More spices per square mile are cultivated on this avocado-shaped island than in any other spot in the world. On a clear day, when the rain is gone, you can pick up the Latin beat on the boisterous Venezuelan radio stations. After Indonesia, Grenada is the second biggest exporter of nutmeg. After 8 chocolates, in Vick's Vapour Rub and in various medical treatments, such as arthritis.
Cloves is a traditional cure for toothache.
If you want to learn more about the island's herbs and spices, or see the actual trees, bushes and plants which produce so much of Grenada's wealth, head to the Laura Herb and Spice Garden, and to the privately-owned Bay Garden. The luxuriously-landscaped Garden is wrapped in blue hydrangea, and red, orange, pink hibiscus. The giant Devil tree, the banyan, the rubber tree, and the ceiba bursting with thick tentacles and party-size leaves seem to be on steroids. An added attraction of the Bay Garden are the hawks, toucans, macaws and other exotic birds which nest in the man-made jungle. But there is more to Grenada than nutmeg and her sister herbs and spices.