The community of Treasure Beach will kick off its celebrations of Jamaica’s 50th anniversary of independence with the Inaugural staging of Treasure Beach CULTUREFEST 2012 over the weekend of Friday February 24 to Sunday February 26. Treasure Beach CULTUREFEST 2012 will offer cultural, sporting, music, literary and visual art events

  For lovers of literature and a good lime, Two Seasons Talking Trees Literary Fiesta is happening on Saturday, February 25, 2012 in Treasure Beach on Jamaica’s South Coast. Talking Trees is part of the Treasure Beach Culture Fest 2012, taking place from February 24-26, 2012. Two Seasons Guest House

This summer at 2 Seasons Guest House in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth there will be two events definitely worth checking out. On Saturday, June 18, there will be the Treasure Beach Jazz Escape 2011 which features a scintillating line up of local and international artistes. The line up includes Karen Smith and

Jim Curl has been the main organizer behind the unique and ultra cool Jake’s Off-Road Triathlon held in Treasure Beach for ten years now.  YardEdge caught up with Jim to find out what makes the Jake’s Triathlon so special! YardEdge: Tell us about the Jake’s Triathlon? How and when did

Seemingly as a response to the cessation of the Calabash Literary Festival held every May in Treasure Beach for the last ten years, the Treasure Beach community is coming together to stage the Treasure Beach Bread Basket Festival on May 27, 28 and 29, 2011. This festival will feature a

Well, it seems the dust has settled and no one has stepped in to rescue/resuscitate Calabash again as happened last year when the government decided to cough up more money so the show could go on. I’m still surprised that such a great idea will be no more. Calabash did

On a recent visit to Jamaica’s south coast I sat down with Giuliano Pignataro to talk to him about his company, Treading Lightly Developments, and his “green construction” project in Treasure Beach. YardEdge: So what is Treading Lightly Developments (TLD) all about? Giuliano: We are trying to set an example

During the recent Independence Weekend holiday we had the good fortune to attend an amazing gathering held on a farm perched high in the Pedro Plains of St. Elizabeth. The Organic Farm Dinner Project is a series of monthly feasts held on a farm (literally in the middle of a field)

Jake’s is located in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth, on Jamaica’s south coast about an hour southwest of Mandeville. Part of the Island Outpost family, Jake’s offers visitors a unique semi-rustic experience (most rooms have no a/c, no phones and no TV, although there are CD players and CD’s provided at

The view from Lover’s Leap, St. Elizabeth Lover’s Leap in St. Elizabeth is a 1,700 foot-high cliff overlooking the Caribbean Sea- it gets its name from a story in which two slaves were reputed to have jumped to their death rather than be separated. Today, Lover’s Leap offers visitors a