The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Botanical Gardens are botanical gardens on the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo campus, located at 200 West Kawili Street, Hilo, Hawaiʻi on the island of Hawaiʻi. They are open daily without charge.
The gardens were established by UH-Hilo professor Don Hemmes at some time in the 1980s, after a student said that they had never seen a pine tree before.[1]
The gardens contain one of Hawaiʻi's best cycad collections, with nearly a hundred species from Africa, China, North and Central America, and Australia.[2] It also contains an international collection of palm trees, and almost all species of Hawaiian Pritchardia.[3] Since the gardens are located in a windward area of the university campus, they get a substantial amount of rain.[4]
References
- ^ "Botanical Gardens at UH Hilo receive Betty Crocker Landscape Award". University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. August 24, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
- ^ "Best Botanical Gardens on the Big Island (Hawai'i): List with Map + Descriptions". Love Big Island. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
- ^ "Hawaii Botanical Gardens - Gardening Channel". Gardening Channel. 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
- ^ "University of Hawaii at Hilo Botanical Gardens | Big Island Guide". Big Island Guide. 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
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