BOTANICAL GARDENS ON OAHU

There are numerous botanical gardens on Oahu. They are located throughout the island. I have listed the five most popular gardens. These five botanical gardens are considered the five best on Oahu.

1) FOSTER BOTANICAL GARDENS

Foster Botanical Gardens opened to the public in 1931. This garden contains plant life from prehistoric times. This is a great place to see plants from the time dinosaurs walked the earth.

2) HOOMALUHIA BOTANICAL GARDEN

Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden is a 400 acre garden and is the largest of the Honolulu gardens and was built by the U.S. Army Corps. Hoomaluhia translates “to make a place of peace and tranquility”.

3) KOKO CRATER BOTANICAL GARDEN

Koko Head Crater Botanical Garden Consists of 200 acres inside of Koko head crater. It was turned into a botanical garden in 1958. Over 60 acres of the inner slope is cultivated with rare dry climate plants such as African plants, cacti and succulents, plumeria, native wiliwili, dry land palms and bougainvillea.

4) LILIUOKALANI BOTANICAL GARDEN

Liliuokalani Botanical Garden Is located just north of Foster Botanical Garden. Portions of this 7.5 acre garden belonged to Queen Liliuokalani, the last reigning Monarch of Hawaii. This is the only one of the five botanical gardens that contain only plants native to Hawaii.

5) WAHIAWA BOTANICAL GARDEN

Wahiawa Botanical Garden translates to “place of noise”. This botanical garden is located between Waianae and Ko’olau mountain ranges. This garden is known as the tropic jewel of all the other botanical gardens. This is a rainforest garden full of plants that like a cooler, shadier, humid climate such as tree ferns and Hawaiian palms.

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