St. Lucia’s Exotic Flora and Fauna

In St.Lucia our flowers reflect the natural beauty of this gem of an island, whose magnificent rain forests are home to a variety of exotic plants, such as wild orchids and giant ferns, ginger lilies, bird of paradise and many more….

St. Lucia’s Diamond Botanical Gardens is an eco - lover’s paradise. Located in Soufriere, on the south western side of the island, the botanical garden has been a St.Lucia holiday favorite since its inception in the early 1980’s. At the gardens, island guests are able to surround themselves in what is unarguably the Caribbean’s best cultivated tropical flora and fauna which includes rare large variety begonias, anthuriums, pink ginger lilies and beautiful heliconias. Dozens of species of native West Indian birds find a habitat in the gardens because they are secluded and protected from the open rainforests. The colonial style gardens are such a rare delight that we strongly recommend you add this to your list of things to do in Saint Lucia.

St. Lucia’s Flower festivals are held at different times of the year, La Rose in August and La Marguerite in October.

However, you can explore and observe most of these flowers right here in the Village. Please feel free to speak with our Ground Staff about the flowers.

In Saint Lucia there exist two ‘Societies’, Roses and Marguerites -singing societies whose members are dedicated to the praising of those respective flowers.