Nature
Spirit of Aloha Oceanfront Botanical Garden is an 11-acre nature preserve in Haiku on Maui above Ua'oa Bay, combining an oceanfront landscape with preservation of Hawaiian plant life. Its documented history begins in 1848 with a Land Commission Award from the Kingdom of Hawaii Department of the Interior. Now operated as a nonprofit, it is dedicated to protecting native Hawaiian plants and nutrition for future generations. The site is also recognized as a Historic Hawaiian Site, with surviving retaining walls for wetland taro cultivation, a historic family burial crypt, and a pre-contact basalt wall that altered the ancient Keali'i Stream. It is also certified as a wildlife sanctuary.
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Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii · United States
