Kula Botanical Garden

Kula Botanical Garden is an 8-acre public garden on the lower slopes of Haleakalā on Maui, opened in 1971 by landscape architect Warren McCord and his wife, Helen McCord, as the island’s first public garden. It functions as a native Hawaiian plant reserve while also cultivating a broad range of tropical, semitropical, and some mid-latitude species in the cooler upcountry climate. Its nearly 2,000 plant varieties include protea, orchids, bromeliads, native Hawaiian plants, and trees such as koa and kukui. With an aviary, koi pond, waterfalls, and a covered bridge, it has a park-like setting, though severe storms have periodically caused damage.

Kula, Hawaii · United States