REFORESTRATION

Our special focus is on making sustainably manufactured wood products and at the same time bringing back exquisite tropical hardwoods that are in danger of disappearing forever. We currently sell in Costa Rica, so if you are looking for furniture, flooring, moldings, doors or anything wood for your home or business in Costa Rica, please contact us for references and quotes.

We work mostly in Spanish cedar as in the cabinets at right, laurel, and teak as in the doors pictured below, and we will harvest acacia that we planted in 2006. The trees we are growing on our plantations are owned by over 200 individuals and companies who have entrusted us with this task.

We encourage you to spread information you find here, but we do ask that you contact us before using photos or information from this site. Our material is from our own careful research and experience and may not apply to the soils and climates of other locations. (Please be aware of this if you have seen any of our writing elsewhere.) We want to make it possible for everyone to participate in turning the tide on deforestation.

Our Belief Finca Leola S.A. believes that the conservation of tropicalhardwoods for future generations will be achieved through sustainable forestry practices that are both a profitable investment and beneficial to the communities and to the ecological biodiversity surrounding tropical tree farms. We also believe that reducing the pressure against deforestation of old-growth forest is best done by using an alternative renewable source, plantation-grown hardwoods, to manufacture the products traditionally taken from these forests. To this end, we are growing trees for processing and sale as lumber and wood products. After all the trees have been harvested, the land they have helped pay for will be turned over to perpetual forest, forever protected from clear-cutting.

For those of you who can't come visit us in Costa Rica, you'll find lots of pictures on this website. The photo at right shows rows of pruned teak.

Overview of the Web Site

Here are some of the things you will find on this site.

	Reforestation — Much of what you will find in our blogs is about what we continue to learn in this area.
	Tree Information — This section includes not only characteristics of the different varieties of wood, but growth rates, current prices, and information on propagating, planting, pruning, fertilizing, etc. as information becomes available from our research.
	Profitable Reforestation — As you can see from our belief statement, we think that making money in reforestation is a good thing.
	Life in the Campo — What happens when a gringo and gringa impact (or more likely are impacted by) Costa Rican country living? A series of lighthearted articles discussing adventures in Costa Rica while trying to learn the culture while doing business. We think you will enjoy them.
	Costa Rica — Hundreds of photos taken in our part of Costa Rica and an assortment of links for those interested in visiting here or learning more about the people, language, commerce, and culture.
	Furniture and Wood Products — Everything we make is from sustainably harvested wood, whether from our own plantations or from nearby farms.

Although extreme care is taken to ensure the accuracy of information in this website, its owners, associated companies, and associated individuals accept no responsibility for damage or loss of any kind suffered directly or indirectly as a result of reliance upon information contained in this site.