Customer Reviews

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

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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.

This book has lots of beautiful photography and is a wonderful source for inspiration. I would have liked to have seen more private home gardens on a smaller scale and less large elaborate hotel and resort settings. After all, most of us are working on a less grand space. But, all and all, the book is colorful and exciting and motivates one to get out in that garden and give it some personality.

A beautiful book with wonderful pictures and many great ideas. I would have liked more written descriptions about the type of plants used. After all, the title says "Garden" I purchased two books and gave one as a gift to a friend building a ranch house in Mexico. She loved it.

Beautiful and interesting book. Wish it had been hardback as the book binding is weak. I enjoy these books alot and they would do well to be stronger.

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.

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.

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.

I actually ordered this for a friend of mine who needed some ideas on decorating her house. So when I recieved it in the mail, I fipped through it and was really, really happy with my choice. The pictures are colorful, and there are so many pictures to give ideas to anyone wanting to decorate their home mexican style. My friend loved the book as well, she kept thanking me for the next two weeks.

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

This book is an explosion of beautiful colours on every page! It is filled with beautiful photographs of Mexican outdoor living and the commentary is concise but clear, enabling the reader to copy the ideas found in the book. I intend to use the book to create my own Mexican/Spanish style courtyard.