Burle Marx Gardens in Brasilia, Brazil

Here is another Postcrossing arrival, this time from Brasília, Brazil. This is the first postcard I’ve received from Brazil (through Postcrossing) in eleven years! Many people falsely think that either Rio de Janeiro or São Paolo is the capital of Brazil, but in fact the country created almost a whole city out of wilderness not that long ago to serve as the national capital. This verdant garden was designed by famed Brazilian landscape architect Robert Burle Marx. I love the wedding of green plants, concrete and glass architecture, and flowing sculpture.