It contains over 1500 native and exotic species and varieties, including bromeliads, cactus and succulents, a conservation garden, a dry palmetum, heritage gardens, orchids, ornamental ferns, native arboretum (about 50 species), naturalized forest, rainforest (irrigated), and sansevieria collection.

[2] It also contains a herbarium (5000 specimens) and a library of 500 volumes, housed in a post-emancipation workers' cottage restored in the early 1980s.

In addition, the garden preserves the ethno-botanical history of St. Croix, through living exhibits, graphics, and structural displays.

There are more than 1,500 variety is of plants in the garden, which are grouped in different collections:[3] The signage and labeling throughout the area represents the need for conservation of these species, as well as the reasons for their possible extinction.

"St. George Village" is an affiliate member of the Center for Plant Conservation, the only national organization dedicated exclusively to preventing the extinction of threatened flora in America.