GOVARDHAN GARDENS
ECO-ORGANIC
FRUIT TREE & BAMBOO NURSERY
Govardhan Gardens,
located close by Mayaguez (Puerto Rico)
is an eco farm and high quality tropical
rare fruit tree & bamboo nursery.
Its goal is to inspire a natural life style,
care for the earth and environment,
as well as to
encourage independent
living and thought,
grassroots social cooperation,
and meaningful, self-sufficiency oriented lifestyles
outside the grid of a media/consumer-created culture.
GOVARDHAN
GARDENS FEATURES
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10.5 acres of land; environmentally sound and
sustainable eco-organic cultivation.
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No chemical pesticides, fertilizers, or
herbicides etc. ever used on the farm or in the nursery.
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Private seed-bank of numerous
culinary and medicinal herbs and other tropical crops.
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Arboretum areas provide conservation space for
important trees from the tropics.
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Eco-organic herb, spice and vegetable
cultivation.
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Tropical bamboo nursery and collection. I promote and popularize the use of high quality bamboo species
for structural purpose, windbreaks, privacy screens, erosion
control, edible use and ornamental display.
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Most diversified tropical rare fruit tree nursery
in the Caribbean.
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Tropical fruit seed collection for exchange and
sale.
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Over 150 species of fresh
tropical fruit seeds for sale.
GOVARDHAN GARDENS
SERVICES
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VERDE - Securing the Future of our Food:
A revolutionary book for small scale
farmers in the tropics:
Gold or money has
become the standard benchmark of success in our society.
Ironically, the pursuit of this type of temporary wealth has
primarily led to the exploitation of humans, animals, plants and
natural resources in general. view ordering info  |
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 Sadhu
Govardhan
is an independent thinker, eco-organic farmer, tropical rare
fruit connoisseur and agricultural consultant. Extensive journeys for over
twenty years have allowed him to study indigenous cultures and
different life styles throughout the world.
His first publications
on philosophical and spiritual topics were published in Europe
and translated into several languages. He now lives in Puerto Rico
and has dedicated himself to researching and growing tropical
food crops and promoting alternative farming methods. He is
currently involved with consultant work and inspiring and
developing educational sustainable role model projects in the Caribbean.
read about the project
articles by
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 I would like
to extend a heartfelt thanks to everyone who has helped out this
project over the years. Even if I can't acknowledge all of you
individually since so many people have supported Govardhan Gardens
in so many ways, I certainly remember every one of you.
If you would like to find out more about the tree sponsoring
program and other opportunities to help the project, click here
view sponsors and friends
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This list will
grow over time as a natural/simple living resource. I only include
companies and sites here that are in line with Govardhan Gardens'
vision.
Please let me know if you know of any additional good resources,
would like to trade links with us, or if any of these links are
broken. Thanks.
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Tropical Fruits Nursery Photos
by
Sadhu Govardhan
is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No
Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
Permissions beyond the
scope of this license may be available at
http://organicfarm.net/contact.htm.
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