Historial Collections
St. George Village Botanical Garden is built upon the site of a 19th century sugar cane plantation, and many of the buildings have been restored, and are used as buildings housing the functions of a botanical garden. Ruins that were beyond restoration have been stabilized and used as the background for many of the botanical collections. Historical Structures on the site include:
- Workers’ Village including row houses and cottages
Restored workers’ quarters include:
- two row houses now form the gift shop and administrative wing of the Great Hall
- workers’ cottage houses Garden library
- workers’ cottage houses Visitors’ Orientation Center
- partially restored workers’ cottage houses Marmaduke Orchid House
- Plantation Supervisor’s House (totally restored)
- Plantation Field Overseer’s House (partially restored)
- Blacksmith’s shop (totally restored)
- Sugar/rum factory (needs stabilization)
- .Molasses vat (totally restored)
- Large animal corral (partially stabilized)
- Small animal pen (stabilized)
- Bake oven (restored)
- Smoke House (stabilized)
- Lime kiln (needs stabilization)
- Water wheel (needs stabilization)
- Walk-in well (needs stabilization)
- Water sluice (stabilized)
Take a tour of some of the buildings..

Plantation Superintendent's House has been restored, and is used as a residence for the Garden Botanical Curator.

Former plantation workers' quarters have been restored to house the Garden Library.

Workers' quarters

Plantation Overseer's House

The Baker's Oven

