Enjoy a private guided tour of roberto burle marx home and gardens this artist and designer became interested in plants and gardens when he was very young but his first public commission was in 1935 in recife in 1949 he bought a house called sitio roberto burle marx located 30 miles 50 km southwest of rio de janeiro and he used it to propagate promising plants he found during expeditions to the forests and savannahs you will tour this place with your knowledgeable guide