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One of the major factors affecting our tropical garden in Montserrat is the still active volcano on the island. Its activity determines the health and well-being not only of the island’s residents, but of its plant and animal life as well. In July of 2003, the northern inhabited part of the island was covered in muddy ash to a depth of 2 inches or more when the Soufriere volcano erupted again with a major collapse of its large unstable dome. The more delicate ferns in our garden died as did all of the epiphytes. Surprisingly, our orchids survived quite well. The rest of the garden plants and trees survived, though there has been a notable difference in blooming times and some evidence of long term damage to our well-established trees. Our lovely zoisier grass is growing well covering sometimes three to four inches of ash beneath its soft green carpet.

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