Jeff Mayers
Petrea Volubilis overlooking a pathway as if wondering about the prolonged absence of laughing children at the the Royal Botanic Gardens in Port of Spain last Friday. - Jeff Mayers
WITH so many people forced into their homes by stay-at-home measures implemented to slow the spread of covid19, nature – the land, sea, rivers, flora and fauna – has had a chance to “rest and relax” over the last few months in TT.
Even at the heart of the nation's capital, plant life thrives at an "untouched" Royal Botanic Gardens last Friday. - Jeff Mayers
Beaches, rivers, parks and the like have all been reopened but Newsday’s chief photographer Jeff K Mayers, with permission from the Horticultural Services Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, was able to visit a still-untouched Royal Botanic Gardens last Friday. He was able to capture images of one of the most beautiful green spaces at the heart of Port of Spain for our readers.
Parasitic epiphytes, also known as "air plants," seem to lounge on the branches of a huge tree at the Royal Botanic Gardens last Friday. - Jeff Mayers
Newsday's "untouched" series has come to an end but for memories of what our country can look like when given some "breathing room," please visit the links below:
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• Newsday Chief Photographer Jeff K Mayers visited Manzanilla Beach on April 15
A squirrel enjoys having the Royal Botanic Gardens all to itself last Friday. - Jeff Mayers
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Human footprints seem like a distant memory to this cobbled drain at the Royal Botanic Gardens last Friday. - Jeff Mayers
Even the grass seems greener as stay-at-home measures keep visitors away from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, last Friday. - Jeff Mayers
An array of flora find sanctuary in the heart of Port of Spain at the Royal Botanic Gardens. - Jeff Mayers
A palm tree seems sad in the midst of the beauty of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, last Friday. - Jeff Mayers
Palm trees tower over the traffic on Queen's Park West at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, last Friday. - Jeff Mayers
A croton plant at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain. - Jeff Mayers
A mossy rock wall along one of the paths at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Port of Spain. - Jeff Mayers
Normally filled with people, the picnic areas at the Royal Botanic Gardens are undisturbed last Friday. - Jeff Mayers
White petrea volubilis at the the Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, last Friday. - Jeff Mayers
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Yellow caution tape hopes to keep visitors out of the picnic huts at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Port of Spain last Friday. - Jeff Mayers
The remains of an old bridge over a dry tributary of the St Ann's River at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain. - Jeff Mayers
White ixora budding and blooming at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain. - Jeff Mayers
Lobster claw heliconia at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, last Friday. - Jeff Mayers
Fallen leaves are about the only thing that have traversed these steps at the Royal Botanic Gardens over the last few months owing to stay-at-home measures implemented to slow the spread of covid19. - Jeff Mayers
Normally teeming with visitors adult and juvenile, pathways at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Port of Spain remain deserted just before the stay-at-home measures that closed the park were lifted last Friday. - Jeff Mayers
Petrea in full brilliance at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, last Friday. - Jeff Mayers
Dewdrops cling to Petrea Volubilis at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, last Friday morning. - Jeff Mayers
Petrea at the the Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, last Friday. - Jeff Mayers
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Bougainvillea in bloom at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, last Friday. - Jeff Mayers
Bougainvillea at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, last Friday. - Jeff Mayers
An array of flora find sanctuary in the heart of Port of Spain at the Royal Botanic Gardens. - Jeff Mayers
The Ficus Lawn pathway at the Royal Botanic Gardens last Friday. - Jeff Mayers
An empty bench witnesses the beauty of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Port of Spain last Friday. - Jeff Mayers
The fruit of the screw pine plant at the Royal Botanic Gardens. - Jeff Mayers
White petrea volubilis at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, last Friday. - Jeff Mayers
A palm tree seems gloomy without visitors under a matching sky at the Royal Botanic Gardens last Friday. - Jeff Mayers
Bougainvillea in bloom at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, last Friday. - Jeff Mayers
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The graves of Lady Thelma and Sir Solomon Hochoy among others at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Port of Spain. - Jeff Mayers
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"Botanic Gardens untouched"