XOCHIMILCO, Mexico — Xochimilco is known for its beautiful flowers. From the trumpet-shaped brugmansia to the sun-loving ...

Few, however, realize that this reserve is the last example of an ancient way of farming on water called chinampas. It’s a method that is 1,300 years old and is disappearing due to cultural, economic ...

On the Southern edge of Mexico City, on a patch of land surrounded by water, a farmer and a scientist recently inspected rows of small cubes of mud that had sprouted seedlings. They were crouching ...

The chinampas, each typically just a few hundred ... Local vendors, like the ones in the three images above, glide past in their own boats, selling snacks, drinks, and souvenirs.

The floating farms known as “chinampas” may have something to teach Venetians and the world. By Ray Mark Rinaldi Reporting from Mexico City Mexico City’s small urban farms — known locally ...

Collage of the Chinampa Veneta, 2025, Collage over an image of Teatro del Mondo from Aldo Rossi. Image © Chinampa Veneta Chinampa Veneta proposes a future-oriented ...

Others have been abandoned. It’s a very different picture from 1987, when UNESCO granted World Heritage Site status to Lake Xochimilco and its chinampas for their role as a unique agricultural ...

Chinampas are part of an agricultural system developed during the Aztec Empire in shallow lakes or marshes in the southern valley of what is today Mexico City. The system consists of elevated ...