Lomas Country Club

Vista Verde Paisajismo presents Lomas Country Club, a biodiverse residential garden in Huixquilucan, State of Mexico, that evokes the beauty of the forest. A landscape restoration project where design and nature merge through organic forms, native species, and trees, creating a garden that is experienced and continually evolves.

The project is located in the Lomas Country Club residential development in Huixquilucan, State of Mexico. It is a project that was born with the aim of transforming a traditional residential garden into a biodiversity refuge. The landscape design decision was born from a deep admiration for the behavior of the soil, water, native flora, and fauna of the area, before it was altered by human intervention. The residential development is located in a geographical area of ravines and gullies, characterized by a temperate forest with natural water runoff.

Fusionando naturaleza con arquitectura/ Merging nature with architecture
Fotografía/Photography: Verónica Herrasti

The name of the municipality itself, Huixquilucan, comes from the Nahuatl Huitzquillocan, which means “place full of edible thistles,” perfectly describing the nature that inhabited the region. The urban transformation of the residential development began in 1990, when, despite preserving certain ravines and gullies, hectares of forest were lost. It is there where the roots of our project begin.

Planta ambientada/ Contextualized floor plan
Ilustración/ Illustration: Vista Verde Paisajismo

From the beauty of the temperate forest came our inspiration to transform a bare garden, with pronounced architectural lines and high water requirements, into a biodiverse garden. The challenge was to restore the landscape, bringing back the natural essence of the site and integrating it with the architecture: a space where the art of man and the art of nature would merge without boundaries and in harmonious coexistence.

Conexión con el paisaje/ Connection with the landscape
Fotografía/Photography: Verónica Herrasti

At the beginning of the project, the site consisted of an area made up of 95% lawn, with a perimeter barrier of shrubs and trees that lacked fertile soil for their growth. The water requirements were highly demanding, the vegetation and trees had been showing minimal growth for more than 10 years. We conducted a study of the area and the soil. Together, through the design, we carried out a soil restoration treatment, adding organic substrate and a microbial consortium to regenerate soil degradation and promote the development of the root vegetation.

Ilustración jardín/ Garden illustration
Ilustración/ Illustration: Vista Verde Paisajismo

The design integrates landscape restoration, a reduction in water requirements, refuge for biodiversity, technology in the garden, and native species that will be able to thrive spectacularly in the area. Thus, it is a garden that evolves over time, where each sprout is a new beginning, and every bird and insect that visits it is in a safe environment, a space free of chemicals, and a restored soil for them.

The design integrates landscape restoration, reduced water consumption, technology, and native species, creating a refuge for biodiversity within a safe, chemical-free, restored garden.

Arbolado en el jardín/ Trees in the garden
Fotografía/Photography: Verónica Herrasti

The intervention focused on generating movement through organic forms, the integration of native species and trees to transform the space into an area that welcomes you through nature and can be enjoyed throughout all the seasons of the year, without having to wait for those warm seasons that fill the shrubs with foliage. This perennial garden is a garden that invites you to contemplate and take different paths through it, where each space presents contrasts in tones and a diversity of species.

Islas de vegetación/ Vegetation islands
Ilustración/ Illustration: Vista Verde Paisajismo

This project regenerated the space, providing a sense of an imperfect forest. It is a contemplative garden with different areas and pathways that allow the mind to be freed, admire the beauty of nature, and foster introspection within it. Movement allows us to experience nature in an unparalleled way.

Remates de vegetación/ Vegetation details
Fotografía/Photography: Verónica Bargalló

This garden is a garden that lives, evolves, and reminds us of the beauty of a forest; an irregular forest that does not follow a linear pattern, but rather an irregular form that welcomes all living beings.

Composición de texturas y colores/ Composition of textures and colors
Fotografía/Photography: Verónica Bargalló

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Verónica Bargalló and Verónica Herrasti, designers and co-founders, share the same passion: transforming spaces into places that inspire, connect, and endure; creating living settings that tell stories and offer beauty.