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Diamond Botanical Gardens - St Lucia

Description: Address: Soufriere Estate, Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I. / Email: soufestate@candw.lc / Telephone: Soufriere 758/459-7565.

Newest Review: ... You are very conscious on St Lucia that it is a little tropical rainforest and this location, on the south west of the island (therefore sheltered from the worst of the Atlantic weather) is lush and verdant to the point of being over ripe - it smells fertile and rich almost to decay. You are very near the massive volcanic crater here (the walls that rise up at the back of the site are the ... more

... outer walls of the crater) and this is a mineral rich area. A natural gorge through the site is fed by a waterfall, the water gushing straight out of the rock and so rich in minerals is it that it has stained the cliff side in shades of yellow, orang...more

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Diamond Botanical Gardens - St Lucia: A proper little diamond - Diamond Botanical Garden, St Lucia (684 words)
by - written on 09/04/09 (Very useful, 99 readings)
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Like several others of the Windward Islands chain, St Lucia was formerly mainly divided into plantations and plantations principally grew sugar (now the main crop is bananas, although tourism is the main source of income). The plantations may have gone but often their names live on (like Sandy Lane in Barbados) and Soufriere is the former plantation in St Lucia which is the home of the Diamond Botanical Gardens (also known at the St Lucia Botanical Gardens). (Side note: If Soufriere sounds French, it is: St Lucia was changed hands repeatedly between the French and the British, belonging to each of the warring nations a total of 7 times each). ... Read the complete review