the reserve is located in paget parish adjoining the st. paul's church at the crossing of middle road and lover's lane. it is prehistoric forest land, which covers an oval area of . the marsh has peat to depths of which is acidic and does not permit growth of many of the natural species of bermuda, as it gets flooded during high tides. it is well preserved, whereas similar marshes in the island have become garbage dumps. to view the natural beauty of its giant ferns, palmetto fronds and delicate forest of "carex bermudiana" bermuda sedge in the bogs, a long, wide wooden boardwalk has been erected on floating pontoons. this boardwalk passes through the following ecosystem in the order of ecological succession: the red mangrove forest, thick browny-green wax myrtle bushes, savannah saw-grass terminating in the ancient primeval forest of bermuda cedars and palmettos.