After a first study performed in 1999, a total of 26 native species whose fruit attract mainly birds were selected. In order to study the phenology of these trees, a total of three individuals per species were selected to be used as seedbeds.

A phenological study of the 26 species was started when the little or non-existence of documentation on high-altitude forest in Costa Rica was demonstrated. Its purpose was to set a database that will allow the analysis of high-altitude species, document phenological processes with photographs, write different articles and publications, that will be addressed both to the public in general and to scientists as recognition cards.

Once the species were selected, the basic project consisted on planting 10.000 trees for a period of 5 years which involved the collection from seedbed trees, their germination at the nursery, the placing of the little plants in bags in order to maintain them in the nursery until they reached the appropriate height to be planted. The first trees were planted in May, 2000 at the beginning of the rainy season and by the end of 2004 the 10,000 little trees had been planted.

The zones planted were selected in such a way that they will create a forest corridor between the patches of the remaining native forest and leaving areas of pasture in order to allow the natural regeneration at the edges of the seed-producing forest.

In order not to use tractors, two Ardenes mares were used for the transportation and heavy works at Finca Tori. These are docile but very strong horses and are adapted to work in the forest where they perform with accuracy and tranquility.
With the purpose of avoiding the use of chemical fertilizers, the farm produces organic fertilizer with worms fed with the mares’ dung. »see more