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Sir Eric Matthew Gairy Botanical Gardens

Stabbur's Master · CC BY-SA 2.0

59% trees around it and 101 species recorded.

69Forestyas Score

Arboretum

  • trees within 3 km59%
  • wild within 10 km97%
  • species recorded101

The forest around

59% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 55%Grassland 2%Water 14%Built-up 29%Trees 59%Grassland 1%Water 30%Built-up 9%Trees 52%Mangroves 0%Grassland 2%Water 41%Built-up 5%Trees 32%Grassland 1%Water 66%Built-up 0%59%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km55%
  • 1–3 km59%
  • 3–6 km52%
  • 6–10 km32%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees59%
  • Grassland1%
  • Water30%
  • Built-up9%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

101 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Pina cortadora
Pina cortadoraPitcairnia angustifolia5 recordsPhoto by David J. Stang · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bodywood
BodywoodBourreria succulenta3 recordsKATHERINE WAGNER-REISS · CC BY-SA 4.0
Beach Barringtonia
Beach BarringtoniaBarringtonia asiatica3 recordsSteve Fitzgerald · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lasiacis maculata
Lasiacis maculataLasiacis maculata3 recordsCharles Plumier (1646-1704) · Public domain
Least basil
Least basilOcimum campechianum2 recordsAlex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil · CC BY 2.0
Turkey berry
Turkey berrySolanum torvum2 recordsFranz Xaver · CC BY-SA 3.0
West Indian woodnettle
West Indian woodnettleLaportea aestuans2 recordsSeñor Te · CC BY-SA 3.0
Coatbuttons
CoatbuttonsTridax procumbens2 recordsWibowo Djatmiko ( Wie146 ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Indian almond
Indian almondTerminalia catappa2 recordsJudgefloro · Public domain
Indian Corn
Indian CornZea mays2 recordsAkwugo · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mesquite
MesquiteProsopis juliflora2 recordsDick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada · CC BY 2.0
Creeping river grassEchinochloa polystachya2 records

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

69out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 59%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 97%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 101Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking from January to March.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan27°26°61 mm
  2. Feb27°26°30 mm
  3. Mar27°26°36 mm
  4. Apr28°27°39 mm
  5. May28°27°79 mm
  6. Jun28°27°146 mm
  7. Jul28°27°164 mm
  8. Aug29°28°164 mm
  9. Sep29°28°139 mm
  10. Oct29°28°165 mm
  11. Nov28°28°172 mm
  12. Dec28°27°108 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Sir Eric Matthew Gairy Botanical Gardens.

Botanical garden in Grenada

Sir Eric Matthew Gairy Botanical Gardens is an arboretum in Grenada.

Seen from space, 59% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 97% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

101 species have been recorded around it: 18 plants, 1 fungi, 79 birds and 3 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Pina cortadora, Bodywood and Beach Barringtonia.

The best time to walk is from January to March.

St. George's, Grenada - Fort Frederick - 51071791272
Stabbur's Master · CC BY-SA 2.0

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Sir Eric Matthew Gairy Botanical Gardens seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 1named and notable trees within 6 kmBarringtonia
  • 11picnic sites within 4 km
  • 7shelters and huts within 6 kmSpa Beach Gazebo and 6 more
  • 9viewpoints within 5 kmHog Island Entrance Bridge, On St. George and 7 more
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmBoard of Tourism
  • 35car parks within 3 km
  • 48places to stay within 10 kmTropicana Inn, Spicy Heaven, Cozy Hut and Cosy Corner and 45 more
  • 38restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • campsites within 10 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Sir Eric Matthew Gairy Botanical Gardens.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas15 mountains within 25 km
Mount Maitland3.0 kmMount Lebanon, Grenada8.7 kmSouth East Mountain9.1 kmMount Granby11 kmMount Nesbit12 kmMount Saint Catherine840 m · volcano · 15 kmMount Nelson, Grenada15 kmLevera Hill231 m · 23 km
Islandyasthe island
Grenada311 km²
Coastya14 beaches within 10 km
Mount Pandy Beach1.2 kmGrand Anse Beach3.0 kmMorne Rouge Beach4.3 kmPortici Beach5.7 kmTurtle Beach5.9 kmParc à Boeuf Beach6.0 kmPingouin Beach6.1 kmMagazin Beach6.4 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Mount Saint Catherine840 m · 15 km
Cascadyas8 waterfalls within 15 km
Annandale Waterfall5.1 kmFontainbleu Falls7.6 kmConcord Falls8.4 kmSeven Sisters Waterfalls8.7 kmCastine Waterfall12 kmMount Carmel Waterfall13 kmMt. Carmel Falls13 kmTufton Hall Waterfall15 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

St. George's, Grenada - Fort Frederick - 50997852785
Stabbur's Master · CC BY-SA 2.0
From Fort Frederick
madmack66 · CC BY 2.0
Behind Fort Frederick
madmack66 · CC BY 2.0

Other forests nearby.

Sir Eric Matthew Gairy Botanical Gardens

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  • 69Forestyas Score
  • 59%Trees
  • 97%Wild
  • 101Species

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  • 96%Wild
  • 104Species

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  • 83%Wild
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  • 81Forestyas Score
  • 84%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 91Species

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Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q106905569) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species8,946 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Islandyas, Coastya, Viewyas, Cascadyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

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viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit
forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.You are here