Honolulu, Oahu Botanical Gardens

Foster Botanical Garden Crater Botanical Garden Liliuokalani Botanical Garden Wahiawa Botanical Garden

Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden. The largest of the Honolulu Botanical Gardens, Ho'omaluhia translates "to make a place of peace and tranquility". Stroll or drive through the lush 400-acre garden, which features plantings from tropical regions around the world. The beautiful gardens specialize in Hawaiian/Polynesian plants, palms and aroids, Heliconias, and ethnobotanicals. The garden also offers a 32-acre lake, picnic areas, group tours and a campground.

Foster Botanical Garden. Opened in 1931, Foster Botanical Garden is a beautiful 13.5-acre garden and a living museum of exotic plants and trees collected over 140 years from the world's tropics. From graceful orchids to the Amazon’s cigar box tree, this magnificent garden is a peaceful and educational experience. Explore the specialty gardens including the Palm Collection, Orchid Gardens, Prehistoric Glen, and Exceptional Trees. This Oahu botanical garden is a wonderful destination for weddings and photo shoots.  [Top]

Koko Crater Botanical Garden. Situated inside the inner slope and basin of the Koko Crater, the 60-acre botanical garden is cultivated with rare and endangered dryland plants suited to the desert-like surroundings. An example of a xeriscape, this beautiful, unique garden specializes in African plants, cacti and succulents, Plumeria cultivars, native wiliwili, dryland palms, and Bougainvillea. Selective planting and water conservation techniques transform this landscape into a garden where desert plants thrive and flourish.  [Top]

Liliuokalani Botanical Garden. Located in Honolulu, the 7.5-acre Liliuokalani Botanical Garden - once the grounds of Queen Liliuokalani, last reigning monarch of Hawaii - is devoted to native Hawaiian plants that grow along the beautiful Nuuanu Stream. The beautiful gardens also feature scenic picnic areas and walking paths along the stream, as well as the delightful Waikahalulu Waterfall.  [Top]

Wahiawa Botanical Garden. Cradled between the Waianae and Koolau mountain ranges in central Oahu, Wahiawa Botanical Garden - the "tropical jewel" of the Honolulu Botanical Gardens - is a 27-acre garden and forested ravine that dates back to the 1920's when the land was utilized by sugar planters as an experimental arboretum. The exquisite garden showcases plants that thrive in the cooler, shady, humid environment of this lush tropical rainforest. A tour of Wahiawa reveals Hawaiian palms, aroid garden, tree ferns, epiphytic and native plants.  [Top]