Mango Festival
Please join the fun at the Vallarta Botanical Garden for this special event. Raicilla tasting, exhibition and tasting of mango products, special mango cocktails and mango tree sales! We will have live Folkloric ballet and more.
Events: Vallarta Botanical Garden
Hummingbird Week
Join us for a full week of educational events and activities celebrating hummingbirds.
Mexican Association of Botanical Gardens meet in Vallarta
On April 12 and 13, the Vallarta Botanical Garden received a visit from the Mexican Association of Botanical Gardens (AMJB), represented by its member Mónica Rivas, who is also director of the neighboring Haravéri Botanical Garden, as well as Salvador Arias, director of the UNAM Botanical Garden, José Viccon, secretary of the AMJB, and Mario…
Night of the Dead
Traditions connected with the holiday of Dia de los Muertos include honoring the deceased using Calaveras and marigold flowers known as cempazúchitl, building home alters called ofrendas with the favorite foods and beverages of the departed, and visiting graves with these items as gifts for the deceased. Time of event to follow in November.
Father’s Day
FREE ADMISSION TO ALL FATHERS
Mother’s Day
Free admission for Moms & live Mariachi music.
Cuitlauzina Pendula: Orchid of the month
Orchids, with their elegance and diversity, have captivated nature lovers for centuries. Among these botanical jewels, Cuitlauzina pendula stands out as an endemic species of Mexico that deserves our attention. It is a small to medium-sized orchid, epiphytic and, in some cases, terrestrial, with a short rhizome and green pseudobulbs with two leaves each. It…
A new species named after Jorge Novoa Ramos, protector of macaws
This month in The Leaflet we have decided to make a special mention of Jorge Novoa Ramos, who has worked for more than a decade for the conservation of the green macaw (Ara militaris) in the Macaw Sanctuary together with Francisco Espino Ibarra of the Ejido de Las Juntas and Los Veranos, Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco,…
Vallarta Bird and Nature Festival
Please join us for the 2025 Vallarta Bird and Nature Festival. Our passionate naturalists and bird experts share their time and their experience through educational presentations and workshops. Events like this are of vital importance for the conservation not only of birds, but of nature in general, because through this medium critical information can be…
Chocolate, Coffee & Vanilla Festival
Vallarta Botanical Garden will host a Festival celebrating three important plant species native to the rain forests of Mexico – Chocolate, Coffee and Vanilla – and everyone is invited! Come enjoy tastings, live music, Pre-Hispanic Dance. 10:00 am Exhibition of producers and providers 11:00 am Yoga class 12:30 pm Talk about the production of Cocoa,…
Thanksgiving at The Vallarta Botanical Garden 2024
Join us in celebration of the U.S. traditional Thanksgiving Dinner surrounded by nature, birds and festive folkloric dancers. All of your favorites will be served and no one leaves hungry! Why not spend the day being thankful for the beauty of nature.
Growing and Cultivating Vanilla Plants
The vanilla plant is an orchid. There are approximately 110 species of vanilla orchid, but only two of these produce commercial vanilla. About 15 species are found in Mexico. Vallarta Botanical Garden has a great selection of orchids on display. Vanilla was first discovered in Mexico and used by the ancient inhabitants. Today vanilla is…
Choosing Flowers to Match One’s Personality: Tulips vs. Orchids
Choosing a flower to suit one’s personality is a fun way to add meaning and beauty to an event or home decor. In this article, we’ll discuss two popular blooms — tulips and orchids — and how to determine which one suits you better. Flowers have been revered for their beauty and symbolism for millennia….
Gray-black Warbler (Setophaga nigrescens)
During this season, we have a large number of visitors at the Vallarta Botanical Garden from the winter territories of Canada and the United States. In the same way, we receive a large number of feathered traveler, (known as birds!) from those territories, who come in search of food and warmer temperatures. This is the…
It’s Wild in Puerto Vallarta!
For the past several years, the Vallarta Botanical Garden has been purchasing parcels of land that adjoin the VBG, thanks to the generous donations of some of our members and benefactors. These land purchases are not intended for an expansion of the Garden, but are a buffer zone that will forever remain in its pristine…
Conservation in Action, Preserving Nature
Our region’s flora and fauna are worth protecting. While the real estate boom in Puerto Vallarta and the Riviera Nayarit may be a blessing to our region’s economy, aspects of its current development are of great concern for those who love and appreciate nature. Many places that were inaccessible refuges for wildlife just a few…
Orchids at the Vallarta Botanical Garden
Text and photos are courtesy of the Vallarta Botanical Garden. Did you know Vanilla plant is an orchid? Pleurothalis cardiothallis The collections of our botanical garden hold a great diversity of orchids with large and showy flowers, but when you visit us, remember to pay attention to the small details, because some orchids produce flowers…
2022 Garden of Excellence Award Winner!
The Vallarta Botanical Garden (VBG) was awarded the prestigious “Garden Excellence Award for 2022” presented by the American Public Gardens Association (APGA), North America’s most important public garden organization. This marks the first time that any garden outside the U.S. has received this coveted honor, and we beat over 600 other public garden institutions in…
Health Benefits of Pineapples
The pineapple is the only edible bromeliad available today, and it offers many health benefits. It is a complex plant with dozens of individual flowerets that grow together to form the fruit. Each scale on a pineapple is evidence of a different flower. Pineapples stop ripening the minute they are picked. No particular way of…
The oldest herbal book in the Americas
CRUZ – BADIANO MEXICAN CODEX The Libellus de medicinalibus indorum herbis, better known as the Cruz-Badiano Codex (of Mexican medicinal plants) is the oldest medicinal book that has been produced in America. It was compiled in 1552, at the Colegio de Santa Cruz de Santiago Tlatelolco in Mexico City by the indigenous doctors Martín de…
Vallarta Botanical Gardens
The Vallarta Botanical Garden (VBG) was awarded the prestigious “Garden Excellence Award for 2022” presented by the American Public Gardens Association (APGA), North America’s most important public garden organization. This marks the first time that any garden outside the U.S. has received this coveted honor, and we beat over 600 other public garden institutions in North America to win.
Orchid Care Is About Recreating Habitats
Basic orchid care attempts to recreate the habitat in which a certain variety of orchid developed. Some bloom November-December and others May-June – although hybrids may bloom just about any time. In nature many are epiphytes growing on a branch. When it rains plant detritus/insect debris washes over the roots which have evolved to get…
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