Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Barbados Horticulture

In conjunction with Andromeda Botanic Gardens and the Barbados National Trust, the University of the West Indies offers an undergraduate course and  postgraduate research opportunities in Horticulture. These are run by the Peter Moores Director of Tropical Horticulture, a position funded by the Peter Moores Foundation (UK). Facilities include the university biological laboratories and library, computer facilities, the Barbados National Herbarium housed on the UWI campus, and Andromeda Botanic Gardens. Andromeda is an eight-acre garden on the east coast of Barbados having a research and education link with UWI. Andromeda is home to approx. 600 documented and maintained tropical landscaping species and possesses standard horticultural equipment, computer, and propagation facilities. The Iris Bannochie Horticultural Library (a branch of the UWI Library) is located at Andromeda, where the university also maintains a classroom.

It should also be noted that:

Andromeda Botanic Gardens occasionally accepts interns for supervised hands-on work-study. These opportunities are negotiated and arranged on an individual basis.

The University of the West Indies offers a Peter Moores Scholarship in Horticultural Science supervised by the Chair in Tropical Horticulture for selected advanced (post-graduate) students.

The Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences offers instruction closely related to horticulture in ecology, crop ecology, plant pathology, plant physiology, conservation, biochemistry, genetics, field biology, natural resources management, introductory biology, and microbiology.

 

Last modified - 01 September 2004