Antigua Guatemala’s Flower-decorated Windows
Today, I share with you a window dressed up with flowers for Antigua’s Flower Festival. Enjoy!
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Antigua Guatemala Has Sunshine and Vibrant Flowers All Year Long
No wonder people from really cold latitudes love to hibernate in Antigua Guatemala during the harsh winter months. Imagine having gorgeous warm sunshine everyday and everywhere you look there are flowers in bloom. Nowadays, we are also welcoming Covid hibernators; those lucky people who can work remotely and it doesn’t matter where they clock-in from. … Read more
The Architectonic Aesthetics of Antigua Guatemala
One of the most sought after aesthetics of Antigua Guatemala is bare walls of ruins with rustic textures. Pair this aesthetic with color and vibrant exotic flowers and your have a winning combination. The white flowers shown in the picture go by the name of banderas, or flags (spathiphylium). The other exotic and expensive plant … Read more
Crowded Flowers Stands the Day before All Saints Day
Every year October 31st is the best day for flowers vendors as the sales skyrocket for the entire week as everyone is buying flowers to take to cemeteries and for the Day of the Dead shrines. This year, sales even began a few days before October 31st as the national government order all cemeteries and … Read more
Antigua Autumn Colors Are Coming to Antigua
Take a photographic tour to see some plants blooming now: Dry Season Blossoms in Antigua Guatemala Blossoms From The Land of the Eternal Spring Poinsettias Everywhere Participate in the raffle for a chance to win a dramatic 11″x14″ metallic print of this photo of the The Real Palacio de La Cultura, valued at $60, by … Read more
Ruinas de San José El Viejo in Antigua Guatemala
The Ruins of San José El Viejo parish in Antigua Guatemala. This parish was built in 1749. Nowadays, these ruins are used as a venue for weddings and social events. Today I share with you an eye candy treat from my morning photo walk. I really enjoy how the ruins just pop up during my … Read more
Quotidian Vistas from Antigua Guatemala — Flower Blooms
The slogan for Guatemala is the “El país de la eterna primavera,” the land of the eternal Spring which is quite appropriate because our weather is always temperate Spring and flowers and plants are always blooming…
Eternal Spring Colors in Fall Season
Here I share with you the colours the Spring season during Fall in Antigua Guatemala. As I have mentioned many times in the past, in Guatemala we don’t really have a Spring season per se, or any other season for the matter. In fact, the changes between seasons are so gradual that we don’t really … Read more
Flower Decorations In La Antigua Guatemala
Welcome to La Antigua Guatemala, the land of the eternal Spring! We are so lucky to have so many flowers in bloom year round in La Antigua Guatemala. As I have mentioned before, flowers are quite inexpensive in Guatemala and that’s why many restaurants and cafes choose to decorate their tables and windows with flowers, … Read more
The aesthetics of La Antigua Guatemala
If one picture could summarise the aesthetic values of La Antigua Guatemala, this picture gets pretty close. Simple, antique, tasteful, colourful, with lots character are concepts that come to mind. How would define the aesthetic values of La Antigua Guatemala? Here’s “Anhelo” the most recent short film coming out of La Antigua Guatemala. Enjoy! ANHELO … Read more
Light and flowers at the mercado
If you go to el mercado on “market days” you can get an ever larger selection of flowers at lower prices than normal. As explained the other day, many exotic flowers sell for less than the typical carnations and roses. Some flowers are aromatic while others provide you with beautiful rich colours. A combination can … Read more
Yellow Flowers at el mercado, Antigua Guatemala
Plastic fake flowers, we don’t know what they are and we don’t need them. We are the land of the eternal Spring so we always have a plentiful supply of fresh flowers at el mercado every day of the year. Interesting enough, the exotic flowers are actually less expensive than the typical roses and carnations. … Read more
Guatemalan Flowers: Varsovias
In La Antigua Guatemala, flowers bloom all year round. These white flowers actually bloom around mid autumn. We call them varsovias in Guatemala, but I am not sure what the actual name is. Can anyone help with the information and name in English for these flowers. Thanks!
Blossoms From The Land of the Eternal Spring
As many of you know because we have discussed previously, Guatemala does not have the traditional four seasons. Well, really, we do, but the differences are not as obvious as the differences between the rainy and dry seasons. However, Guatemala takes on the motto of the Land of the Eternal Spring because of the ever-present … Read more
Guatemalan Flower Growers
As mentioned before, if you’re looking for flower and plant nurseries, then head over to San Miguel Dueñas where it seems as though each block has at least one vivero (nursery) or invernadero (green house) growing flowers and plants. A rose started plant sells for about Q5/$0.60 in the nurseries around San Miguel Dueñas, how … Read more