Mexico and Cuba
| # | Country | Gard | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mexico | The Floating Gardens, Xochimilco, Mexico City | The chinampas of Lake Xochimilco, floating vegetable gardens dating back before Aztec times. |
| 2. | Mexico | The Gardens of Luis Barragán: Casa de Luis Barragán, Casa Prieto López and Casa Antonio Gálvez | Gardens created by leading Mexican architect, Luis Barragán, in Mexico City. Website of the Barragan Foundation |
| 3. | Mexico | The Ethno-Botanical Garden, Oaxaca | A new botanic garden containing the region's many species of cactus, built alongside the Santo Domingo Cultural Center, formerly a monastery, on a site originally slated for development as a hotel. Website |
| 4. | Mexico | Las Pozas, Xilitla | A surreal collection of jungle plants and concrete follies created in a former coffee plantation by Englishman Edward James in the Sierra Madre Oriental. Website |
| 5. | Cuba | Alberto's Huerto, Havana | An urban vegetable garden in the space left by a collapsed building. |
| 6. | Cuba | Vivero Organopónico Alamar, Havana | A large urban collective organic market garden (Organopónico) |
| 7. | Cuba | Maria's Garden, Havana | A small urban flower garden. |
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