Royal Botanic Gardens of Trinidad and Tobago
Institution Code: TRIN
BGCI Member: No
About the Royal Botanic Gardens of Trinidad and Tobago
The Gardens are comprised of twenty-five (25) hectares of beautifully landscaped grounds located north of the capital city of Port of Spain.
Trinidad and Tobago are the southern-most islands of the Caribbean and enjoy a tropical climate with a distinct dry season (from January to May) and a wet season (from June to December). It has a mean annual temperature of 28 degrees Celsius and an average rainfall of 1526 mm per year.
The Royal Botanic Gardens, established in 1818, is one of the oldest gardens in the West Indies which has had a continuous existence.
Today, the gardens consist of approximately seven hundred (700) trees of which thirteen percent (13%) are indigenous to Trinidad and Tobago. Trees in our gardens represent every continent of the world.
The objectives of the Royal Botanic Gardens are as follows:
Conservation
Education
Research
Recreation
Main Address:
Royal Botanic Gardens of Trinidad and Tobago
Cotton Hill, Maraval
Port Of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
Telephone: 1-868-622-1221 ext. 2160-2165
Fax: 1-868-622-9131
URL:
Primary Email: hsd@gov.tt