A painter, designer and self taught botanist, Burle Marx treated the landscape as a living work of art.
Burle Marx's tapestries, on view at Paco Imperial museum
Garden Design Seanz Pena Square, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1948

Garden Design Plan, Duque de Caxias Square Rio de Janeiro 1948

Site Plan of Ibrirapuera Park Project, Sao Paulo, Brazil 1953

Detail 5, Ibrirapuera Park Project, Sao Paulo, Brazil 1953

Just a few of Burle Marx's realized works
Brazil's Civic Square



Terrace garden rio de Janeiro

Brazil

A passionate proponent of Brazillian native flora and fauna Burle Marx is also recognized for his discovery of some thirteen plants that bear his name, see my 5 selected below.
Heliconia hirsuta 'Burle Marx'

Calathea burle-marxii

Neoregelia burle-marxii

Philodendron 'Burle-Marx'

Begonia 'Burle Marx'
