Gardens
The Estate · 7 entries in The Journal.
Journal entries in Gardens
Where the trees came from
A baobab from Africa, a banyan from India, dry-forest natives from Guanacaste. How a collection of 202 species was assembled on one Costa Rican hillside.
What flowers in October in Nosara
October sits deep in the Guanacaste green season. What is in bloom on the estate now, and how a tropical garden keeps colour going month by month.
The first tree: twelve years of planting in Nosara
In 2010 this land was cleared ground. The first tree went in on 27 May 2014 — a coconut. More than nine thousand trees and plants later, here is what changed.
The tree register: every plant on the estate, mapped
Every identifiable tree and plant on this Nosara estate now has its own page. What the register holds, why each tree is numbered, and how to look one up.
The flowering gardens of the Sanctuary Estate
Bougainvillea, plumeria, heliconia, and the flame of a coral tree — a walk through the tropical flowers that colour the estate's regenerated gardens in Nosara.
How the land came back: twelve years regenerating a Nosara estate
Twelve years ago this was tired, overgrazed pasture. Today it is a forest of nine thousand trees on the Nosara River. Here is how the land came back.
The Tea Garden
A shaded corner built around an antique Indian cast-iron table, ringed by Ti plants beneath a Royal Poinciana, entered over a carved Sri Lankan sandstone step.