Re: aroids and Costa Rica travel

From: Don Martinson llmen at execpc.com> on 1999.11.23 at 18:58:52(3858) >I will be leaving for Costa Rica soon and wanted to know if people had = >suggestions for great gardens in Costa Rica. Certainly those with = >aroids would be wonderful, but any garden of interest would be fine. Yes, by all means go to the Lankaster Gardens near Cartago. My only disappointment was that many of their specimens were not adequately labeled. They used to have a Home Page, but the link I had is not active. I would also recomment 2 others: The Arenal Botanical Gardens, 5km east of Arenal (about 110km NW of San Jose as the toucan flies) is also very pretty. The Wilson Botanical Gardens, operated by the Organization for Tropical Studies, is between Golfito and San Vito in the south eastern part of the country, very close to the border with Panama. These are extensive gardens and research facilities and I would recommend them highly. The whole country is a wonderful place and if you have any additional questions or are looking for recommendations on places to stay, please contact me by private e-mail. Don +More Don Martinson Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mailto:llmen@execpc.com

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