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Cayman Islands Botanic Park donates Christmas palms to North Side Civic Centre

3-ed5-ed3-edChristmas In Full Bloom!

North Side, Grand Cayman, December 17, 2015– Christmas is in full bloom at the North Side Civic Centre, thanks to the generous donations of the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park and the Tourism Attraction Board!

This donation follows the theme of plants donated last year by the Botanic Park as part of the Christmas work program initiative in North Side. Among the plants donated were the Christmas Palm (Adonidia Merrillii) and the Croton (Codiaeum Variegatum). The efforts were greatly appreciated by MLA for Northside, Mr. D. Ezzard Miller who confirmed that;

“The plants will be used by the Christmas work crew for landscaping around the Craddock Ebanks Civic Center and the Disa Brown Health Clinic.” – D. Ezzard Miller, MLA

Mr. Miller also expressed that it has been a five year process

“to get this area landscaped and now the Botanic Park and the TAB have made it possible. On behalf of the people of North Side we would like to thank the Botanic Park and the TAB for their generous donation.” – D. Ezzard Miller, MLA

The landscaping is scheduled to be completed today, December 17, 2015.

The Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park, an attraction managed by the Tourism Attraction Board, is open Monday to Sunday from 9:00AM to 4:30PM. Boasting over 62 acres of lush landscape, the Park is home to an abundance of wildlife, floral gardens, woodland trails, wetlands and lake, a plant nursery and is the breeding grounds for the endangered Cayman Blue Iguana.

“The Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park is pleased to assist in the donation of plants to help improve the appearance of the Craddock Ebanks Civic Centre in North Side.” – John Lawrus, Manager, Botanic Park. “

The Botanic park is offering residents of Cayman a 30% discount special for the Holiday Season, as a thank you to the community and its support.

 

If you would like more information about this topic, please contact Mr. John Lawrus on 947-9462, email [email protected] or check out the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park Facebook Page.

Photo: (Left to Right):

Moses Haughton, Gardener, Botanic Park; D. Ezzard Miller, MLA; John Lawrus, General Manager, Botanic Park

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