Gardens can be interesting for many reasons, but for me there is one category that holds a special fascination – those created by almost superhuman effort out of the most inauspicious circumstances. The Palmatum in Santa Cruz, Tenerife is one … Continue reading
Although Cesar Manrique’s El Jardin de Cactus is his best-known landscape intervention, Jameos del Agua is his most spectacular. Visitors descend first into the large cavern-like café-restaurant, then zig-zag down a steep bank planted with shade-loving perennials into an astonishingly … Continue reading