Shaw Park Botanical Gardens is owned by the Shaw Park Beach Hotel. T he original area was an estate named after the family of Elizabeth, Ann and John Shaw who were owners until 1811. The property was the site for the final battles for Jamaica between the Spanish and the English. Situated high on a hilltop overlooking the Bay of Ocho Rios, surveying the azure waters of the Caribbean, the Gardens embrace 25 acres of tropic splendour. A sparkling waterfall cascades down a rocky course with luxuriant plant specimens on all sides. Lush tropical trees form bowers with flamboyant blossoms every month of the year.
	Though we originally planned to shoot only two shows at Shaw Park Gardens, the scenery was so beautiful that we decided we had to do three shows there.
Photographs by Dan DuFlo