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a peaceful refuge
HOOMALUHIA
BOTANICAL GARDEN
T
he Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Garden
(approximately 400 acres)
is a botanical garden located
at 45–680 Luluku Road,
Kāne’ohe, Oahu, Hawaii. It is
part of the Honolulu Botanical Gardens, and is
open daily, without charge, except for Christmas
Day and New Year’s Day.
The garden was established in 1982, and designed
and built by the United States Army
Corps of Engineers for flood protection. It is
a rainforest garden, with plantings from major
tropical regions around the world, grouped into
distinct collections that focus on Africa, Hawaii,
India and Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Melanesia, the
Philippines, Polynesia, and the tropical New
World. Special emphasis is placed on conserving
plants native to Hawaii and Polynesia, as well as
arecaceae, aroids, and heliconias.
The garden includes a lake (32 acres) and
walking trails, as well as a day use area, campgrounds,
and a visitor center with lecture room,
exhibition hall, workshop, and botanical library.