Port Of Spain Botanical Gardens, Trinidad

In January 1907 Margaret sailed for the West Indies. One of the most detailed entries in her diary during the two months she was there, was of her visit to the Port Of Spain Botanical Gardens in Trinidad. She listed specimens that she saw, including rubber trees, spices, oranges, exotic fruits, bamboos and palms.

Contemporary photos of the gardens show formal borders and beds, but this wont necessarily make the most interesting detail for the finished print.

I would like to use aspects of the current Winterbourne Botanic gardens to portray the background imagery for this next print. The Continental beds could be a possibility, but I think the Gilbert Orchid House will give me the most material for visual references.