Orchids in bloom 2012
9/13/2012 12:03:45 AM The month of September has had six different species of orchids in flower at The Levy Preserve. Our Encyclia plicata located near the Welcome Center was collected in Andros, as well as the Polystachya foliosa and Encyclia fehlingii located along our Mangrove Boardwalk. Along our epiphyte...
Camp Safari 2012
7/16/2012 7:09:00 PM “Bahamian Traditions And Our Natural Resources” was the theme of the summer camp at the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve that ran from July 16th– 21st. The excited campers arrived and were separated campers by ages into Plant groups This year there were Five Fingers (Tabebuia bahamensis)– 5-7...
Police camps 2012
7/4/2012 6:38:00 PM The Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve welcomed 190 young people participating in the Royal Bahamas Police Force Summer Camps. Campers from Hatchet Bay and South Eleuthera, Harbour Island and North Eleuthera visited the preserve learning about Native Trees and the importance of trees and plants in traditional medicine...
‘The Night Before Christmas’ at The Levy Preserve
1/1/2012 9:00:00 AM On December 29, 2011, The BNT hosted its first annual Christmas event ‘The Night Before Christmas’ at The Levy Preserve in Governor’s Harbor, Eleuthera. The event attracted 170 children and adults from the surrounding Eleuthera community. Guests enjoyed the event which featured craft making, caroling, tree decoration, Santa...
Hurricane Irene 2011
Hurricane Irene made landfall in Eleuthera on August 24, 2011 and left behind considerable damage across the island. The Preserve was not spared from its destruction either, as large numbers of trees had fallen over in the parking lot and medicinal areas, broken branches and debris had blocked all trails, and there was flooding of […]
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve Opens; 25-Acre Sanctuary is The First of its Kind in The Caribbean
Bahamas National Trust, Leon Levy Foundation Create ShowcaseFor Eleuthera’s History, Native Plants and Their Medicinal Uses Eleuthera, Bahamas, March 24, 2011. The Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve, a 25-acre sanctuary created jointly by the Bahamas National Trust and the Leon Levy Foundation, will celebrate its Grand Opening at 11 a.m., March 24...