that I took during the tour of this beautiful garden.

 

A wonderful yucca in bloom.

 

Such a wonderful fountain.

 

The fruit trees were just loaded with fruits.

Beautiful bears breeches in blossom.

 

The paths were so wonderful and looked like they had been there for years.

 

How do you get a lily pad pond in the middle of the desert.

And where does this walk way go? 

What is truly amazing is that this garden is only three years past the completion and it is so lush and wonderful.  I sure hope that we will be able to come back to visit it sometime in the future.  For more images of this garden please visit my flickr collection here.