Our Environment

NOT all soils have a sufficiency of nutrients, or the right balance of nutrients to be beneficial to plants. In addition, plants remove nutrients from the soil as they grow, so these nutrients must be replaced in order for the soil to remain productive.

HEALTHY soil is indispensable for a healthy garden. Plants derive water, oxygen for their roots, and essential nutrients from the soil.Soil consists of two components: minerals from weathered rocks, and organic matter from decayed organisms and animal wastes.

EVERGREEN Nature Study Club is a local non-profit organization geared, through nature tours, to educate and re-educate persons on environmental literacy.

THE Hydrangea macrophylla, or Mophead flower plant, is fascinating in that unlike other plants, it changes the colour of its flowers over a period of time.

POWDER puffs are pieces of soft material used for the application of face powder. They may be shaped as balls or pads.

JACARANDA trees are indisputably ideal for urban street and park plantings, and as ornamental trees for landscaping in large and medium-sized gardens.

MANY people behave circumspectly around the silk cotton tree, convinced that it possesses supernatural powers. And that behaviour is not confined only to the many Guyanese believers, but exists among peoples throughout Africa, South America and the Caribbean.

–A tree few would dare harmTHE Silk Cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) is one of the largest trees in the American tropics. It can grow to a height exceeding 200 feet, and towers over the other trees in the rainforest.