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kahanu gardens

Posted: Saturday, June 23, 2012
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On the rugged Hāna coast, along the far eastern shores of the Hawaiian island of Maui, Kahanu Garden grows in splendid isolation. Kahanu Garden is a 294-acre (119 ha) botanical garden located on the Hāna Highway (close to the 31-mile / 50 km marker) near Hāna, Maui, Hawaiʻi.Part of the National Tropical Botanical Garden System, Kahanu Gardens is filled with 123 acres of tropical plants, including more than 120 varieties. Kahanu Garden in Hana serves as the guardian for an important archaeological site, the enormous, centuries old stone temple known as Pi'ilanihale Heiau.Kahanu Garden on Maui is part of the National Tropical Botanical Garden system. The breadfruit collection, located at the National Tropical Botanical Garden's (NTBG) Kahanu Garden, Maui. National Tropical Botanical Garden is dedicated to preserving tropical plant diversity and stemming this tide of extinction - through plant exploration, propagation. National Tropical Botanical Garden and its gardens are located in the only tropical climate zones in the United States. A tour of any of NTBG's five stunning gardens is an experience that will long be remembered.The National Tropical Botanical Garden is a group that sponors preservation of plants native to the tropics in a network of botanical gardens and preserves.

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Location: Hana, HI, USA

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