The Botanical Garden of the US Virgin Islands
Located on St Croix in the United States Virgin Islands, the St. George Village Botanical Garden is a 16- acre garden situated among the buildings and ruins of an 18th and 19th century sugar cane plantation. This site overlaps an Amerindian settlement which dates back to c.100 A.D.
The Garden’s botanical collections feature over 1,000 varieties of plants that demonstrate the horticultural potential for the U.S. Virgin Islands and emphasize the cultural and historical value of plants as a source of food, medicine, fiber, color dyes, and building material in the Caribbean.
Visitors enjoy a spectacular mix of history and natural beauty with a variety of themed garden areas set among the historic structures of the colonial era sugarcane plantation. The property is listed twice in the National Registry of Historic Sites for both the Amerindian archaeological site and the Danish colonial sugarcane plantation village.
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In the Garden with Dewey: Invasive Mexican Coral Vine
In the Garden with Dewey: Colorful Crotons
In the Garden with Dewey: The Baobab Tree
In the Garden with Dewey: The Genip Tree
In the Garden with Dewey: The Petticoat Palm
In the Garden with Dewey: The Flamboyant Tree
In the Garden with Dewey: Behind the Scenes building our planters
In the Garden with Dewey: The Traveler's Tree
Mangos in the Garden with Dewey
In the Garden with Dewey: The Saba Nut Tree
In the Garden with Dewey: The Giant Milkweed (Calotropis Gigantea)
In the Garden with Dewey: The Cacao Tree (Theobroma cacao)
In the Garden with Dewey: The Kapok Tree (Ceiba pentandra)
In the Garden with Dewey: Rubber Tree (Ficus Elastica)
In the Garden with Dewey: New Garden Planters
Successional Gardening and Companion Plants
In the Garden with Dewey: Anthuriums
Behind the Scenes in the Garden during the COVID-19 lockdown
Invasive Plant Species on St Croix US Virgin Islands
VIRPI: Virgin Islands Rare Plant Initiative
Earth Day 2020: Reforestation in the Botanical Garden of the Virgin Islands
In the Garden with Dewey: Coastal Native Plants
In the Garden with Dewey: The Century Plant
In the Garden with Dewey: Canon Ball Tree
In the Garden with Dewey: Strangler Figs or Banyan Trees
In the Garden with Dewey: Ancient Plants in the Dinosaur Garden