The garden is located in the Southern Thai province Krabi in the village Ao Nang with beaches at the Andaman Sea.
The garden is a plot of ca 8000 m², surrounded by nice steep mountains mostly with caves (old coral reefs).
view to the north.
East side of Aonang beach
mountain view to the north-west.
mountain view to the north.
Aonang harbour
Aonang Beach
Spicy garden
Spicy Garden
The garden is for people interested in plants and products made from these plants.
In this garden you can see living plants you use perhaps daily as for example:
Spices like:
black pepper and coffee
ginger-like spices as ginger, curcuma, galangal
Cayenne and Spanish pepper or Chili peppers
Tropical fruits like
pineapple
papaya
mango
cashew nut
jack fruit
Tropical and Thai vegetables like:
water spinach
long beans
sweet potatoes,
sesame seed plants
Plants that have other uses such as:
Medicinal plants and plants of local ethno botanical interest
Plants used in perfumes, soaps, herbal spa and in aroma therapy
Plants used to make rubber and chewing gum
Plants used in the production of leather, paper, plywood etc.
Plants that are beautiful
Thai people do not make a big difference between food plants, spices and medicinal plant as Western people do today.
The Thai name for the garden is more according the Thai concept of edible plants that can be used medicinal or as spice.
Therefore we chose as Thai name สวน สมุนไพร นาตีน ,pronounced as suan samunprai natin.
It can be translated as [a] garden [with] medicinal plants [in] Natin .
If you are in Krabi, we think you should visit the garden if your interest is in the following list: