Garden sights in Puerto Rico
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Estación Experimental Agrícola Federal
Strolling is an attraction at the Estación Experimental Agrícola Federal, the tropical agricultural research station of the US Department of Agriculture. and in the adjacent city park known as Parque de los Próceres. These grounds lie just southeast of the RUM campus. At the agricultural station you will see plantations of yams, plantains, bananas, cassavas and other tropical ‘cash crops’ as researchers evaluate new hybrids and species introduced to the island (including a cinnamon tree from Sri Lanka). The gardens have one of the largest collections of tropical plants in the world known to have beneficial effects on human health. The Parque de los Próceres, on the…
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Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico
The Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico opened in 2000 and rapidly inserted itself as a important nexus in the capital’s vibrant cultural life. Housed in a splendid neoclassical building that was once the city’s Municipal Hospital, MAPR is located in the city’s revived Santurce district and boasts 18 exhibition halls spread over an area of 130,000 sq ft.
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Estación Experimental Agrícola de Puerto Rico
This 75-acre tract of greenery is the site of the Estación Experimental Agrícola de Puerto Rico, but is open to the public. Hiking trails lead to a lotus lagoon, an orchid garden with more than 30,000 flowers, and a plantation of more than 120 species of palm. The air smells of heliconia blossoms, as well as of nutmeg and cinnamon trees.
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