Mexico City's chinampas, artificial islands first built by the Aztecs hundreds of years ago, are under threat from ...

while crouching down to pick up a handful of powdery soil from the "chinampa," or "floating garden," on which we are both standing. These highly productive man-made island-farms, which can be ...

Cassandra Garduno cuts Mexican marigold flowers known as cempasuchil she grew in her floating garden (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) From ...

Mexico City's chinampas, artificial islands first built by the Aztecs hundreds of years ago, are under threat from ...

Some will shock you, while others will delight you. The Aztec Empire was full of interesting daily tidbits that we never learned about in school.

Before Hernán Cortes' arrival in Tenochtitlan, the city was the capital ... artificially expanded by the Mexicas until it became a floating city, which was achieved through hydraulic engineering ...

Who could fail to enjoy seeing glorious gardens from a different angle? The stunning gardens are just part of what has been a beautiful series to work on. For each episode we found a person who ...

It gives you more time, spares resources and gives you the space to garden. If that sounds appealing, there are plenty of indoor pod gardens that are low-maintenance and apartment-friendly.

Mexico City's chinampas, artificial islands first built by the Aztecs hundreds of years ago, are under threat from encroaching urbanization MEXICO CITY -- Cassandra Garduño squinted in the ...

PHOTOS: Mexico City’s floating gardens have fed people for hundreds of years. Now they’re threatened Garduño’s earliest memories of her family’s chinampa came from peering through her ...

The gardens crisscrossed by canals in the capital's southern Xochimilco borough are built up from layers of dredged soil, held together by tall, thin ahuejotes — a kind of willow tree ...