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GREEN CASTLE ESTATE & LIME TREE FARM LINK-UP!

admin — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:59:39 +0000

The management teams of 2 properties with like minded values in sustainable tourism got together for a couple of enjoyable days last weekend at Lime Tree Farm. Apart from a very enjoyable trip to Cinchona & a hike along Governor's Bench Trail a future collaboration was discussed.

Green Castle is a beautiful 1600acre estate in the Parish of St Mary – one of the last unspoilt areas of Jamaica's north Coast, it seems a million miles away from the all inclusive hotels of Montego Bay & Ocho Rios. THe Estate is run by Angie Dickson & Joe Loer with a little help from their children Salina & Reed, their attitudes on sustainable tourism are very similar to our own – Angie who runs the Estate House as a Rental Villa is dedicated to providing her guests with a "real" Jamaican experence very much like ourselves at Lime Tree Farm. Joe is responsible for the developement of the Estate & has plenty of community based ideas for the future.

Keep an eye on this blog for details of a 2 center package between the 2 properties, soon to be published! Check this link for more info on Green Castle www.gcjamaica.com

We’re in the Guardian – Caribbean Green!

admin — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:59:47 +0000

Today Lime Tree Farm was the first resort featured in The Guardian's article about Green Jamaica. Written by Lesley Thomas who recently visited us with her young daughter, we thought you may like a quick snapshot of what she liked about her short stay with us at Lime Tree Farm.

"Heart-stopping views of the mountains and a shining example of the responsible attitude to tourism"

At Lime Tree Farm I ate some of the best home-style Jamaican food I have ever tasted: traditional breakfasts of breadfruit and fresh ackee – which you can only get in tins in the UK – spicy callaloo soup, fried fresh fish and desserts of mango or faultless, sticky coconut macaroons."

Do read the Caribbean Green article in full it's very interesting and gives a little more background to those considering a holiday in Jamaica., namely why the first 492 Windward migrants to the UK were so disappointed by the reception which they were greeted with in the UK – as Lesley states Jamaicans are hard-wired to embrace others!

Maximum Respect Janet & Gordon!

admin — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:06:03 +0000

When I arrived in Lime Tree nearly 20 years ago I was welcomed into the community, since it has become very much a part of Lime Tree Farm – our guides are local & know the terrain like only local people could, our help is all local, & I would like to believe that as our small guest house becomes more popular this will benefit the local community.

We support our 2 local schools with profits from our bar, but the truth is many of our guests leave considerable donations which amount to far more than our bar could ever raise – to all our former guests who've made donations, the people of Lime Tree & Tower Hill salute you!

A special mention needs to be made to Janet & Gordon Ellis who visited us in February from Notts, UK. A little while after they visited a cheque for 250USD was received from them, I used this donation to buy a series of early learning books for the 15 children at Tower Hill Basic School(Nursery) – these books cost about 500 Ja dollars each & each child has 4 covering, early maths spelling etc. Just to give you some idea of local economics, the average daily pay up here is about 800 Ja dollars so as you can imagine it's very hard for parents to find the money to buy books for their kids.

MAXIMUM RESPECT TO JANET & GORDON