Monthly Archives: February 2021

Botanic Gardens, Gallery, Travel Learning

BELIZE BOTANIC GARDENS PHOTO GALLERY

Gallery

Take a look at Belize Botanic Gardens Photo Gallery. This will give you an idea of what we’re all about; however, you can’t depend on photos to really know. The thing to do is to visit us.

Here you can walk our many trails on your own or with one of our knowledgeable guides. Learn about why our native plants are important. Check out the Maya Medicine Trail and sample some teas made from “bush” plants at Belize Botanic Gardens.

Join us for a tamale making experience and make your own lunch Maya-style.

Or just spend the day wandering around the gardens, having a picnic by the pergola or maybe under the bamboo tunnel. You could climb the tower and enjoy your lunch while looking out over the gardens.

Belize Botanic Gardens is home to around 300 species of birds so don’t forget to bring your binoculars.

You can stay with in our comfortable Guest House or rent the “Blue House” for your Belize Vacation. With access to lots of nearby points of interest, you can’t go wrong. And where else can you stay right in a Botanic Garden and wander the grounds any time you want?

  • ARISTOLOCHEA
  • BELIZE BOTANIC GARDENS BOUNTY
  • MORE BELIZE BOTANIC GARDENS BOUNTY
  • BELIZE BOTANIC GARDENS OFFICE
  • BEETLESON PLANT
  • BILIMBI FRUIT AND FLOWERS
  • BILIMBI 2
  • CANONBALL TREE
  • COFFEE BLOSSOMS
  • COFFEE TREE IN BLOOM
  • ETHNO-BOTANY CLASS
  • BEAUTIFUL FLOWER
  • FLY
  • FOGON
  • COOKING ON FOGON
  • GUEST HOUSE
  • GUEST HOUSE FRONT
  • GUEST HOUSE ROOMS
  • MALAY APPLE BLOSSOMS
  • MALAY APPLE BLOSSOMS 2
  • MELAPONA BEE HIVE
  • MELAPONA BEES
  • MELAPONA BEES 2
  • PALM TREE
  • PALM TREE 2
  • PANAMA FLAME
  • PANAMA FLAME 2
  • TREE
  • VINE PERGOLA
  • ZINZIBER ALLEY
Botanic Gardens, Looking Back

Looking Back – What was it like 30-odd years ago?

What it was like before Running Water & Electricity

Looking back on the last 30-odd years I’ve been pondering life in Belize Visitors to Belize Botanic Gardens often ask what it was like here in the days before electricity and running water.  My favorite book growing up was Swiss Family Robinson so a family adventure always had a special appeal to me.

One big difference though was that the Robinson’s were shipwrecked on an island with a ship loaded with supplies.  When they ran out of good stuff – like fine wines, cheese, chocolate, etc, they merely rowed their dinghy out to the ship and brought back what they needed.  For us it was a hard-driven 10 miles to reach San Ignacio in an hour and change  (each-way),  with more riding  around town in order to find the basics.  And there was definitely a shortage of fine wines and cheese!!

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