Las Pozas and Other Gardens of Earthly Delights

A private garden of art requires either lots of money or lifetime dedication -and often both. British poet Edward James built a surrealist paradise in Xilitla, Mexico, beginning in the 1940s because, he said, California was getting too crowded. It took a lot of space to build Las Pozas (the Pools).

All the structures (or sculptures? temples? James intentionally blurs the lines) have deliciously epic and vague names like, The House on Three Floors Which Will in Fact Have Five or Four or Six, The House with a Roof like a Whale, and The Staircase to Heaven.

The concrete structures are artfully engulfed in stunning plant life, and at one point, there were 29,000 orchids on the property. Which explains why James had to sell off most of his art collection to pay for the $5 million (by today’s conversions) installation.  

See plenty of pictures of Las Pozas and seven other unique art gardens around the world at Messy Nessy Chic. 

(Image credit: Flickr user Erik)


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