A Walk around the not so Exotic Garden in late January…
Ahhh – the delights of late January 2011! Well, at least the days are getting longer and some plants are starting to move. OK – only a few really, though I do like to be optimistic!
Many of the gardeners I know who specialise in exotics feel rather down at the moment because they have probably [...]
Hunte’s Garden Barbados – Maria Callas amongst the palms!
I started to write this over the Christmas holidays and soon realized that I had gone way overboard on its length. I am not at all surprised though, as this garden has haunted me ever since I visited it in early December 2010.
Barbados is the most easterly of all the islands in the Caribbean and [...]
St Rose Nursery of Exotic Plants and tropical delights…
Visiting plant nurseries is a passion of mine, as my good friend Matt Biggs (co host on our last Cruise around the Caribbean) knows. Just because you can’t always buy plants doesn’t mean that nursery visiting isn’t on the cards. Nursery visiting in the Caribbean is essential for me as it is so exciting – [...]
