Kula Botanical Garden


Walking paths wind through themed plantings, including native Hawaiian specimens and a ‘taboo garden’ of poisonous plants. Because a stream runs through it, the garden supports water-thirsty plants that you won’t find in other Kula gardens. After rain the whole place is an explosion of color. There are more than 2500 plant species to view.


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