The forest of Kochurani Dombro

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July 2024

La Perdregoza Tree Nursery is thriving with thousands of seedlings in full germination. The rainy season is well underway, and the seedlings respond to it instinctively.

Watching these dormant seeds burst into beautiful seedlings within weeks is truly magical. Such incredible energy

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03 Jul 2024
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RAHELYNN DEL PUERTO · a month ago

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June 2024

At Sacred Seeds Garden, we collaborate closely with local Indigenous communities, who are invaluable sources of regional plant knowledge and expertise.

Meet Claudia, one of our dedicated local Indigenous women. As a single mother, she supports her family through activities like

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30 Jun 2024
Jürgen Rein
Jürgen Rein · 8 months ago

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The Igua nauno seedlings are currently thriving in the heat under the shade of the tree nursery. These young trees are being carefully nurtured and are awaiting transplantation into the soil of La Pedregoza. With the rainy season going well we are able to start planting soon as this

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26 Jun 2024
May 2024

After months of seed collection efforts it is finally time to prepare the nursery for the 2024 tree planting season! Everyone at Sacred Seeds agrees it is always one of our favorite times of year, calmer temperatures ahead and the joy of new life sprouting all around us.

The magic

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03 May 2024
Jürgen Rein
Jürgen Rein · 8 months ago

muy bien

April 2024

Visitors to La Pedregoza are always fascinated with the Merecure fruits which up close have the appearance of speckled bird eggs.

Licania pyrifolia or Merecure tree is native to the Orinoco river basin and considered potentially vulnerable. The fruits seen here are nearly ready

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26 Apr 2024
David Ruffini
David Ruffini · 10 months ago

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Seed collection is a dedicated task which can take many hours and when it comes to native tree seeds an expert eye for maturity and quality as well. Here we see a local seed collector harvesting some Jopo (Anadenanthera peregrina) seeds from within the Sacred Seeds garden.

This

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18 Apr 2024
Jürgen Rein
Jürgen Rein · 8 months ago

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The sun is scorching hot at La Pedregoza this year and the temperatures have been pushing these days beyond 40°C to reach even 42°C (107°F) in the shade!!!

Our workers in Pedregoza are very dedicated to seedling survival especially during heat waves and a wellness and survival check

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07 Apr 2024

While the dry season is in full swing the scorched and hard packed soil of the deep forest is perfect for seed collection in even the deepest and often wettest jungle areas. Getting in and out of the dense jungle is no small feat, and it takes an expert to safely navigate the hazards.

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02 Apr 2024
Jürgen Rein
Jürgen Rein · 8 months ago

muy bien

March 2024

When you stand before the Saladillo blanco tree (Vochysia lehmannii) with its brilliant yellow flowers rising above the canopy of all the other trees in La Pedregoza, one can sense why this tree truly belongs to the rare and magnificent species of this region.
While Saladillo is

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31 Mar 2024

Seed collection for the sacred seeds garden is an arduous task involving an expert eye for timing of the flowering, seed maturity, weather concerns and the difficulty of the jungle location itself.

Indigenous people of Vichada and other local people who are knowledgeable in the

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09 Mar 2024
Jürgen Rein
Jürgen Rein · 8 months ago

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With the expansion of planted trees in Pedregoza, it is only natural that wild animals like the Sainos are travelling through our newly created forests. Called the Saino in Spanish this wild pig like animal is known as a collared peccary and has it’s own family classification of

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04 Mar 2024
February 2024

The sacred seeds garden is an extra delightful sight during the weeks of bright cascading flowers from our Cassia Moschata trees.

It is known as the bronze shower tree and as you can see quite aptly named as the abundant cascade of flowers are the perfect golden coppery yellow

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29 Feb 2024
Heilvolle Impulse
Heilvolle Impulse · a year ago

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It is time to get ready for the nursery and tree planting season of 2024 at La Pedregoza!

The first step is identifying appropriate land for different tree species and mapping out the details like topography and waterflow within the soon to be forest.

Inside La Pedregoza’s

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29 Feb 2024

Here at Sacred Seeds, our mission transcends mere cultivation, it’s about cultivating connections within the vibrant tapestry of our local communities! Today’s example of this ethos is our recent collaboration with the well known Vichadan womens group, MUVEA (Mujeres Vichadenses

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28 Feb 2024
Jürgen Rein
Jürgen Rein · 8 months ago

muy bien

Pinus Caribaea

Although here at La Pedregoza we prefer to plant, when possible, with native trees, the growth of our Caribbean Pine plantations has been undeniabl...

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