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Iris Bannochie created a garden with dual roles - a pleasure garden and a botanic garden.
Andromeda Botanic Gardens will continue to delight visitors with its undeniable beauty and will fulfil its role as a botanic garden, defined as follows:
"Botanic gardens are institutions holding documented collections of living plants for the purposes of scientific research, conservation, display and education." International Agenda for Botanic Gardens in Conservation.
Andromeda Botanic Gardens will continue to delight visitors with its undeniable beauty and will fulfil its role as a botanic garden, defined as follows:
"Botanic gardens are institutions holding documented collections of living plants for the purposes of scientific research, conservation, display and education." International Agenda for Botanic Gardens in Conservation.
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The Andromeda Experience Tour - Includes transport, food, drinks and tour! 10 people minimum, 42 maximum
Are there at least ten people in your group? For only BD$150pp (BD$190 for the boozy tour!), this is a must-do experience.
Get collected from your location.
The small coach or minibus will take you to Andromeda Botanic Gardens.
Enjoy a cold drink on arrival, while our curator gives a short introduction.
Tour Andromeda Botanic Gardens - self-guided or guided - your choice!
Delicious buffet lunch provided by Eastside Kitchen.
Return to your accommodation.
Are there at least ten people in your group? For only BD$150pp (BD$190 for the boozy tour!), this is a must-do experience.
Get collected from your location.
The small coach or minibus will take you to Andromeda Botanic Gardens.
Enjoy a cold drink on arrival, while our curator gives a short introduction.
Tour Andromeda Botanic Gardens - self-guided or guided - your choice!
Delicious buffet lunch provided by Eastside Kitchen.
Return to your accommodation.
Andromeda Botanic Gardens, Barbados
For self-guided tours, just turn up and enjoy!
For self-guided tours, just turn up and enjoy!
Bathsheba, St Joseph 248 0190 sharon@andromedabarbados.com
Open Daily For All: 9.30am (earlier if requested)-4.30pm (last entrance, stay for as long as you wish) and all bank holidays. Just turn up - booking not required. Closed Christmas Day Only.
Open Daily For All: 9.30am (earlier if requested)-4.30pm (last entrance, stay for as long as you wish) and all bank holidays. Just turn up - booking not required. Closed Christmas Day Only.
For self-guided tours, just turn up and enjoy!
Andromeda Botanic Gardens is owned by the Barbados National Trust and managed independently by the lease-owner Passiflora Ltd. Mission statement. Passiflora Ltd.’s aim is to provide quality education and training in garden design, horticulture and aspects of ethnobotany. As the company responsible for Andromeda Botanic Gardens, it aims to manage this historic site in accordance with the wishes of Iris Bannochie; its legal obligations to the Barbados National Trust; and to comply with the mandates of authentic botanical institutions. It also aims to ensure Andromeda Botanic Gardens is a fully inclusive community space and committed to protecting and enhancing its biodiversity - wildlife and plants.
Wellness Experience Tour.
A short and pleasant guided tour with the curator and/or head gardener to the Ethnobotanical Deck.
This slow walk through the garden will highlight a few special species, with the emphasis on food, medicine and herbal teas.
On the deck, the guests will take part in a yoga class, lasting 1 hour.
They will return to the areas near the reception area to have a buffet lunch.
A short and pleasant guided tour with the curator and/or head gardener to the Ethnobotanical Deck.
This slow walk through the garden will highlight a few special species, with the emphasis on food, medicine and herbal teas.
On the deck, the guests will take part in a yoga class, lasting 1 hour.
They will return to the areas near the reception area to have a buffet lunch.
Guided tour, yoga session, buffet lunch and one drink.
Experience length. 2 ½-3 hours, but stay for as long as you wish.
Cost. BD$150pp. Minimum 10 people, maximum 15. Coach pick-up and return available, additional BD$55pp
Garden Arty. This will be another amazingly unique experience, filled with fun and creativity. Expert guidance is provided by a local artist. The guests will gather in the garden (or inside our Community Arts Project building) with their canvas, and paint plants, flowers etc. They will express themselves with acrylic paints while sipping on drinks (including wine and/or rum-based cocktails) and nibbling on a variety of locally made snacks such as fishcakes and breadfruit chips.
You can also do a combination of the above experiences.
All paints, materials, food, drinks.
Experience length. 2 hours - again stay for as long as you wish.
Cost. BD$200pp. Minimum 10 people, maximum 15. Coach pick-up and return available, additional BD$55pp
You can also do a combination of the above experiences.
