More Epic Plant Collections @ The Ark Herb Farm in Costa Rica! (Part 2)

We returned to Costa Rica last year (June 2019) after being away for a year! Our first stop was at "The Ark" Herb Farm and Botanical Gardens. Owner and Founder, Tommy Thomas gave us a tour of this amazing and beautiful site. The Ark is Costa Rica's largest botanical garden and their mission is to create a space of reflection open to all people and to promote the education, conservation correct use of plants. This is Part 2 from our last video here at "The Ark" and in this video we venture off into a lush bamboo jungle and see even more rare and unique plant collections that all have a wide array of edible and medicinal uses.
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[@treasuretreereynolds1764]

He’s such a happy man! I suspect it’s the fact that he’s surrounded by nature. Again, great video. 🌱

[@awokenv7302]

100% there's nothing like the jungle

[@truthseeker9688]

His accent tells me that he is from N. Carolina...maybe Alabama or Northern Florida.

[@hgdon-homeiswheretreesare-9239]

We’re on this earth such a short time. But if you can live your life so happily, surrounding with plants and wonders of nature , that’s quite rewarding. 👍

[@g..n.4700]

Waiting for Part 3, 4, & 5 of this video 😆 So fun to watch, reminds me of my childhood.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

🤣

[@TroyRubert]

I lived in orotina for a while. Costa Rica is by far one of the most beautiful places on earth. Make sure you hit Los Sueños

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

I hope to find my small piece of paradise one day 🙏

[@TroyRubert]

Pete Kanaris GreenDreamsFL I think you’ve got it right now lol. I’m in tampa and would die for your setup.

[@stevenperry9762]

Proof positive that happiness is a life with curiosity and purpose, surrounded by nature. Thanks for sharing Tom with us Pete, just amazing.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

🙌

[@milkweeddreams8828]

WOW, no words, I'm on serious overload...and one of the reasons I moved to the tropics of Florida...so much to learn and eat...and that bamboo...oi vey...!

[@luzdeluna7386]

Love to see the happiness in his eyes ! Can I move there? Now! It’s beautiful..

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Tom is quite special! Plenty of room in CR 😉

[@luzdeluna7386]

Pete Kanaris GreenDreamsFL did he still open this year?

[@harrykersey9086]

I'm loving this video Fellas ! My passion ! I'm old school like Tommy ! South Merritt enjoys many of the same fruit you are growing there like Guava , pineapple , sapodilla, Sapote, Mango, Avacado Papaya , longan, barbados cherry , Surinam cherry , many bananas varieties , many citrus . Pomegranate , lychee , loquat , cocoanut , tamarind , attimoya , passion fruit, several others !

[@harrykersey9086]

Thanks Guys ! Tommy, Pete ! Stay Safe and we'll .

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Hey Harry! Did we meet at Toppy’s place?

[@drew4021]

I would stay in that tree house -forget the hotel. We tend to forget the sheer variety of plants -many yet to be discovered -that are native to the tropics and can thrive there. That place is beautiful!

[@lisalph8922]

This video is going to be my new "happy place video." Will watch it whenever I need a moment of peace or inspiration.

[@loisthomas8764]

WOW is all I can think to say of this video! I watched this first thing this morning with a cup of coffee and it just inspired me forever!

[@brucedownunda7054]

"Ark" ? More like heaven on earth.

[@eddie4505]

His eyes smile, great man appreciate the work Pete and getting the word out... Beautiful place , great video once again, Appreciate the wise words Tommy...Much ♥️ From South Texas... 👊🏼✌🏼

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks 🙏

[@staceymccabe6199]

Absolutely loved it…Paradise….thank you…such a pleasure watching with so so many problems in the world now..gave me peace.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Glad you enjoyed! 😎

[@Icytouch86]

Pete please go back and do another video. Loved part 1, then part 2 kills it!! Such a beautiful place to visit. I love all your Costa Rica tours, keep them coming!! Thanks 😊 🙏

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

I'm just waiting for them to allow travel from Florida again.

[@fishfire_2999]

@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL The impact this thing is having can only pray things get better 👍😎✌️

[@northeasthardytropicals541]

This place is amazing

[@summumbonum364]

I am impressed by your collection of medicinal plants. I am watching from Ward No. 6 of Banshkhali Municipal Headquarters, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Congratulations, I wish you good health and a long life.

[@wildoutstandingworld4066]

Tommy is amazing and full of knowledge. So fun to watch

[@GazuntaiWorld]

Incredible place. That bamboo hug @7:01 is just amazing. Thanks Pete.

[@ReallyGottaTap]

I am in awe. Such a nice man - and the gardens! I'm speechless.

[@KayiFarmJaHoneyBees]

The Ark is all round a beautiful place, and an inspiration! Thanks for sharing Pete!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

🙌

[@92kaylacarson]

By far my favorite farm tours!

[@one350z]

This an amazing place. Thank you for sharing.

[@vhhvb4423]

Tom I love your farm you help confirm my contention that the earth can heal. I have a small fruit farm here in Thailand you make wish I did this 30yrs ago for you out there I say do this before age 70 but if you are 70 I still recommend it.

[@daveblyden1325]

Thanks Pete for the two amazing videos. I appreciate knownledge you and your team bring.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks 🙏

[@loneforest6541]

Just awesome...Paradise for plant lovers

[@mohit2010ify]

Such a enlightened happy person

[@sherrithomas6548]

I am in love with this medicinal garden. I definitely need to grow medicinals too.

[@ChefDwight]

I would love to take a trip with you to this place Pete

[@patblack2291]

Truly an awe-inspiring place! Thank you for sharing it with us.

[@QuiChiYang2]

OMG, all these disidious plants and varied species, medicinal & health enhancing & @$$holes out there are killing them off for monoculture crops for a quick buck. These trips are priceless, Pete! Thanks loads.

[@stevesteve350]

These 2 videos are such an inspiration! Thank you.

[@andreawisner7358]

You should go to my cousin's place in Australia, called the Botanical Ark.

[@MelDormoy]

I listened to this video with my headphones while 12 planting fruit trees in my food forest forest and then had to come in and sit down and watch it again bc it was so educational and wonderful! Thanks for being such an inspiration Pete!

[@ViniciusSilva-nl6oc]

This is such a inspirating video. Thanks!

[@catfunksfabulousfinds]

Great video. I've always wanted to go to Costa Rica and See Kaypacha Astrology week long class. Now I have another reason to go to Costa Rica. Thank you for sharing!

[@kevinmasyon2843]

TotallyAwsome.Like a little piece of heaven.Lot's of work.Absolutely beautiful.

[@lisalph8922]

This place is amazing. So many varieties. In the previous video I found all the different psychedelics incredible as well as the medicinal garden here.

[@james7751]

29:00 here in philippines, thats "ube" and not a bean... its like sweet potato, a root crop.

[@ramthian]

I love the Bamboo you know

[@Kate-fn8rj]

What a beautiful place! Would love to visit. Thanks for sharing!

[@Danfoodforest]

Yes .. Great Message ..Keep Planting ... Awesome video Pete Im also in Tampa

[@ChefDwight]

That's what i call a tree house 🏡👏🏾

[@WildFloridian]

That tree house and all the variety! Looking forward to the rest of the series!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks 😊

[@mars54mars54]

what an extraordinary place and man! Thank you so much for highlighting!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

I enjoyed this visit as much as you did! 👊

[@mars54mars54]

@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL I daresay you enjoyed it more actually being there! Love your channel, Pete! I have gotten curious as to your own philosophy in regards to permaculture, working with nature, biomimicry and all that... and how something like this project fits into that overall desire to live healthy, regenerative lives with this gorgeous planet? I laughed out loud watching one video where you allude to the permaculture police! Thanks for all the great work you do, all the great vids. Keep growin on dude!

[@jamesfra1311]

That bamboo is YUUUGE!

[@iammote6076]

I like the jukle. I like this forest. ☺️😊😉

[@andresamplonius315]

Jergon sacha from the Amazon is an amazing medicinal plant... Even its looks are amazing

[@QuiChiYang2]

He sho wu or Fo-ti is one of the yin herbs the root is mixed with a special bean to make a alixir tea. All for longevity.

[@teresitapalazobardel4152]

Wow!!! Amazing! That's what I have been dreaming of when I retire from work. Thank you very much for posting. Maybe someday I gonna come and visit this place. Take care and be blessed.

[@keithlindland1800]

Wow how remarkable to see all the plants and different herbs. Really enjoyed this tour. Keep up the great work Pete.

[@gardeninghouseplants1112]

Thank you for sharing those gorgeous plants,it really gives positive vibes! Happy gardening watching from Japan🌹💕☕️☕️😊🤩👍🏻🌿

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Glad you enjoyed! 😊

[@ernestmj2046]

Great job to the owner of the place... Thumbs up

[@omuttam5011]

Costa Rica videos never fail to blow my mind. Amazing videos as always. Love from India!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks 🙏

[@kolapyellow7631]

Very beautiful garden.

[@debzyj376]

Extraordinary ....thank you.

[@Peekcasso]

I also have to get a piece of land in Costa Rica. Looks amazing!

[@pedropereira8924]

Very nice video I really enjoyed, I’m trying to start something like that in El Salvador, thanks for sharing!

[@naturalliving2011]

Excellent tour! While Watching the segment I was writing down a shopping list of stuff to buy 🤣 pertaining to seeds to start growing. Thank you

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Awesome! Thanks

[@rassziggy]

thanks pete i watched both part 2 times, its full of educational.

[@Ymynameisnotanoption]

Beautiful homestead

[@MarkAntigua]

That Stick Like Seed Pod they are tasting at 11 minutes in is called "Tinkin Foot" in my country. It smells really bad like someone with Athletes foot. Another great video Pete.

[@rubyandleec7889]

another great video and thanks for sharing it

[@feliciabrown7131]

Such a stunning botanical garden. Great video. What is the botanical name of that beautiful unusual Bell Pepper? I would love to grow that. Thank you.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Glad you enjoyed! I’m not sure.

[@anaktolumad892]

That plant in 28:44, that is a type of Yam, air yam to be exact, we call it Ube in Philippines. The common variety is the purple yam, but there is a wild white yam that is very rare and way tasty than the purple one.

[@TylerLukey]

Amazing video. Funny I thought at 23:30 that my Chillhop youtube video automatically started in another tab but realized the video got that much better. Good people, good plants, AND good music :)

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@amysacrehomestead279]

Wonderful video and I love love love Tom’s laugh!!

[@marisasanchez1699]

Paradise 😍😍😍

[@Deva_Ap]

14:45 curry leaves from india... love this farm from india...🥰

[@pamelanaylor6283]

Pete - you just keep putting out amazing content - this tour was truly epic! (in the midst of all the joy in this video, I felt a tug of sadness when I heard that Tommy's resort was slated to open around Feb 2020 ... )

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks you! The whole corona thing has set back opening. Hopefully they open soon 🙏

[@willgrantresults]

Bro this place is epic! Is that a big hotel he’s building for people to come and stay?

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Hotel/Restaurant homie!

[@keeslocksmiths8407]

Wow what a great property 👊👊

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Yeah man!

[@TheChenny73]

Bambusa Beecheyana I’m growing that in my yard Dunnellon Florida north of you Pete.

[@JudiE7722]

Awesome and so educational

[@adarqui]

every vid you drop from costa rica is nuts. \o/

[@shirleyk623]

Beautiful! Thanks for the tour.

[@Rebecca.Robbins]

Omg! That place is AMAZING!!!!

[@MegaThepow]

Wow, amazing!

[@eddiediaz7814]

PURA VIDA PETE,😃👍

[@chamchoilakpet4399]

สมุนไพรมากมาย ดีมากค่ะ ยอดเยี่ยมมากๆค่ะ

[@allisond4737]

The ''beans'' looked like Malabar Spinach.

[@kevinhenson942]

Nice one thanks

[@willgrantresults]

This place is so awesome 🙌🏼

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Next level bro!

[@quangtranhong1845]

Wow! Geat!

[@suzannabradley3576]

Wow looks amazing!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks 😊

[@qflower4982]

Great video

[@Dexplay]

tell me why everytime he pulls off a leaf i am putting my nose to my phone 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@andresamplonius315]

Just like the Amazon rainforest I hope to move to as soon as I can sell my properties in the city... Sadly with the pandemic nobody's buying anything!

[@bryanbeachy5462]

Wow wow wow! That place is amazing!!!

[@harrykersey9086]

Beautiful Antherium I have a couple in my collection fairly common in the states ! What he grown are medicinal and herbs but costa Rica is better known for their Bromeliads ! Several thousand species ! More than any other country on the planet !

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Wow! I didn’t know that. Too bad they aren’t edible.

[@recklesslove2880]

awesome 👍😎

[@87697]

Amazing

[@growfoodnotlawns5082]

Great content.... thanks for sharing bro....

[@flbeachinggirl]

Gorgeous!

[@icemoontarot]

Beautiful!!!!

[@joules_sw]

Que linda finca tienen

[@worldcryptoandgardennews7252]

Better late than never I own 40 Acer's in Nevada I got to try growing...My own Forest at 56 years old it ain't too late.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Never too late! 👊

[@ajb.822]

Really cool, great addtl. tid bits of herbal info I didn't know, too. Would like to know if there's a northern ( Wisconsin, USA ) equivalent to the dragon's blood for working quite like that, so well, for gingivitis. BTW - I think u look great without hair, Pete - tho I'm sorry u didn't to choose that, u do look great this way.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Good question on the dragons blood equivalent, I’m not quite sure. Thanks for the kind words 🤩

[@Valhallabootcamp]

This is ❤ so Nice