GARDENING CLUBS•GROUPS • CLASSES • BLOGS • WEBSITES • SEED EXCHANGES • PLANT EXCHANGES on Growing Plants & Things in Costa Rica - for Expats and Locals

As GORGEOUS as Costa Rica is, sadly, there are not many
GARDEN CLUBS • GROUPS

I'm starting this page to share some:

GARDENING CLUBS • GROUPS:
ARENAL
Arenal Gardening (98)
facebook.com/groups/1592379534335924

ARENAL GARDENERS

Facebook.com/pages/Arenal-Gardeners/413220712106845

WHEN MEET:
USUALLY the 1st Monday of the month at 1pm

WHERE: 
Often at Victoria Torley's home in Aguacate

WHAT DO THEY DO:
They have frequent plant•seed exchanges and plan trips. Sometimes, a trip replaces a meeting like to other gardens•viveros.

CONTACT:
Victoria Torley
(she has a column on "Gardening" on Mondays on Page 6 in AMCostaRica.com
AMCostaRica.com/morenews5.htm)
8-718-0480 • VictoriaTorley1@gmail.com

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Here's a Facebook group for Gringo Gardeners:

Gringo Gardeners in Costa Rica 
facebook.com/groups/697199770399076



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Costa Rica Organic Gardening Forum
Facebook.com/groups/CostaRicaOrganicGardening


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CLASSES•SEMINARS ON GARDENING IN COSTA RICA

 New Dawn Center
youtu.be/GVVHQk_EQ2c
TheNewDawnCenter.info/courses.html
Tropical Medicinal Plants with Natural Health Care Therapies
Ecological Health Gardens & Sustainable Tropical Agriculture
 (tell Ed Bernhardt that Vicki with the blog Connected you!)

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BLOGS & WEBSITES ON GARDENING IN COSTA RICA
THE WEBSITE on all things

InBio.ac.cr/en

TheNewDawnCenter.info/blog.html



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SEED EXCHANGES & PLANT EXCHANGES AROUND COSTA RICA

Cuttings • Plants • Seeds

Trade • Sell • Share

in Costa Rica

facebook.com/groups/CuttingsPlantsSeedsTradeSellShareCR

Has a few Seed Exchange pages listed on it
(COMING SOON)


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WHERE TO BUY

SEEDS AROUND COSTA RICA

New Dawn Center
TheNewDawnCenter.info/products.html

SEEDS
Native Sweet Chile Peppers
perennial bush, good production of sweet peppers.
Native Pumpkin Squash
Can be eaten young like zucchini or mature like a pumpkin.
Native Basil
Hardy variety with good flavor for salads and meals.
Sweet Cherry Tomatoes
The best tomato for the tropics. Grows well in containers too.
Jamaican Hibiscus
Beautiful flowers which make a flavorful tea (that I hear is GREAT for the kidneys) & has Edible leaves
Zinnias
Colorful flowers for the garden.
Cosmos
Orange variety.

PRICE:
In Costa Rica:
1,000 colones/packet
Outside Costa Rica:
$3-U.S.$/packet
(30gm packets - postage included)


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BOOKS ON PLANTS IN COSTA RICA:

by Ed Bernhard
“THE COSTA RICAN ORGANIC HOME GARDENING GUIDE”
Our latest comprehensive, revised and up-dated edition. Large format with more than 150 photos and drawings.
Now available on CD-ROM in Adobe Acrobat PDF format at the same price
Review an excerpt from page 30 - TheNewDawnCenter.info/excerpt-CROHG.html
      Inside Costa Rica: $20 (or the equivalent in colones) / copy
      Outside Costa Rica: $20 / copy + $5 shipping / order


"HUERTAS NATURALES PARA COSTA RICA"
Our latest comprehensive, revised and up-dated edition. Spanish. 150 pages, 40 photos. Covers more than 100 plants, herbs and trees for the home garden. A great gift for your neighbors or an easy way to learn the Spanish gardening vocabulary. This paperback edition has been a best seller for many years in Costa Rica.
 PRICE:
Inside Costa Rica: $20 (or the equivalent in colones) / copy
      Outside Costa Rica: $20 / copy + $5 shipping / order


"MEDICINAL PLANTS OF COSTA RICA"
New publication for 2008! A truly useful guide to tropical medicinal plants. Learn how you can use over 100 tropical plants for your health - naturally. Over 140 pages with color photos. Extraordinary new plant friends await you.
     PRICE:
 Inside Costa Rica: $14 (or the equivalent in colones) / mailing included
      Outside Costa Rica: $17 / copy / mailing included


"NATURAL HEALTH CARE FOR TROPICAL LIVING"
New publication for 2005! A truly useful guide to holistic natural health care. Learn how to care for your health - naturally - with herbs, diet, massage and hydrotherapy, yoga and mind-spirit work. Over 165 pages with illustrations by the author.
PRICE:
      Inside Costa Rica: $20 (or the equivalent in colones) / mailing included
      Outside Costa Rica: $25 / copy / mailing included



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INTERESTING ARTICLES ON GARDENING IN COSTA RICA
RetireForLessInCostaRica.com/2015/03/gardening-in-costa-rica-with-steve


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FYI - THE BEST AREAS in Costa Rica for
VIVERO'S • FLOWERS:
La Garita & Cartago
(more on which is best for which type of flower•plant later)



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Do YOU Know of any other
GARDEN CLUBS•GROUPS or other things
In English OR Español??

Email me the

Name of the group:

City:

Where Meet:

Day•Time of Meetings:

Cost to Join:

Cost of Meetings:  

Can newbies•tourists join your meetings?:

Contact Name (do they speak English?):

Contact email:

Contact phone #:

and any other information you want to share

To
LivingLifeInCostaRica@gmail.com


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