In a Mexican Garden: Courtyards, Pools, and Open-Air Living Rooms

by Gina Hyams

Book Overview

Packed with colour photos, In a Mexican Garden captures Mexico's courtyard gardens, loggias, patios and swimming pools. An introduction highlights historical influences and folk art traditions of the distinctive Mexican style.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811841308
• ISBN13: 9780811841306
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 2.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.7" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Lovely tropical colour-filled floral gardens

I am delighted with the book. It encompasses all I desire in a garden style. I got so many ideas for my garden,it shows an achievable perfect dramatic tropical garden style with extensive use of all sorts of flowers. Get to see lots of tropical gardens with twists - fantastic potted plants, hammocks, fountains, lots of colour and folige plants as well. Many of the plants are fairly common put together amazingly well. The outdoor rooms are inspirational and the environments they create nurture a lifestyle that is passionate and soothing together. The photos are so clear and real, reading this book is like taking a tropical garden holiday.

Like being in the garden.

The beautiful photographs in this book will take you away. This book is all about the pictures. The text is limited. I liked that. The book is a nice size. Easy to pick up and look through. Recommend it.

Amazing Mexican Book

I love this book a LOT! It contains lots of Colored Photographs. I am planning on fixing our house which has been left unfinished for the past 13 years and will get Ideas from this book.

A Good Summary of Mexican Gardens

I'm in the process of building on the Maya Riviera so this is important research looking for real ideas. Building in Spanish Colonial style is conducive to gardens and courtyards and we are fortunate to have two courtyards and many different type patios and open air spaces to design. This book has so many ideas it's incredible! I have many pages marked for further discussion. Even if I weren't investigating for decorating ideas this is still a coffee table book that I would be very proud to display in my house. You won't be disappointed if you enjoy viewing these type spaces. There is no detail of how the gardens were built and the type flowers but fortunately that's not of as much interest to me as just viewing the many ideas.

Wish I had ordered sooner!

I love this book! All my friends here in Mazatlan want to borrow it. Since I also sell real estate here, it will be of great inspiration to my clients. Willie Bodrak