Ardastra Gardens, Zoo and Conservation Centre

Ardastra Gardens, Zoo and Conservation Centre in Nassau, The Bahamas opened in 1937 though the work of the Jamaican horticulturist, Hedley Vivian Edwards.

Ardastra Gardens, Zoo and Conservation Center
Flamingos at the display
25.0759°N 77.3617°W / 25.0759; -77.3617
Date opened	1982 (open since 1937 as gardens)
Location	Nassau, The Bahamas
No. of animals	about 200
Website	www.ardastra.com

From the Latin Ardua astrum, Ardastra means "Striving for the stars".

In the 1950s, the Bahamian government brought flamingoes with the intention of breeding, as they had become rare there. In 1982 the gardens were bought by the Bahamian citizen Norman Solomon, who started the first Bahamian zoo. Best known for its flamingos, the zoo now has about 200 animals.

External links

• Media related to Ardastra Gardens, Zoo and Conservation Centre at Wikimedia Commons
• Ardastra Gardens official home page