Park has 1,000 orchids for sale
Annual show and sale runs Saturday and Sunday By: Carol Winker | [email protected] February, 2014 Staff and volunteers have been busy this week unpacking shipments of well over a thousand orchids [...]
Decorating Christmas trees, the natural way
By: Jewel Levy | [email protected] December, 2013 Local plant enthusiasts are showing that Christmas tree decoration need not be all about tinsel and shiny baubles. The Garden Club of Grand Cayman [...]
Volunteers bring youthful energy to Botanic Park during work experience
By: James Whittaker | [email protected] August, 2013 A small group of young volunteers is helping things run smoothly while learning some of the tricks of the trade at the Queen Elizabeth [...]
Park visitors’ centre renamed for Mr. Nixon
21 May, 2013 Retired civil servant and long-serving Chief Fire Officer Mr. Kirkland Nixon was honoured recently at the Queen Elizabeth Botanic Park in a ceremony that saw the Visitors’ Centre [...]
A walk in the park
By: Natasha Were | [email protected] May, 2013 Attention dads: this weekend it’s your turn to do the planning, organising and executing of family activities, while your spouse takes a [...]
Orchids for show and grow
Orchid enthusiasts are looking forward to this weekend, but you don’t have to be a collector or cultivator to enjoy the annual Orchid Show at the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park tomorrow and [...]
Get grafting, mango tree fans
25 January, 2013 As in mango trees, so in life: you won’t get anywhere without a bit of graft. – Photo: File A special mango tree grafting workshop with the Botanic Park’s dynamic Mike Ferrero is [...]
Ghost Orchid in top 100 endangered species
By: Norma Connolly | [email protected] September, 2012 The rare Ghost Orchid, which can only be found in Grand Cayman, has been listed among the 100 most threatened species in the world, according [...]
Treat yourself to a mango tree
By: Natasha Were | [email protected] July, 2012 Planting a tree in your yard is probably the easiest way to offset your carbon footprint. During the course of a lifetime, all of those [...]
It’s bloomin’ orchid time
By: Natasha Were | [email protected] June, 2012 Every cloud has a silver lining – and those heavy rain clouds a few weeks back may have dampened the long weekend for a few, but it does mean [...]
