Hotel Matilda was the first luxury hotel in San Miguel de Allende. To tie a modern hotel with a colonial pueblo, we leaned heavily on the vernacular plant palette - we used Washingtonia Palms as the main structural plant - these trees are also in front of the town's famous 'Parroquia'. Further nods to the local environs include Bougainvillea and Distictis vines hanging from roof planters. At ground level, the plantings get interesting, with a palette that is nearly all native, including several agave species and the rare (in Mexico) Mexican Weeping Bamboo.