No acabarán mis flores. Las múltiples vidas de la flora mexicana

An exhibition at the Real Jardín Botánico exploring the relationship between eleven Mexican flowers and human societies over time, through their uses, their meanings and their cultural legacies.

The exhibition follows the trajectories of eleven species of Mexican flora and examines how they have shaped different cultures and eras. The route is organised into five thematic sections: love, death, intoxication, power and conversion. Each one brings together examples of the knowledge, uses and symbols that these plants have generated.

The exhibition is held in the Pabellón Villanueva, within the Real Jardín Botánico complex, an institution linked to the CSIC that hosts exhibitions and cultural activities in Madrid. It is aimed at anyone interested in the history of plants and their role in social life, with no prior knowledge of botany required.

It also pays tribute to aromas and the traditional knowledge linked to nature. To this end, it incorporates four scent spaces dedicated to raw materials and species representative of Mexican culture, such as vanilla, copal, magnolia and tagete, so that the visit combines the visual with the sensory.