St. George Village Botanical Garden is a 16 acre garden that is planted among the restored buildings and ruins of a 19th century Danish sugar cane plantation. At the height of production, the plantation used 150 slaves for the work.

St. Croix Century Plant, extinct in the wild

One of Diana's favorites.

Red Powder Puff

Bougainvillea

Cactus Garden

Cotton Blossom

Cotton Plant

Thorny flowering bush (click to enlarge and see the thorns!)

Bamboo

Sausage Tree

Fruit of the Sausage Tree is sometimes fermented and used to make beer.

Cannonball Tree

Calabash Tree fruit can be up to 18 inches, and are used to make baskets and containers

Look at the root system of this giant Kapok, native to St. Croix.

Seed pod of the Kapok tree.

Painkiller Tree leaves have been used to treat the pain of arthritis, headaches, swelling, and wounds. The fruit has been called the Starvation Apple because the fruit was eaten during times of famine. The fruit is somewhat gelatinous when ripe and has a distinct odor of bad cheese. It is edible, but the stench makes it such that it would be a last resort.

Palm Tree

Palm Tree

Termite Nest

Cactus growing on a tree

The home of the manager, the top white man of the social structure on a plantation. Today the top floor is occupied by the garden's horticultural director.

Bread Oven

Old Danish Cemetery

Sugar and Rum Factory Ruins

Stone Bridge

Walk in Well – walk down the steps and draw the water with a bucket.

Foot Bridge

Jamaican Fruit Bats hanging from the rafters of the Overseer's house.