Going
Green
Grand Gorgeous Gardens
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Provided by the Barbados Tourism Authority
arbados is home to award winning beaches,
homes, gardens and flowers; it is also home to
thousands of horticultural enthusiasts. Between the
months of January and April, the Barbados Horticultural
Society encourages the green thumbs on the island to
open their gardens to those of us with the ‘not so green
thumbs’ to go green with envy and admiration. The event
brings droves of people to the homes in the open garden
program, which is hosted on certain days on the island. It
is an event anticipated by locals and visitors alike and it has
been an ongoing tradition for the last 25 years.
Garden enthusiasts, this is your chance to learn their
secrets, chat with an owner, have tea on their lanai and
spend an afternoon enjoying the fruits of Mother Nature’s
labour.
Enter open gardens and experience the lives of “the
rich and famous”, well at least those of the gardening
world! So if you don’t have the time, space, energy or
green thumb to create one of these stunning works of
art yourself, then why not
visit one of the Barbados
Horticultural Society’s Open
Gardens? The program
begins in January but not
every garden on island is
open, so don’t run off with
your camera to photograph
your neighbours perfect
Frangipani tree. Instead,
visit the following Grand
Gorgeous Gardens this
season for a small fee.
Follow the signs to find
these gardens open from
2 – 6pm, admission is only
$15.
Call (246) 428-5889
Wednesday or Friday
between 9am- 2pm for
more info.
JANUARY 21ST
“Fisherpond House” St Thomas
Garden of Mr & Mrs Jeff Chandler
FEBRUARY 2ND
“Wind Blown” Long Bay , St Philip
Garden of Mr & Mrs Orson Daisley
“ By De Sea” Long Bay , St Philip
Garden of Mr Ed Thal & Mr Joe Murphy
FEBRUARY 9TH
“Woodland” St George
Garden of Mr & Mrs Damien McKinney
FEBRUARY 16TH
“#7 Gibbs Hill” St Peter
Garden of Mr and Mrs Keith Simmons
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