The great Brazilian landscape architect's bold use of striking plant materials made him the most influential designer since Gertrude Jekyll. This study, done with Burle Marx's cooperation, traces the roots of his artistic vision and illustrates the plants he grew for use in his own designs.
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The great Brazilian landscape architect's bold use of striking plant materials made him the most influential designer since Gertrude Jekyll. This study, done with Burle Marx's cooperation, traces the roots of his artistic vision & illustrates the plants he grew for use in his own designs.
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Brazil. The name brings to mind a remarkable mosaic of riches to be found in this enormous country occupying half of South America and as large as Europe: magnificent beaches; tropical palms; silvery Embauba (Cecropia) trees rising above the vast sea of green forests covering the Amazon basin and its surrounding mountains; the sharply divided confluence of the clay-yellow waters of the Solimoes and the blackish River Negro as they meet to join the Amazon; great stretches of tawny grasslands; thorny trees; huge, black, granite boulders speckled with the rosettes of bromeliads, plants requiring little but the water collected at their hearts; endless fields of grass-green sugarcane and the vast, hidden treasures of the earth-the crystal, topaz, from smoky brown to glorious apricot, clear blue aquamarine and rich amethyst. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tree fern bark, soft shrub, shrimp flowers, bromeliad garden, sculptural plants, planter beds, angular branches, staghorn ferns, residential gardens, red bracts, modern garden Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Burle Marx, Rio de Janeiro, Museum of Modern Art, Oscar Niemeyer, Royal Palms, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Flamengo Park, Lucia Costa, Ministry of the Army, Sao Paulo, Avenida Atlantica, Golden Candles, Mondo Grass, Odette Monteiro, Vice-President of the Republic, Botafogo Bay, Caemi Foundation, Clemente Gomes, Fazenda Vargem Grande, Hospital Da Lagoa, Love Grass, Margaret Mee, Minas Gerais, Ministry of Justice, Natal Cycad New!
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Brazil. The name brings to mind a remarkable mosaic of riches to be found in this enormous country occupying half of South America and as large as Europe: magnificent beaches; tropical palms; silvery Embauba (Cecropia) trees rising above the vast sea of green forests covering the Amazon basin and its surrounding mountains; the sharply divided confluence of the clay-yellow waters of the Solimoes and the blackish River Negro as they meet to join the Amazon; great stretches of tawny grasslands; thorny trees; huge, black, granite boulders speckled with the rosettes of bromeliads, plants requiring little but the water collected at their hearts; endless fields of grass-green sugarcane and the vast, hidden treasures of the earth-the crystal, topaz, from smoky brown to glorious apricot, clear blue aquamarine and rich amethyst. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tree fern bark, soft shrub, shrimp flowers, bromeliad garden, sculptural plants, planter beds, angular branches, staghorn ferns, residential gardens, red bracts, modern garden Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Burle Marx, Rio de Janeiro, Museum of Modern Art, Oscar Niemeyer, Royal Palms, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Flamengo Park, Lucia Costa, Ministry of the Army, Sao Paulo, Avenida Atlantica, Golden Candles, Mondo Grass, Odette Monteiro, Vice-President of the Republic, Botafogo Bay, Caemi Foundation, Clemente Gomes, Fazenda Vargem Grande, Hospital Da Lagoa, Love Grass, Margaret Mee, Minas Gerais, Ministry of Justice, Natal Cycad New!
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