Castleton Botanical Formal Garden
Castleton Botanical Gardens was established on the 19th of November 1862
as a result of dissatisfaction with the site at Bath, St. Thomas. Castleton
Gardens then became one of the greatest gardens of the . . . — — Map (db m200710) HM
Castleton Botanical Gardens
In 1787, Captain Bligh took command of the Bounty and sailed to
Tahiti to obtain breadfruit trees. The infamous Mutiny on the
Bounty occurred and the ship never reached the Caribbean. After
Bligh's exoneration, . . . — — Map (db m200679) HM
Castleton Botanical Gardens
Botanical gardens were primarily established to serve as scientific or
horticultural institutions with the purpose of storing documented
collections of living plants that were to be used for scientific . . . — — Map (db m200681) HM
Castleton Botanical Gardens Story
Jamaica's indigenous people, the Tainos, named the island 'Xayamaca,'
Land of Wood and Water. Christopher Columbus arrived in 1494, and the
Spanish settled and ruled for 150 years. They developed sugar . . . — — Map (db m200709) HM
Welcome to Castleton Botanic Gardens
Castleton Botanical Garden is one of the oldest public gardens in the western
hemisphere. This lush garden covers 10 hectares of land that was once a sugar
plantation owned by Englishman Colonel Castle. . . . — — Map (db m200706) HM
Welcome to the Palmetum
William Fawcett introduced 32 palm species into the Palmetum including
the Royal Palm of Cuba, from which the Tainos used to make musical
instruments. Today you can still see approximately 19 palm . . . — — Map (db m200714) HM
Welcome to the Wag Water River Walk This takes us along the banks of the river through the lush garden. The river is one of Jamaica's most beautiful
rivers, which rises in the mountains of St. Andrew, flows for just over 36 . . . — — Map (db m200705) HM
