THIS week NAREI in Focus will be showcasing the Benab Plant Nursery that is located at the entrance of Benab access road nearing Guyana’s well-known #63 Beach. The nursery is 465-ft in width and 325-ft in length.

A wide variety of fruit crops such as guava, carambola, pomegranate, soursop, Jack fruit, Papaya, gooseberry, rough lemon, West Indian cherry, West Indian lime, passion fruit, mango, tamarind and avocado; saijan, breadfruit and ornamentals are available at the nursery. In total there are 21,000 plants.

The nursery is staffed with a Supervisor and five labourers. There is never a dull day in the nursery. Staffers are usually busy maintaining the environs and stock. They engage in budding and grafting, pulping fruits, preparing potting bags, mixing soil, controlling pest and disease and maintaining the orchard.

The Benab Plant Nursery is famously known for its sweetly flavoured coconuts. Visitors oftentimes quench their thirst with refreshing sweet nuts from our 18-month coconut palms.