Artificial Wetland Project
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Artificial Wetland
The Artificial Wetland project is a Wildlife Sanctuary, also is an Add-On to The Orchid Garden Eco-Village which is located in a pine ridge Savannah area featuring varied Eco-systems: includes Savannah: Savannah bush (the Nature Trail); the Lowland rain forest; and the Riverine eco-system (Hector Creek);
The Project Information
Location: Western Highway to the north, nature trail & museum to the south; the hotel to the east
Size: 3 acres
Period: From 2009 -19
Storage Volume: 2 million gallons
Depth: 10 to 16 feet
Source: ground water & rainwater
Functions
To protect the Savannah forest area from wildfire
To provide water for our laundry room, Mom's Farm, our nature pond, butterfly house and orchid garden
To integrate the nature walk tour
To provide sanctuary for wildlife
The National Wood
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In this restaurant of Eco-Village, all the tables are natural mahogany
trunks, after loggers harvest the mahogany, they left the stump of the tree. We go and cut two more layers, and use them as our tables. Even our tables are reclaimed.
The majestic mahogany can grow up to 130 feet in the
rainforest, and take 50 years to mature, due to its beautiful color and long-lasting, it is one of the most sort after material for furniture. If you go to the top of the rainforest canopy, it is very easy to find mahogany; they are average 30 feet higher than the other trees
Maya Life Tree
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When Maya farmer clear the forest for milpa purpose, they spare one kind of tree due to its many uses, that is the Cohune Palm
Cohune palm is abundant in Belize rainforest, we use it's leaves for the ceiling, people use it for roofing, use the trunk as siding, it's heart of palm for food and it's nuts for oil and charcoal, it is a symbolic tree in most of Maya ruins
Belize Native Orchids
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Orchids are the largest family of flowers kingdom.
There are 30,000 varieties of orchids in the world and nearly 300 varieties are found in Belize.
The Cow Horn Orchid (SCHOMBURGKIA Tibicinis) is our Village Flower, it has a huge hollow pseudo bulb that provides space for ants to nest who in return provide protection. The peduncle which can reach up to 10 feet long grows about
20 brightly colored flowers. The Cow Horn Orchid is often seen in the mangrove and in the low Pine Ridge area. It is very capable of enduring hardship, can grow in the burning sun, hanging on the air, soaking in the water, or even in the muddy ground
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Green Building
The overall effect is a sense of being in a “green” building promoting a feeling of inner peace and an appreciation of the beauty of the home-grown materials, harvested for this purpose in an eco-sustainable way. Birds, butterflies, basilisk lizards and geckos can normally be seen and / or heard whenever you are in this space, which helps put you in touch with your tropical surroundings.
