Mission
SACRO Foundation a non-profit private organization whose main objectives are the conservation, protection and investigation of the “orchidacea family” and its habitats, with special attention to species native to Costa Rica.
SACRO Foundation a non-profit private organization whose main objectives are the conservation, protection and investigation of the “orchidacea family” and its habitats, with special attention to species native to Costa Rica.
SACRO Foundation’s goals include the conservation and protection of habitats, natural or man-made, in which orchids grow or are cultivated. The Foundation also seeks to conserve and protect those geographic areas, which, due to their microclimates or their ecology, are especially apt for the conservation and protection of orchids.
SACRO places special emphasis on education in order to raise the level of awareness, in children and adults, of the importance of conservation.
SACRO strives to teach the necessary equilibrium between human development and the conservation of the environment.
SACRO seeks to divulge, in all possible mediums, those methods and practices required for the conservation, propagation and investigation of orchids
Education is true to SACRO founding philosophy, SACRO involvement will serve to increase awareness, and to intensify the search for a new development model.
These important projects are yours, feel the pride brought on by collaborating in the conservation of this marvelous world… the world of orchids!
Our program has become a symbol of conservation, a solution . . .
Our program has become a symbol of conservation, a solution to the eminent extinction of this very special orchid specie, the Guarianthe skinneri (Guaria morada).
Un Aula en el Bosque Project (A Classroom in the . . .
Un Aula en el Bosque Project (A Classroom in the Forest, by its name in Spanish) has promoted access to a healthy life style in harmony with nature. This helps our students to increase their expectations to reach a better quality of life for them and their families.
Interactive projects of SACRO with local communities.
These in-situ conservation centers, will benefit tourism and will help researchers to study orchids in their own habitats.
Hacienda La Laguna is one of the oldest coffee plantations . . .
Hacienda La Laguna is one of the oldest coffee plantations in the country, famous for the quality of its coffee for export, J & S La Laguna, since 1856.
Hacienda La Laguna is also well known for the gardens and home of Ileana Terán, an enthusiastic orchid grower, conservationist, and founder of SACRO Foundation
In her garden, she cultivates and propagates many costarican species and uses orchids as part of the landscape, where it is common to see beautiful sprays of oncidiums hanging from the trees and gorgeous terrestrial sobralias.
This wonderful garden resembles a tropical jungle where narrow paths and trails guide the visitors through all sort of ferns, philodendrums, anthuriums, bromeliads… There are national species as well as orchid hybrids in bloom.
Como parte de nuestro compromiso con el bienestar de la . . .
Como parte de nuestro compromiso con el bienestar de la comunidad, Urban Happines busca suministrar apoyo a los jóvenes líderes en diferentes campos del saber y que tienen una clara vocación de servicio, orientada a la conservación de la naturaleza y al progreso social de sus comunidades.
Requerimos urgentemente formas de desarrollo que integren el bienestar humano, ciudades más amigables y motivar a los ciudadanos a contribuir con un desarrollo responsable con el medio ambiente.