Situated high on a hill top overlooking the Bay of Ocho Rios, Shaw Park features 25 acres of tropical gardens, with a waterfall, natural pool, and an abundance of tropical trees, plants and flowers.
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An eco-tourism attraction set within 130 acres of tropical forest, with 40 acres of landscaped gardens, and dozens of tropical plants, flowers and birds. There is a hiking trail along the Little River that leads to its source. Other activities for visitors include bird watching and fishing.
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Hope Gardens, or the Royal Botanical Gardens, Hope, were formerly part of major Richard Hope’s Estate. One of the English officers who helped capture Jamaica from the Spanish in 1655, Hope was granted a huge parcel of land as a reward. At one time Hope Estate extended from the sea to the hills in Newcastle. [...]
St. Andrew’s Cinchona Gardens, located on 7 hectares of a 10-acre property more than 5,000 ft above sea level, were established in 1868. Named after the Cinchona plant brought to Jamaica from Peru by the Spanish, these gardens offer spectacular views of the Blue Mountain Ridge and parts of Kingston. Quinine, an extract of this [...]
Castleton Gardens in St. Mary lies on 10 hectares of land through which the Wag Water River runs. Located on both sides of the Junction main road, at one time these gardens boasted the best collection of plants on the island, including over 400 specimens from Kew Gardens. The Poinciana (1869) and Bombay mango (1869) [...]
The Bath Botanical Gardens was the second botanical gardens to be developed in the western hemisphere (the oldest is on St. Vincent). Located in St. Thomas, this 1-hectare property was specifically put aside when the town of Bath was laid out. It was under the care of Dr. Thomas Clarke, a botanist who was also [...]
