How to Plant Like the Maya (Gardening Adventures in Belize)
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Our main work is encouraging sustainable agriculture, maintaining conservation collections and engaging in conservation education. We aim to inspire our community and visitors this could be you! Whether you come for a day visit via canoe, horseback, hike or car or you come to stay as a guest, student or intern, BBG is a place to discover, explore and stimulate your senses. Taste our latest tropical fruits! Smell the air heavy with ylang-ylang, cinnamon or bay rum. Behold the striking tropical flowers such as panama flame!
Listen to the cacophony of tropical birds: Our Native Orchid House is home to over species of Belizean orchids, as well as many other native plants.
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You will not see a dramatic display here as these are not collected in great numbers due to threats to them in the wild. Palms of Belize Display Thanks to the International Palm Society you can enjoy a display of native palms and their products at the garden.
Students enjoy this field trip stop as they see how we use palms everyday and get to do activities like learn how to make a thatched roof, broom or house plant from palms. Plants of the Maya Discover plants used by the ancient Maya for ritual, medicine and daily living.
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The Maya knew how to make all they needed from the forests around them. This traditional knowledge was handed down generation to generation as part of their cultural identity. For the Maya this meant knowing how to survive from the forests, pray to the gods, heal the sick and make floors from the earth. Some practices are still used today.
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Check out the vista from our hill-top lookout. The tower is a popular stop on a night walk. From atop the tower you will have an unobstructed view of the night sky weather permitting. You are sure to be awed by the clarity and sheer number of stars and constellations you can see. The tower is a replica of the towers used for fire management in the Mountain Pine Ridge. A short winding path takes you past a display ofsterlitzia bird-of-paradise , gingers, heliconias, and aeroids.
These showy plants are typical symbols of the tropics. Their vibrant colors create the perfect photo spot.
Elixirs of flower waters, oils and teas were in heaps for sale to anyone who dare go in to learn about the magical jungle plants. My first trip to Belize was in December through January Email lorenzo at belizeadventure dot ca. The Macal River, flanked by limestone bluffs, runs through it. One day his grandfather told the boy to go out by himself and bring him back a plant that was not useful.
Bird Hide Spy on the least grebes, black bellied whistling ducks and northern jacanas from this hideaway close by the pond. Rates — Getting around the gardens. You get to walk around with our experienced professional guide who will take you on scenic routes and trails around the gardens where all the great plants are plus you can pepper them with questions Check with our concierge to discuss departures times, difficulty or terrain, and length of the tour.
My first trip to Belize was in December through January If we survive traveling in Belize for a month, we can survive anything — right? Happily, we not only survived Belize Oh, we fought, but not much.
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And the ever present rum punch helped a lot! After the first few days, we drove from the north and went south, through Belmopan. From the Hummingbird Highway there were a couple signs for a local Farmers Market.
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We pulled over with no hesitation, as it was hot and we were in desperate need of something cool to drink and eat. After passing a few stalls, I saw a woman dressed all in black and gesticulating wildly.
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Her booth was bursting at the walls with dried and fresh herbs. Elixirs of flower waters, oils and teas were in heaps for sale to anyone who dare go in to learn about the magical jungle plants.
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I practically pushed past my Matt to enter the booth, eager to meet this incredible woman who obviously was as excited about plants as I am. Since that day in Belmopan, Janice and Rabi her husband, also a bush medicine healer Bain and I have been great friends. This time, we left the farmers market and drove to a little town towards San Ignacio called Valley of Peace.
There she showed us their property where they plant and hand-harvest jungle herbs.
Lush, healthy, gorgeously green vegetation like wild Yam root, Soursap, Lemon grass and Ipomea Morning Glory vine grow in abundance. Janice and Rabi taught me about how to make sun-teas, how to properly brew dry root and how to store medicinal seeds and pods. Their knowledge was absolutely impressive and so inspiring. We swapped garden stories, techniques and how we each found ourselves in the vast world of plants.