Queen Elizabeth Botanic Park Gardens
Queen Elizabeth Botanic Park Gardens
When Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II opened the Grand Cayman's only Botanic Park in 1994 only the Woodland Trail was complete. In the ensuring years the grounds have grown and developed into the full fledged Botanic Park that is operating today.
Today the Botanic Park is recognized as a world class facility. Itas annual Orchid Show is eagerly anticipated by floral enthusiats throughtout the country. And this year the Botanic Park was invited to design an entry for the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show.
The Heritage Garden is intended to showcase the plants that played an important role in Cayman's history. The displays include grounds or areas where roots crops and vegetables wuld be culivated; the economically important Silver Thatch Palm (Coccothrinax proctorii); and the medicinal garden with the types of plants Caymanians used to treat various ailments. In the heritage vein an old Caymaniam house, circa 1900, owned by Jullius Rakine from East End, Grand Cayman, was brought to the Park and restored and a sand garden was developed around the house showing the traditional ormanmental plants of that setting.
Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park
Tel:345-947-9462
Hours: Daily 9am-5pm
Location: Frank Sound Rd, East End, Grand Cayman
Admission: US$10, free for children 12 and under
