b'ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITYEarth Day Every DayOur staff members come together on Earth Day to participate in beach, road and park clean-up exercises along with planting trees at the resort. These efforts continue throughout the year as we continue to add and transplant new palms around our 85 acres along with the help of our brides and grooms who plant new trees in our Love Patch to commemorate their weddings. For the benefit of our young guests, we have also propagated fruit trees at the A Splash of CocoLand Kidz Klub including almond, Conservation: orange, papaya, mango and star fruit. This juicy group of trees are intended for The Turtle Mural our young guests to taste, enjoy and learn about during their stay with the In 2023, the CocoLand Kidzhopes it will inspire a love of our unique local vegetation.Klub welcomed a vibrant new addition: a stunning mural cele- As the caretakers of our mile-long stretch of beach, our team works not only brating sea turtle conservation.to maintain a stunning landscape but to sustain its precious resources. To Created by Saint Lucian artisthelp fight erosion, we have strategically added berms along stretches of our Naja Simeon, this colorful artworkbeach. We have also built retaining walls and added sand reclaimed from brings the beauty of thesedried seaweed back to the beach to assist in fighting the increased erosion endangered creatures to life,due to climate change.making learning about theirimportance fun and accessible for Coconut Bays youngest guests. GreenhousesThe mural serves as a visualIn addition to supporting local fishermen and farmers, we continued to centerpiece for the resorts Turtleadvance our efforts to provide farm-to-table dining opportunities for our SCOUTS program, which engag- guests by constructing our first greenhouse at Coconut Bay in 2016 followed es guests of all ages in protectingby a second in 2017. Starting with an investment of EC$120,000, and adding these magnificent animals.Theto it since then, the bounty from both greenhouses benefit our 9 restaurants program offers opportunities toacross both resorts serving seasonal crops including organic tomatoes, witness nesting and participate inlettuce, peppers, micro greens, zucchini, green beans, eggplant, and herbs monitoring and releasing hatch- harvested daily by our culinary team. Our talented team of chefs are able to lings during the season.Simeonscombine the produce from our greenhouses along with other locally sourced artwork beautifully depicts theprovisions into many of our tasty signature dishes.three species of sea turtles that call our beach home: the Leath-erback, the Hawksbill, and the Green Turtle.The mural enriches the Kidz Klub experience and inspires future conservationists, celebrating the natural wonders of Saint Lucia.20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY 27'