Gardens

The Estate · 4 entries in The Journal.

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Stone steps and a garden bench beneath mature planted trees at The Sanctuary Estate, Nosara, Costa Rica
Gardens5 min

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.
Bougainvillea in bloom in the gardens of The Sanctuary Estate, Nosara, Costa Rica
Gardens4 min

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.
Regenerated gardens and forested hills at The Sanctuary Estate, once overgrazed pasture, Nosara, Costa Rica
Gardens4 min

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.
Landscaped gardens with mountain views at The Sanctuary Estate, Nosara, Costa Rica
Gardens2 min

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.