Cinchona Botanical Gardens, established in 1868 by Sir John Peter Grant, a past governor of Jamaica. According to the Jamaica National Heritage Trust, this garden, nestled in the mountains in east rural St Andrew, offers a view of Strawberry Hill, the Blue Mountains, Liguanea plains, and Kingston. At an altitude of 4500-5500 ft, the Cinchona Botanical Gardens is the highest garden of its type in the Caribbean. It also carries historical significance, as the Cinchona trees planted in the garden were used in the production of quinine, a medication used to treat malaria. That’s where the garden got its name from.
