Vallarta Botanical Garden

Near Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, this seventy-nine-acre garden combines cultivated collections with a seventy-three-acre native reserve, making conservation central to its identity. Founded in 2004 and opened in 2005, it highlights the region’s tropical dry forest while also displaying plants from elsewhere, with a notable emphasis on orchid conservation and propagation. Trails, the Río Horcones, and birdwatching make the landscape itself a major attraction. The garden also offers tours and classes, has pursued protection of surrounding biodiverse forest and plans for an ocelot sanctuary linked to the Jaguar Corridor, and has earned major recognition in North America, including the 2022 Garden of Excellence Award.

Jalisco · Mexico