Man in white linen outfit gestures while speaking outdoors to group near tropical garden with palm trees.

Lush tropical garden with palm trees, colorful flowers, and a thatched hut nestled among vibrant greenery under a blue sky.

Lush tropical forest with tall palm trees and colorful foliage framing a scenic ocean view under a bright blue sky.

Stone Buddha statue nestled beneath a large moss-covered boulder surrounded by lush green foliage in a serene garden.

Swans glide past pink water lilies on a serene pond beneath a rustic wooden bridge surrounded by lush greenery.

Tall fan palm tree with fibrous trunk surrounded by tropical plants against a blue sky.

Tall fan palm tree with broad green fronds surrounded by lush tropical garden plants and stone steps.

Close-up of vibrant green fern leaves with intricate patterns, showcasing lush tropical foliage in natural light.

Dinosaur sculpture surrounded by lush tropical greenery and palm trees in an outdoor garden setting.

Lush tropical garden at dusk with tall palm trees, dense green foliage, and rocky stone steps under a twilight blue sky.

Large variegated agave plant with yellow-edged green leaves growing in a sunny garden with stone steps in the background.

Person tending potted tropical plants in a rustic wooden greenhouse nursery with lush green foliage.

Smiling man in white shirt and straw hat standing in a lush greenhouse filled with potted tropical plants.

Stone steps with yellow lichen lead up through lush tropical garden with palm trees and metal handrail.

Garden Visits

Andrew started planting the upper garden shortly after completing construction of the main house in 1990. Since then the garden has evolved over the years with a wide mix of drought tolerant plants including lignum vitae and other native hardwoods, a wide variety of indigenous and rare palms, cycads and a growing collection of cacti, all mixed together to create a wild and barely tamed jungle that languishes against a backdrop of views over Nelson's Dockyard National Park and Falmouth Harbour. The lower garden is still in the process of being planted with several ponds providing water not only for more exotic trees but also for bird life that seems to be improving year by year. A natural, organic vegetables, fruit and herbs garden is currently being planted.

Elderly man in white shirt and straw hat walks cobblestone path through lush tropical garden with palm trees.

Garden Visits with Andrew

Explore Rotten Hill collection of rare palms, drought tolerant trees and indigenous plants

Architectural and lanscaping insights

Learn about the design philosophy behind the property

Sustainable gardening practices

Deepen your knowledge with particular attention to cultivation with eco-conscious drought tolerant gardening techniques

Specific interest visits

Personalized experiences tailored to your interests can be organized in advance

Price

Guided visits are by appointment only

$30 EC/ $10 USD per person

Group and children discounts

Lush green forest path with moss-covered boulders and dense ground cover plants in a shaded woodland setting.

Meditation Path Rocks

All the rocks at Roten Hill were originally found on the land. What thoughts do these rocks bring to our minds? Do they just happen to be there, or does their presence tell us something about the landscape?Perhaps you may wonder how they got there? Do they look inert and lifeless or are they part of the ever-changing environment around you? Do they have stories to tell?

The island of Antigua didn’t always exist, though it has been around quite a bit longer than most of the Eastern Caribbean islands! It was born, according to geologists who study these things, from parts of the Atlantic Ocean’s seafloor. As you may know, the Atlantic Ocean is growing slowly larger because its seafloor (the Atlantic Plate) is spreading further west all the time, at an estimated average rate of about one inch a year! Where its edge collides with the seafloor of the Caribbean Basin (the Caribbean Plate) the Atlantic Plate is pushed down under the Caribbean Plate deep enough to melt. These molten rocks then flow back, up through cracks in the Caribbean Plate to form volcanoes that can rise high enough to reach above the sea level – creating volcanic islands!

You can imagine that this takes millions of years to happen! In fact, all this began some 50M years ago. Geological research also tells us that all Antigua’s volcanic rocks are 40–30M years old, when several active volcanoes were formed. The nearest active volcano to this area was probably where Sugar Loaf and Cherry Hill now stand – all that remains of a volcano probably three times their height. So, it is mostlikely that these rocks came from that volcano in an avalanche of semi-molten rocks and volcanic ash, called a pyroclastic flow. In subsequent eruptions they were buried deep below the new land surface.

Brian Cooper, 2025

Stone Buddha statue nestled beside a large moss-covered boulder surrounded by lush green foliage in a serene garden.

"The healing benefits of being in nature are well documented. Andrew's meditation happens mostly in his Inner Sanctum, a beautiful green house where he retreats to mindfully care for his plants".

-Dina

"You can tell that Rotten Hill is a well cared garden but it is not stifled".

-Cleo C.