The Victory Garden garden correspondent Holly Shimizu continues to tour the beautiful gardens of Costa Rica when she visits Wilson Botanic Garden. Director Luis Diego Gomez shows Holly through the facility while discussing medicinal plants and tropical medicine, an area of study at OTS . Finally, Holly is introduced to a local Guaymi healer who explains the uses many local plants. One of her favorite flowers, the heliconia, grows in abundance and is shipped throughout the world from Costa Flores'. Owner David Coreli shows Holly through the display garden which features different species of heliconias, gingers, and musas before visiting them in the wild.
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