Colourful Koi

Multi-hued fish are prized by collectors. The beauty and serenity of richly coloured koi gliding gracefully through the water have enchanted people for centuries. These prized fish - exhibited regularly in competitions similar to dog shows...

A Nature for Nurturing

The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies. - Gertrude Jekyll For Vivian Bould, that seed was planted as a young girl growing up in Ireland. It blossomed as a teenager...

Playful Pots

It started with a broken pot. Looking for a way to patch it up, Joyce Dunbar came up with a creative solution: piece it back together with colourful mosaic tiles. “I patched it up on the...

A walk amongst the orchids

Elaine Young’s garden is more to her than a collection of plants. It is a place of relaxation, reflection, and where she keeps her mind and body in tune. In fact, she refers to it...

The healing gardens

The holistic and humanitarian approach to healthcare by heart specialist Dr. Devi Shetty goes beyond the walls of his new hospital in East End.

 

Seaside garden blooms

Having a garden by the sea on the south shore of Grand Cayman is a challenge.  The salt air and the sand are permanent problems that daunt all but the most determined of green-fingered enthusiasts.

 

InsideOut joins Garden Club

InsideOut magazine is delighted to have become a “Platinum Friend” of the Garden Club of Grand Cayman.

 

Blooming News – Garden Club Helps Beautify Jasmine

Lush landscaping provides sanctuary for patients. The Garden Club of Grand Cayman has given a helping hand to Jasmine, arranging for the beautification of its grounds. Jasmine, formerly known as Cayman HospiceCare, recently opened in its...

A sustainable ethos

In a cliff side corner of Savannah, Coco Bluff Farm gardener Andy McKenzie swings his machete. Andy harvests and cuts coconuts, mulches leftover husks and tends to more than 200 palms that dot the five-acre...

New Patron of Garden Club

Since arriving in the Cayman Islands in 2018, Elisabeth Roper has delighted in the tropical foliage. “My favourite has to be the poinciana trees - such a beautiful colour when in bloom; they provide wonderful...

Backyard bounty

Nestled next to their house in South Sound is a backyard farm created just a couple of years ago by Chris Luijten and his family, who now relish eating what they grow. Relative newcomers to...

Top 10 Trees at Camana Bay

Trees around Camana Bay not only provide shade but they have become an attraction to passersby, who are on their way to socialize, shop and work.

 

Eden in East End

A couple’s cozy coastal hideaway is a garden of delights. Driving through Gun Bay, passing the rustic Eastern seascape and quaint Caymanian abodes, one could easily overshoot and miss the home of Berna and Steve...

Going native

The Native Tree Nursery at the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park is propagating a selection of native species that are ideal for Cayman’s landscape.  

 

The Growing Trend of Indoor Plants

Indoor plants are having a major moment right now. With tropical prints and pineapples taking shape in almost anything, this has transpired into real, living jungle-scapes. And with ample inspiration on mood board website...

The Statue Garden

The space is spiritual, tranquil, functional and is a gathering space for family and friends. Seven statues surround the amphitheatre in this magnificent garden, all of them overseen by a giant, 2,000-lb Buddha, which was...

Verdant trees so rare

For Giles Smith, working outside amongst the plants has been a lifetime interest. “I have always loved landscaping, designing, being outside, farming,” he says. “This was a big part of my childhood in Cayman.” As a...

Design with purpose

For Tom Balon and his family, quiet and leafy Savannah was the perfect place to make a home. As co-owner of landscape and design company Vigoro, with premises on Walkers Road and in Lower Valley,...
Joan Ebanks’s garden

Path to Well-Being

Joan Ebanks’s garden provides rejuvenation for the Monetary Authority employee after illness and bereavement. “I like gardening – it’s a place where I find myself when I need to lose myself.” That quote by American writer...

A whimsical garden retreat

When Kate Allenger and Stuart Knox revamped the backyard of their North Sound Estates home, they transformed it into a cozy, whimsical setting. It now glows in the nighttime with an array of hanging candles...