Wild & Wonderful
Nature Up Close in The Botanical Garden 'El Charco del Ingenio', San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
About the Book
BOOK ON NATURE – NATURE WILD IN A 100-HECTARE CONSERVATION AREA, THE NATURE RESERVE IN SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE
Wild and Wonderful is a book of ideas – how floral forms are related to modes of pollination, the relation between bird bills and feeding habits, and how cacti have so many adaptations to thriving in a semi-arid environment. The variety of El Charco del Ingenio’s habitats – the deep cool canyon, the high mesa, the presa (dam) and its wet meadows – are the fount of its biodiversity; there are 535 species of birds, including 30 species of ferns, 110 species of butterflies and 156 species of birds. For us, the bio-reserve is a heritage of Nature unmolested, and an invitation to keep it that way.
Walter Leo Meagher
San Miguel de Allende
Guanajuato
Mexico