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A Caribbean Garden · 01-31-2010, 02:30 PM

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While botanic and public gardens in temperate countries tend to intrigue and charm you with details such as fabulous textures, unusual forms and patterns, pretty blooms, making you focus in; such gardens in the tropics tend to make you look up and out-to towering and amazing heights

and brilliant color. The Promenade Gardens in Georgetown, Guyana epitomizes such gardens designed in the Colonial era.

The canon ball tree (Couroupta guianensis) is a spectacular South American trees often planted in subtropical and tropical botanical gardens. This tree is also grown at the Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens in Coral Gables, Florida. The flowers are beautiful and fragrant. The three pics above show the buds, blooms and cannon balls.

In August 1851, the Town Council in Georgetown made a decision to create a public promenade, and a botanist from Trinidad was brought in to create the garden.

travelers's palm

whimsical merry go roud 60 feet in the air

another towering unusual palm

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A Caribbean Garden Grounds Keeper Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 149	Promenade Gardens Part 1 This content is syndicated via RSS from the blog: Caribbean Garden While botanic and public gardens in temperate countries tend to intrigue and charm you with details such as fabulous textures, unusual forms and patterns, pretty blooms, making you focus in; such gardens in the tropics tend to make you look up and out-to towering and amazing heights and brilliant color. The Promenade Gardens in Georgetown, Guyana epitomizes such gardens designed in the Colonial era. The canon ball tree (Couroupta guianensis) is a spectacular South American trees often planted in subtropical and tropical botanical gardens. This tree is also grown at the Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens in Coral Gables, Florida. The flowers are beautiful and fragrant. The three pics above show the buds, blooms and cannon balls. In August 1851, the Town Council in Georgetown made a decision to create a public promenade, and a botanist from Trinidad was brought in to create the garden. travelers's palm whimsical merry go roud 60 feet in the air another towering unusual palm Read more at Caribbean Garden...

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