The most beautiful parks and gardens South Caribbean

This garden, led by the Sud Botanique association, has several missions: educational, by welcoming all types of visitors to raise awareness of environmental preservation, botanical, as it houses a nursery with tropical trees and rare species, and finally social, with its work camp for the integration of landscape workers. There is also a marked footpath for a nice stroll through the plants. The park also offers workshops to learn how to create and maintain a Creole garden. For a pleasant family walk.

This private garden path is located on a natural wetland coastal area. Educational panels line the pathway, presenting the remarkable plants and trees of the site, where mangrove and péyi almond trees flourish. With this trail, the objective of Pascal Fardin, the owner, is for people to discover the mangrove, as well as the local fauna and flora. A pond with tilapias, inspired by the Salines pond, crosses the site for about 200 meters.

In Morne Gommier, Pierre-Yves Panor has designed a garden on the site where his ancestors lived during the marronnage period, when they fled from slavery in search of a new destiny.

As you wind your way through the breathtaking panoramic views, you'll come across several themed gardens that deal with agriculture and pharmacopoeia on the Mornes, the fight for freedom and, above all, the trauma of slavery. An emotional moment. Possibility of sleeping on site.

It was here, on this site overlooking the Caribbean Sea, that Marie-Josèphe-Rose Tascher de la Pagerie was born in 1763. The future Empress Josephine spent her first sixteen years here. At the time, this 300-hectare former sugar estate was known as "Little Guinea": 200 slaves worked in the cane, coffee and indigo fields exported to France, and the property had no garden of its own. Destroyed by a hurricane in 1766, the dwelling was left somewhat abandoned before being bought back in the ^19th century. But it wasn't until 1944 and the intervention of Dr. Robert Rose-Rosette, future mayor of Trois-Ilets, that this heritage was restored. All that remains of the sugar mill that was home to Joséphine's family are the ruins, listed as a Monument Historique. The mill where the plantation's cane was distilled is now used to welcome visitors. A museum featuring objects belonging to the Empress has been created, as has a magnificent garden planted with trees. Beautifully landscaped, it is home to a wealth of wild vegetation, including a plethora of African sausage trees. A flower bed surrounds a bust of Josephine. A lovely walk in a green setting.

Since 1975, Georges Pastel has had an unfailing passion for palm trees, which he has passed on to his son. On this plot of land located on the heights of Rivière-Pilote, he has built up an impressive collection of palm trees representing all regions of the world: 300 species flourish here, enriched by exchanges and plants brought back from his travels. If most of them are native to the Caribbean and Central and South America, we nevertheless discover very rare species in what is today the most beautiful palm grove of Martinique.