Garden Lovers see the Floral Forest

[kruznkanuk]

We love gardens, especially when the one back home is covered with snow, so wanted to see the Floral Forest in Barbados.If you are into plants and gardens, this is a great site. Uncrowded and not the subject of any ship excursion as far as I know, it is a lovely rain forest with lots of marked identified trees, and a couple different paths (one main one is wheelchair accessible). Admission is $10 and the taxi driver convinced us we would like a bit of a tour of the island, so we had a couple hours driving around plus an hour and a bit at the garden, for $100 for the vehicle. There were 3 of us but he had a nice SUV where 5 would have been comfortable. He dropped us downtown, where we enjoyed a roti at the Chefette (a local chain of fast food that you really should try in Barbados!) and shopped around for a while, saw the parliament buildings and the bridge, and walked back to the ship stopping at the Arts and Crafts place halfway back. It is not a far walk, and the walkway is in a lovely park along the harbour, so if you are fit at all don't hesitate to walk one way or the other.

[Aplmac]

Flower Forest is the name....yes a nice place, up high in the middle of the island, with good views.

 

 

and great botanical specimens!

 

If you're the horticultural type,

you gotta get to Flower Forest -and to Andromeda Gardens as well.

 

Both locations in the scenic part of the island -and if you don't go anywhere else

just getting to and from them,and the Port, you'll end up seeing the best parts of the island.

Harrisons Caves is about 5 mins. away from Flower Forest, so.....

 

 

Don't forget that camera.

 

 

[kruznkanuk]

Sorry, I know it is the Flower Forest. Thanks for the correction. We tried to go to a 'Park Florale" in Martinique and I confused the two names.