Ms. Ana Maria Rodriguez in their daily work more than 60 years tending his garden. Today is a lady of 90 years and his vocation is still intact.
A beautiful garden is the product of a great deal of affection for plants and enjoyment of the beauty of what nature provides, is also a result of, years or decades of dedication and continuous improvement. Their result becomes a gem of landscaping when highlighting its botanical collections through taste and sensitivity .
all know that developing a garden for years is a daily task. Maintenance is a creative act that not only leads to minor improvements and changes, but also make real changes towards innovation.
Lady Ana María Rodríguez on a tour with a guest in his garden. Photo of a few years ago, taken by Laura Rodriguez.
all know that developing a garden for years is a daily task. Maintenance is a creative act that not only leads to minor improvements and changes, but also make real changes towards innovation.
This maintenance is more severe in the tropics where the plants thrive well, but also, more energy, "weeds" (plants that occur naturally where they want).
Photo Laura Rodriguez, a few years ago.
A photo taken on 2/21/2011 of same place, by Guillermo Chaves.
a detailed picture of the formal garden.
have is a vocation by a large garden, and like many Other gifts that humans are born, this is about art, living art of creating and maintaining gardens. A special and unique garden beauty is that for decades has developed and maintained Ana Maria Rodriguez, on a site near the stadium in Alajuela, Costa Rica. The garden surrounds the four sides of a house years of wood, with old tile floors, polished until they become mirrors, ceilings are high and from the point of view is very comfortable climate. The house is in her own a gem of Victorian architecture early mid-century (built in the middle of last century before the revolution of 48, out there 1947, according to the testimony of Ms. Ana Maria). and with the garden form a coherent set of great natural and aesthetic quality.
If you define a style garden surrounding the house is, for me, "Arts and Crafts" or Arts and Crafts, remember that by definition this motion proposes an approach to design more than the creation of distinctive features of a particular type of expression. The basic concepts of this movement can be recognized in this garden, for example:
· integration and symbiotic relationship between the house and garden.
· owners are associated with the design and / or maintenance of the garden, gardening is considered a pleasurable activity and in this particular case Mrs. Ana Maria Rodriguez has done a daily ongoing basis.
· The whole family lives in harmony with nature - it is critical that the garden becomes part of your lifestyle.
· ; The garden itself can be separated into different compartments or areas with its own identity. The gardens have several sections that can be distinguished by their distinct characteristics that make up "areas of identity", all interconnected by grass fields and trails.
· ; A clear architectural structuring schemes with natural plantation establishment designed to show respect for nature and reduce the hard edges of the house and its trails.
· ; The garden celebrates nature and artificiality in rejecting most of the area. Many sections are more naturalistic and organic forms edges.
· ; planting schemes like that pointed to a "natural" with a country style that relates better to the site and soil conditions, local identity, seasonal changes and natural growth.
garden section points to the less formal, here are appreciated aroids, begonias and ferns in a display of creativity. Photo of Guillermo Chaves.
There is a front garden which is partly also a visual extension from the L-shaped terrace that vestibular home. This is the garden of access is more elaborate because it has a geometric scheme based on simple shapes such as triangles, an octagon, a square with diagonals. Geometry is a field that defines areas for planting. All these components are interrelated and constitute the paths and flower beds or beds for plant collections.
photos Guillermo Chaves H .
Within these forms appear as punctual elements pots concrete with elaborate arrangements of plants, especially succulents and cacti.
Photo of William H. Chaves
The other section of note is their field of grass, clumps of trees and plants, especially tropical displayed in a profuse and highlighting color schemes and textures of a variety plant.
is a pleasure to see that in all these plants are all a combined effort to make a display texture and color, and that there is so rough mixes elements that give unity and achieve a harmonious whole.
This is a remarkable garden in Costa Rica, expresses a sense of unity that comes from personal aesthetic criteria, knowledge of species and the ability to create unusual combinations. Thanks to Ms. Mary for having me at home and enjoy this beautiful spot.
Agave titanota
Photo of William H. Chaves
beautiful example of titanota Agave is a rare species endemic to the limestone hills in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Is a compact plant with rosette-shaped blue-gray foliage. Like most species of agave, the plant is monocarpic, which means that it flowers and bears fruit only once in his life before he died. As the maturity of the Agaves is between 10 to 30 years old or so, these accumulate a large amount of carbohydrates in their tissues that provide energy to fuel the rapid development of a spike of large flowers. In nature, pollination is by nectar-migratory bats that initiates the production of seeds dispersed by the wind and produce the next generation of plants. (1)
Agave gypsophila
Agave gypsophila, is the one from first to left, as part of the collection of agaves and cacti that stand out in the garden of pebbles with quartz stones.
This agave comes from the coastal area of \u200b\u200bMichoacan forms an open rosette of broad leaves, thick, very wavy-edged, blue-gray. Agave is comparatively small compared to other species of the same gender, blue-gray color makes the harmonizes with many other colors and shapes in a way that emphasizes the garden landscape. The leaves are spiny and arcing, undulating edges and also in wet conditions become hot and succulent in appearance. Agave is a compact which makes it ideal for pots or for coverage under the sun, where it gets gray-blue, or partially shaded acquiring a tempting green. It reaches a height and diameter of 1m. The flower appears in the center of the rosette after 4 to 6 years, reaching a height of 3 or 4 m with a beautiful golden flower.
spectacular blue-gray foliage in full sun foliage. If grown in shade will have a greenish tint. It is a tropical agave is not a desert plant sites, prefers a warm place in filtered light and lots of water during the summer. The depth of substrate should reach 30 cm with good drainage. (2)
In most parts of garden we find these tropical herbaceous borders with unusual combinations of plants.
A photo taken on 21/02/2011 by William Chaves. You see part of his collection of cacti and succulents.
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