In the early 1980s Dinah began work on Den Paradera in Curaçao, a magnificent botanical garden where she propagates over 300 species of wild medicinal plants.

The name ‘Den Paradera’ comes from the Paraguiri Indians who once had one of the biggest gardens on this island.

 “I started Den Paradera because I saw that we were losing a lot of information about our herbs,” Dinah explains. “I started to bring the herbs to this garden to help save them as well as preserve the knowledge of how to use them.”

Dinah is known throughout Curaçao as a healer, and people all over the island swear by her products.