Costa Rica Glasshouse
Experience the year-round exuberance that you can only find in a Central American cloud forest.
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Our towering trees, ever-blooming shrubs, and rich vegetation offer a lovely, tropical retreat. In this area, bromeliads, delicate orchids, and lush vines cling to every surface.
Our avocado, coffee, papaya, and chocolate trees bear fruit on a regular basis. And our daily butterfly releases are often the highlight of a visit to the Garden.
Come indulge your senses, Costa Rican style.
Glasshosue Updates
In preparation for upcoming renovations, butterfly releases in the Costa Rica Biome have been paused for the duration of the season.
Starting on July 14, the Costa Rica Biome will be temporarily closed for the removal of the Strangler Fig replica tree. Renovations and updates to the space will follow. We hope to share an improved visitor experience in late summer/early fall. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Things to Discover
Top of the World in the Rainforest | Walk up to the canopy deck and pretend you are on top of the world. The emergent layer of a true rainforest is 100 feet aloft, and if ours isn’t that high, it is still a great time and place to enjoy all the canopy epiphytes in color and in bloom.
Butterflies | Butterfly releases are often the highlight of a visit to the Garden.
Firecracker Bush, Hamelia patens | The “firecracker” flowers never peel open but nevertheless are attractive to tropical hummingbirds and butterflies. This plant is considered native to S. Florida and much of Central America. Firecrackers are shrubs with big attitudes and require annual boot-camp haircuts to keep them from |
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The “firecracker” flowers never peel open but nevertheless are attractive to tropical hummingbirds and butterflies. This plant is considered native to S. Florida and much of Central America. Firecrackers are shrubs with big attitudes and require annual boot-camp haircuts to keep them from getting scruffy; they re-bloom 120 days out from there.
Juanulloa aurantiaca | Juanulloa is a tropical climber-and-draper (not-quite a vine) from Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. That long, orange trumpet of a flower is custom painted and shaped for hummingbirds. But don’t look too hard for hummers in our biome, because they are much too delicate to subject to zoo |
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Juanulloa is a tropical climber-and-draper (not-quite a vine) from Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. That long, orange trumpet of a flower is custom painted and shaped for hummingbirds. But don’t look too hard for hummers in our biome, because they are much too delicate to subject to zoo environments.
Here’s more to explore at Cleveland Botanical Garden
Eleanor Squire Library
Open limited hours. Sit back and relax in our cozy library! Learn more about the plants you saw during your visit or find garden inspiration in our collection of books... more
Gateway Garden
The garden’s pronounced seasonal nature offers brilliant bulbs in spring, eye-popping annuals in summer, and showy fall foliage, berries, and bark textures. There’s even a waterfall and small pond. The... more
Perennial Garden
Our ever-changing path indulges your senses with a collage of hues and textures. One day you might spy a group of towering foxtail lilies, and a month later come across... more
Japanese Garden
Combine a love of nature and a sense of culture with this gem. Walk among a classic composition of rocks, clipped evergreen azaleas, and weathered beach stones and savor the... more
Garden Café
Hours: Sunday: 12- 4:30pmMonday: ClosedTues, Wed, Fri, Sat: 11am – 4:30pmThursday: 11am – 8pm All year long, the Garden Café uses fresh ingredients to make artisanal dishes like soups, salads,... more
Sunken Garden
This cultivated garden filled with seasonal flowers and native trees and shrubs sits nestled in the corner underneath the Botanical Garden’s Japanese Overlook Hallway. This secret oasis is perfect for... more
Hershey Children’s Garden
Children can become immersed in hands-on activities like: The Hershey Children’s Garden was one of the first of its kind in the country when it opened in 1999, and it... more
Western Reserve Herb Garden
The area is laid out as a formal knot garden, just like you’d see in England, and is home to over 3,500 herbs and plants, spread through several themed sections: The... more
