Sacred Seeds Garden

Our latest output of Biochar for the Sacred Seeds Garden is ready. Biochar keeps the formation of the feedstock biomass that it was created from until pulverization into a slurry sized chunk. We generally keep our biochar in larger chunks until it's time for field application as

Sacred Seeds makes and uses Biochar as a soil amendment product. Biochar is the most important part of locking nutrients in poor quality soils so that trees can survive and grow through every season.

These visitors to the Biochar facility are demonstrating that ingesting biochar

The Guacimo tree (Guazuma ulmifolia) plays an important role in indigenous communities, as native healers and shamans make use of the roots, the bark and the leaves for a large variety of traditional medicines. This year our Sacred Seeds Botanical Garden is planning on planting several

Papaya cultivation has several challenges. The trees need irrigation in the dry season, and male trees do not fruit. This means there is a selection process needed to have a producing stand of papaya trees. The fruit is what most people are familiar with. However, the leaves have

When germinating some trees, like these Pinus caribaea, it is very important to add mycorrhizal fungi to the soil. They provide a symbiotic association between the fungus, which breaks down nutrients and minerals, and the roots of the host plant. The ones best suited to Caribbean

In the Sacred Seeds Botanical Garden we don't use agrochemicals. Instead, we employ the three-hole #fertilization system. Basically, three holes are dug in a triangular pattern, with a fourth hole in the middle for the plant. The plant hole has #biochar, compost and manure balls

The Simarrú or Simarouba amara or is a fast growing tree of the Orinoco River basin. Its wood is termite resistant, hence the Latin "amara" in the scientific name. The Sacred Seeds Botanical Garden is planting Simarrú trees as living fences, which not only helps to provide farm borders

We planted 1 hectare of Achiote (Bixa orellana) in our Sacred Seeds Botanical Garden. Besides being a natural red food coloring, the seeds provide medicinal uses, such as anti-inflammatory properties for mouth wounds and as a mouth rinse. A paste made with the dye can also be used