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the Las Pozas sculpture garden, Mexico
April 9, 2013

Las Pozas, Mexico

This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature and Weather Photos

When a freak freeze killed the orchid collection on his Mexican estate, English eccentric Edward James created Las Pozas, a garden with surreal follies like the concrete Bamboo Palace—durable and immune to the vagaries of weather.

See more pictures from the March 2013 feature story "Night Gardens."


Watch a time-lapse sequence of a night-blooming water lily »
Go behind the scenes in a Q&A with Diane Cook and Len Jenshel »

Photograph by Diane Cook and Len Jenshel, National Geographic

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