The Robert & Catherine Wilson Botanical Garden
Institution Code: LASCR
BGCI Member: No
About the The Robert & Catherine Wilson Botanical Garden
The Las Cruces Biological Station is home to the Wilson Botanical Garden – the most famous botanical garden in Central America. The garden features beautifully diverse plantings of tropical and subtropical ornamentals, representatives of unusual plant families, and rare and endangered plants from Costa Rica and elsewhere. The garden also boasts the second largest collection of palms in the world. Particularly well represented groups include ferns, aroids, bromeliads, gingers, heliconias, marantas, and of course palms.
Main Address:
The Robert & Catherine Wilson Botanical Garden
PO Box 73-8257
San Vito de Coto Brus
Puntarenas Costa Rica
Telephone: 506 2773 4004
Fax: 506 2773 4109
URL: http://tropicalstudies.org/portfolio/las-cruces-research-station/
Primary Email: lascruces@tropicalstudies.org