Botanical Gardens Kauai

At home in soggy Seattle, I'm a lackadaisical gardener, yet visiting Kauai has turned me into a garden-loving tourist. Kauai, like its sister Hawaiian islands, is a botanical bonanza. Bathed in the island's natural steroids of endless sunshine and warm Other Hawaiian islands also are blessed with botanical gardens. Some of my favorites: Big Island: On the rainy side of the island near Hilo, take a walk through lush plants to a dramatic seashore at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden. htbg.com Kauai best-known musicians will gather on Kauai on April 5 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of a group of tropical gardens. The Kauai concert will be staged from 1-5 p.m. in a setting near the National Tropical Botanical Garden’s visitors center in Poipu. Kauai is known as the "Garden Isle" and boasts three National Tropical Botanical Gardens: Allerton and McBryde on the South Shore and Limahuli Gardens and Preserve in Haena. McBryde Garden has the world’s largest collection of native Hawaiian flora There is also a Kahanu garden on the island of Maui, and a Kampong garden in Coconut Grove, Florida. If you go to Kauai, you can spend time in the National Tropical Botanical Garden's visitors center and also stroll through three different nature preserves. Kauai lives up to its Garden Isle nickname in offering some of Hawaii's best and most atmospheric botanical gardens. Some go for the splashy, colorful tropical plants; others are dedicated to showcasing and preserving native Hawaiian plants, many of which .

First opened to visitors in 1995, the Limahuli Garden is an excellent place to learn about Kauai's rich history from both a cultural and botanical angle, starting with those seeds that either traveled via jet stream, persistent floating or within the muggy Today's lesson in Hawaiian culture is purple and gooey, and it requires Mason Chock garden with hints of how the island looked - and smelled - before Europeans arrived, as well as this well-tended taro patch near the edge of Hanalei Bay on Kauai's The organization also operates gardens in Limahuli, on Kauai's North Shore, and in Hana, on Maui's east shore, as well as one in Florida. But the Kauai Museum is well worth the $10 ticket and investment A free map identified points of interest. There are ponds and botanical gardens with trees from India and Sri Lanka as well as Hawaiian tropicals. Outside Kaduval temple, I watched .

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