This Día de los Muertos altar on display at a public shrine in Oaxaca, Mexico, shows several traditional ofrendas, including cempasúchil --the Aztec name of the marigold flower native to Mexico. The ...

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Residentes del área como Isabel Patricio son solo algunos de los miembros del jardín comunitario que tienen parcelas llenas con la flor de cempasúchil ya sea para uso personal y también para vender ya ...

Atlixco, Mexico (EFE).- In the central Mexican town of Atlixco, fields of cempasúchil (marigold) burst into vivid shades of orange and gold as producers begin harvesting the blooms ahead of the Day of ...

TIJUANATIJUANA — There’s no Día de los Muertos without cempasúchil flowers (marigolds), and as this Mexican holiday is fast approaching, many are flocking to colorful flower fields in Baja California.

There's a certain twinkle in Eric Velasco's eye whenever he's discussing anything plant-related to a novice gardener. Like anyone with a green thumb, he's an early riser; and even with his advanced ...

Cempasuchil flowers, also known as the Mexican marigold, have been farmed for generations and take the spotlight every year in the Mexico's Day of the Dead celebrations. But cempasuchil growers say ...

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The musky smell of marigolds, or cempasúchil, were thick throughout Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles on Saturday, and Angie Jimenez couldn't wait for it. "I love that smell and I love that it ...