Best Farm to Table Sustainable Hotels and Eco Friendly Stays in Saint Lucia
Where to stay for farm to table in Saint Lucia
The 3 best farm to table stays in Saint Lucia all grow what they serve: Fond Doux Eco Resort is a certified organic estate, Balenbouche Estate is a 70 acre family run heritage plantation, and Ladera Resort sits on its own grounds high between the twin Pitons. From Laborie in the south to Soufriere in the volcanic hills, these stays are top rated for kitchens fed by their own soil, with Saint Lucian families behind every plate.
How we choose the best farm to table stays in Saint Lucia
What earns a place on this list is how these Saint Lucia farm to table stays protect the soil and back the local growers who feed them, like Fond Doux Eco Resort, a Green Globe member and certified organic estate, which grows and sources its food on the estate itself rather than trucking it in from a distant supplier. Because Saint Lucia’s volcanic farmland is easily eroded and its small growers are easily squeezed out, a stay like Fond Doux Eco Resort that keeps the food chain on the land matters more here than almost anywhere.
Fond Doux Eco Resort is 100 per cent Saint Lucian owned and run by the Lamontagne family on a working organic estate, so the food that reaches your table in Saint Lucia keeps the cocoa, the kitchen gardens and the surrounding rainforest healthy, and keeps it that way for the guests who come after you.
We look for that same instinct in the others, like Balenbouche Estate, a women led, family run 18th century plantation across 70 acres at Laborie held by the Lawaetz family since 1964, and Ladera Resort, a Green Globe certified luxury eco resort perched on the ridge between the Pitons and the only property set on its UNESCO World Heritage site. Because Balenbouche Estate and Ladera Resort are tended by families thinking in generations, not seasons, protecting the soil, the gardens and the Pitons is protecting their own future, and yours. See more in our guide to the best farm to table eco stays across the Caribbean.
Top Farm to Table Picks in Saint Lucia
- Fond Doux Eco Resort: a certified organic estate, Green Globe member and 100 per cent Saint Lucian owned by the Lamontagne family.
- Balenbouche Estate: a women led, family run 18th century heritage plantation on 70 acres at Laborie.
- Ladera Resort: Green Globe certified luxury perched between the twin Pitons on its own UNESCO World Heritage grounds.
Balenbouche Estate is a family run, women led 18th century heritage plantation on 70 acres at Laborie, owned by the Lawaetz family since 1964 and run by mother and daughters Uta, Verena and Anitanja as a guesthouse, organic farm and retreat.
Solar heated showers serve the rooms, no chemical fertilisers or pesticides have touched the land since 1987, and the estate is a recognised nature heritage site working in partnership with the Saint Lucia National Trust to protect its 200 year old aqueduct, Amerindian petroglyphs and river.
Fond Doux Eco Resort is a Green Globe member and certified organic estate, 100 per cent Saint Lucian owned, managed and staffed by the Lamontagne family, set on a 135 acre working cocoa plantation inside the UNESCO listed Soufriere World Heritage Site.
The cottages run on solar water heaters, low energy lighting and rainwater harvesting tanks, the Bamboo restaurant serves farm to table food harvested on the plantation, and the family restores 18th century colonial houses while lending land to local farmers and running student internships.
Ladera Resort is a Green Globe certified luxury eco resort perched on the volcanic ridge between the twin Pitons, the only property set on its UNESCO World Heritage Site, with open fourth wall suites hand built by local artisans from local hardwoods, stone and clay.
Its farm to table Dasheene restaurant grows most of its fruit and spices on site and sources around 70 per cent of its kitchen from local farms and nearby waters, with a head gardener leading garden tours and community work supporting island children.
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