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Moir Gardens is a 35-acre botanical garden in Poipu on Kauai’s south shore, created in the 1930s by Alexandra Moir while her husband managed the nearby Koloa Plantation, described as Hawaii’s first sugarcane plantation. What began as a private garden developed an international reputation for dry-climate plantings and by 1948 was reportedly regarded as one of the world’s ten best cactus and succulent gardens. It opened to the public in 1954. Known today for rare cactus and succulents, bromeliads, orchids, mature trees, and water lily ponds, the garden reflects both Kauai’s setting and the Moirs’ original horticultural vision.
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Poipu, Hawaii · United States
