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Spotlight On
The centre of downtown Kingston is known as Parade, from the area’s early days as the drill centre and parade grounds of the Colonial Militia. Long before Kingston took over from Spanish Town as the island’s capital city, Parade held significance as a centre of activity. When Kingston became the capital of the nation, Parade became somewhat of a public arena used for just about any imaginable purpose; public hangings and floggings were held there, and the wealthy and fashionable would meet and greet in transit. > Learn More
| The Royal Botanical Gardens at Hope, popularly called Hope Gardens serves as a national attraction and is frequented by visitors from near and far. The Hope Gardens is a part of the two thousand (2000) acres of land originally owned by Major Richard Hope from whom it got its name.Two hundred acres of this land was obtained by the Government of Jamaica in 1880 and was originally established as a plant introduction and crop testing facility for plants such as the pineapple, cocoa, coffee and tobacco. > Learn More
| Strategically located in the center of the financial district on a beautiful seven & half-acre setting of Caribbean solitude, the Wyndham Kingston Jamaica provides guests with the consummate blend of business and pleasure. Just five miles from downtown and twenty-five minutes from Norman Manley International Airport, the Wyndham Kingston Jamaica's convenience and accessibility make it the most preferred hotel in Kingston for business and recreation travellers. > Learn More
| Café Blue offers guests a combination of hot and cold coffee beverages, including espresso, cappuccino and lattes, as well as black and green herbal teas. > Learn More
| This event will highlight the various uses of Sorrel – medicinal, cosmetic, food and beverage. Interesting products to be showcased includes the sorrel chutney and sorrel squash. > Learn More
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First Coconut tree in Jamaica:
A stone monument on the Palisadoes near to Port Royal records that “the first coconut tree was planted March 4, 1869 by John Norton Esquire Superintendent of the General Penitentiary”. Within 20 years 20,000 trees had been planted and flourished for a while, an ambitious project aimed at covering the Palisadoes in Coconut trees. Eventually disease destroyed them leaving only the stone monument.
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