The Medicinal Herb Garden contains
the 50 herbs, shrubs and trees that are used currently
in the Virgin Islands for medicinal and culinary
purposes.
This Garden chronicles not only the
history of the Weed Women of the Virgin Islands, but also the
traditional usages of herbs from the plantation era
slaves who served as doctors to the contemporary "bush
doctors" who use many of the same plant materials.
Some of these traditional medicinals are being studied
by pharmaceutical companies today for potential uses.
Fifth generation St. Croix
herbalist - Veronica Gordon
