Museum Garden The Garden in 2002 The Museum Garden, also known as the Museum Arboretum, developed out of the project Restore Hope. This project was aimed at beautifying parts of Grand Turk, and the Museum was allowed to develop the plot of land to the North. The garden is located on the site of Bascombe House which Bascombe House in the 1970s burnt down in 1986. Little is left of this building but visitors can see the ruins of the chimney and a few bits of foundation. In the garden visitors can see a wide variety of native and imported plants that can be found throughout the Islands. This includes plants that were once grown as part of an industry (cotton and sisal), used for medicines (Aloe Vera) or are used for food (sea Island Grape). The wide range of plants attract a large number of insects and birds. It is a good place to sit and relax: the sounds of the sea fill your ears, the aroma from the plants fill your nose and the beauty of the wildlife fills your eyes. The area one can sit reuses 6 metal pillars. These came from the Old Iron Building on Front Street, which burnt down in the 1980s. The Pillars and other iron parts were shipped in from England in the 1870s and the sister building to the Iron Building still stands a few lots south of the Museum - if you look at the standing building one can see similar pillars as those in the Museum Garden. Contents of this story: Turks and Caicos National Museum Printed from Turks and Caicos National Museum (http://www.tcmuseum.org). Printed On: Sunday, July 20th, 2008