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The Bermuda Tourism Authority has been forced to pull a misleading image of the Botanical Gardens from its website – because the old photograph of manicured flower beds is a world away from the state of the grounds at present. The BTA website said i...

The Botanical Gardens could be lost to future generations unless a proper management plan is introduced, a government landscape architect has warned. Danny Simmons said that government staff could face a “wide range of issues” such as uncontrolled he...

A memorial tree in commemoration of the island’s 106 victims of Covid-19 has been planted. The Bermuda cedar was placed in the Botanical Gardens in Paget by David Burt, the Premier and Kim Wilson, the health minister. Mr Burt said more Bermudians had...

Hundreds of kids will have Sophia Araujo to thank for their Halloween fun this weekend. She's behind tomorrow's Spooktacular Halloween Boo-Thru in the Botanical Gardens. Costumed characters will decorate a route through the Paget park, handing out ca...

A historic Bermudian tree which was the oldest living exhibit in a Scottish botanic garden has at last come down. Workmen moved in to a Victorian glasshouse at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, home to the palmetto – scientific name Sabal Bermud...

Bermuda, with a landmass of 21 square miles and a population of around 63,000 can, in most areas, hold its head high. Covid has been damaging to the economy and Bermudians have suffered in numerous ways. Thankfully, we are surrounded by the ocean, an...

A trailblazing Bermudian artist will be honoured with an exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of his death. The Charles Lloyd Tucker Exhibition will be open at the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art until September and will include several of his w...

Botanical Gardens will temporarily close tomorrow so pest control work can be carried out. A spokesman for the Department of Parks said the gardens would be closed to the public from 3pm until 5pm. The spokesman added: “Parks staff will be stationed ...

Bad weather has led to hold-ups in the upkeep of the showpiece Botanical Gardens, the public works ministry said yesterday. A spokesman said that regular maintenance of the park’s maze area, including the use of weedkiller and hedge planting, was del...

Marlie Powell really loves plants. She’s surrounded by them at Kingston House Bed & Breakfast, the Pembroke inn she runs with her husband Harry. With visitors down this year because of Covid-19, they’ve kept busy growing fruits, vegetables and herbs....

Bermuda Poultry Fanciers Society will hold its Fall Jamboree over the weekend. The show will take place in the Jack King Building at the Botanical Gardens tomorrow, from 8.30am to 4pm, and on Sunday, from 9am to 12.30pm.

A ceremonial tree planting was held today to mark the public holiday in honour of the 170th anniversary of the first Portuguese immigrants to Bermuda. Vasco Cordeiro, the president of the regional government in the Azores, joined David Burt, the Pre...