University of Hawaii at Hilo Botanical Gardens
19°41′59″N 155°04′54″W / 19.6996°N 155.0816°W
The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Botanical Gardens are botanical gardens on the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo campus, located at 485 W Lanikaula St, 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 126 species from Africa, China, North and Central America, and Australia.[2] It also contains an international collection of palm trees, and all five 5 species of Big Island Pritchardia.[3] Since the gardens are located in a windward area of the university campus, they get a substantial amount of rain.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "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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