Jardin Borda, Cuernavaca

We spent a leisure Sunday afternoon in Jardin Borda a few weeks ago. Here is what our guidebook says about Jardin Borda
“These extravagant gardens were designed after Versailles in 1783 for Manuel de la Borda, as an addition to the stately residence built by his father Jose de la Borda, the Taxco silver magnate. From 1866, Emperor Maximilian and Empress Carlota entertained their courtiers here, and used the house as a summer residence.
The gardens are formally laid out on a series of terraces, with paths, steps and fountains, and they originally featured a botanical collection with hundreds of varieties of ornamental plants and fruit trees. The vegetation is still exuberant, with large trees and semitropical shrubs, though there is no longer a wide range of species.”