tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33596622.post8231564485124950481..comments2023-09-25T15:00:22.436+01:00Comments on The Constant Gardener: A taste of the Caribbean: St Rose NurseryThe Constant Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219672153177538912noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33596622.post-13135939392934285542009-11-19T09:46:57.098+00:002009-11-19T09:46:57.098+00:00We've just been at WTM this year and found out...We've just been at WTM this year and found out that Suzanne Gaywood will be hosting some garden tours on Grenada in the New Year...The packages will be sorted by Just Grenada and the local agent will be Caribbean Horizons...I'll come back in a bit when we have a confirmed itinerary...maybe that will be your excuse to get out there again!<br /><br />Best - AlexanderDefinitiveCaribbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09562393309211521589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33596622.post-42357676822485963442009-11-17T16:31:47.746+00:002009-11-17T16:31:47.746+00:00little addition - the website address I gave above...little addition - the website address I gave above isn't quite the right one. Try this one: www.grenada-at-chelsea.org.uk<br /><br />and you get to find out what they're up to this year, too :DThe Constant Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01219672153177538912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33596622.post-62089808458043677472009-05-12T22:43:00.000+01:002009-05-12T22:43:00.000+01:00As ever, I am in awe, Nigel. How do you know this ...As ever, I am in awe, Nigel. How do you know this stuff?<br /><br />Thanks for identifying it for me - didn't smell any nasty niffs but it would have been singularly appropriate, given the common name, if I had.<br /><br />I detect someone with previous acquaintance with Grenadians. Wonderfully direct in all sorts of ways - not just the nomenclature. I have eye-watering memories of some extremely direct conversations. Brilliant fun and hugely entertaining: they made me feel positively stuffy by comparison.The Constant Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01219672153177538912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33596622.post-35337221034809651822009-05-12T17:45:00.000+01:002009-05-12T17:45:00.000+01:00What a wonderful place! You are lucky to have bee...What a wonderful place! You are lucky to have been. Just my kind of garden.<br /><br />The Old Man's Balls is Aristolochia gigantea - a native of the 'W'indies and interesting, I'd say, rather than pretty. A lot of the aristolochias smell nasty and in Europe, where the species are far less dramatic, they are also known as birthwort, presumably because they have a medicinal use, probably connected with the Doctrine of Signatures.<br /><br />Grenadans are wonderfully direct, in their nomenclature. I blush to think what they call that lovely pea family climber Clitoria ternatea!Plant Mad Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051715161395516677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33596622.post-46981556604859236862009-05-11T23:06:00.000+01:002009-05-11T23:06:00.000+01:00Great, thanks - I'll check it out...Useful for the...Great, thanks - I'll check it out...Useful for the travel guide I write...<br /><br />Best - AlexanderDefinitiveCaribbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09562393309211521589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33596622.post-55819770843181893532009-05-11T14:45:00.000+01:002009-05-11T14:45:00.000+01:00thanks DC :D aren't you lucky spending your time w...thanks DC :D aren't you lucky spending your time wandering around the islands. I'm just spending my time scheming how to get back there at the moment - sadly our plot to matchmake one of our party with a Grenadian boyfriend so we could come back and visit her didn't work.<br /><br />Didn't see any greenhouses - not intact, anyway. Hurricane Ivan did for most of them. <br /><br />Details of how you can visit St Rose are here: http://www.users.dialstart.net/~gaywood/TNs/page_08.htm (just scroll down till you find it). They give the price of an unguided tour as US$6.00 per person, or free if you buy a plant!The Constant Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01219672153177538912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33596622.post-36581570738138648312009-05-11T12:19:00.000+01:002009-05-11T12:19:00.000+01:00Old Man's Balls indeed...lovely!
Some great shots...Old Man's Balls indeed...lovely!<br /><br />Some great shots there...I've not made it to St Rose Nurseries yet but it's next on my list...<br /><br />Did you see any greenhouses rebuilt? Do you know the cost of a tour or the contact details for the guides?<br /><br />Thanks - AlexanderDefinitiveCaribbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09562393309211521589noreply@blogger.com