Dominica’s original name is ‘Waitukubli’ which means ‘tall is her body’ and this name was bestowed upon the island by the indigenous Kalinago people. These photographs serve as a means of visually attending to Dominica’s natural landscapes and the locale of Kings Hill. Kings Hill Dominica is a small suburban community located beside Dominica’s capital of Roseau. Kings Hill is also the locale that my family have called home since the early 1960s and it is where I stayed for 31 days earlier this year in April and May. This locale was named in honour of the monarch of the day King George III and part of this hill (Morne Bruce Viewpoint) was used as the location of a British military garrison.At the foot of Kings Hill resides a catholic cemetery, a savannah and Dominica’s National Botanic Gardens, from which you can walk into Roseau, Dominica’s capital city. Prior to being a locale occupied by the botanical gardens which are usually spaces associated with green imperialism and colonialised inceptions, the 40 acres of land that makes up the gardens were previously a part of the Bath and Rose Hill sugarcane estate and former plantation.
