Where Heritage Meets Harvest
Welcome to the Community Gardens at Plantation Succour—where 300+ year-old slave walls frame modern sustainable agriculture, and ancestral soil nurtures both crops and community resilience. Located in the heart of The Keys, Sint Maarten, these gardens transform colonial legacy into Caribbean food sovereignty.
Plantation Succour once sprawled across 50-100 hectares as Estates 96 and 98, known as “The Golden Rock” for its rich volcanic earth. Today, the same fertile soil that once enriched distant colonial masters now feeds local families through our Community Gardens program.
The dry-stacked stone walls built by enslaved hands still stand—not as barriers, but as bridges between past and future. They frame community garden allotments where families grow callaloo, sweet potatoes, and traditional Caribbean crops alongside hurricane-resistant vegetables.
There is a lot that can be grown, but to give you an idea here are a few options:
✓ Leafy Greens: Callaloo, spinach, lettuce, kale, cauliflower
✓ Root Vegetables: Sweet potatoes, carrots, beets, cassava, yams
✓ Herbs: Basil, cilantro, parsley, thyme
✓ Fruits: Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, eggplant, pumpkin, melons
✓ Legumes: Beans, peas, pigeon peas
✓ Caribbean Specialties: Okra, plantain, breadfruit saplings
Educational Spaces
Shared Facilities
Growing Support
Educational Opportunities
Join the movement
Our mission extends beyond individual gardens. Through the Community Gardens at Plantation Succour, we’re building Caribbean food sovereignty by:
