McBryde Garden (252 acres) is a
botanical gardenBotanical gardens grow a wide variety of plants primarily to categorize and document for scientific purposes. Botanists and horticulturalists tend the flora and maintain the garden's library and herbarium of dried and documented plant material. Botanical gardens may also serve to entertain and...
located on the south shore of
KauaiKauai or Kauai is the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. With an area of , it is the fourth largest of the main islands in the Hawaiian archipelago and the 21st largest island in the United States...
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HawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states, and is the only state made up entirely of islands. It is located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia. The state was admitted to the Union on August...
. It is one of five gardens of the non-profit
National Tropical Botanical GardenThe National Tropical Botanical Garden is a not-for-profit non-governmental institution. It was in the early 1960’s when a group of individuals and organizations united behind the need for a tropical botanical garden on U.S. soil. The group approached the U.S. Congress with the intention of having...
(NTBG).
The garden is situated above Lāwai Bay, in a valley transected by the Lāwai Stream.
Queen Emma of HawaiiEmma Kalanikaumakaamano Kaleleonalani Naea Rooke, Queen Consort of Hawaii was queen to King Kamehameha IV from 1856 to his death in 1863. She tried to run as Queen against King David Kalakaua....
resided above this valley for a short interval, and a modest house that was perhaps her residence has subsequently been moved to the valley floor and renovated.
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McBryde Garden (252 acres) is a
botanical gardenBotanical gardens grow a wide variety of plants primarily to categorize and document for scientific purposes. Botanists and horticulturalists tend the flora and maintain the garden's library and herbarium of dried and documented plant material. Botanical gardens may also serve to entertain and...
located on the south shore of
KauaiKauai or Kauai is the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. With an area of , it is the fourth largest of the main islands in the Hawaiian archipelago and the 21st largest island in the United States...
,
HawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states, and is the only state made up entirely of islands. It is located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia. The state was admitted to the Union on August...
. It is one of five gardens of the non-profit
National Tropical Botanical GardenThe National Tropical Botanical Garden is a not-for-profit non-governmental institution. It was in the early 1960’s when a group of individuals and organizations united behind the need for a tropical botanical garden on U.S. soil. The group approached the U.S. Congress with the intention of having...
(NTBG).
The garden is situated above Lāwai Bay, in a valley transected by the Lāwai Stream.
Queen Emma of HawaiiEmma Kalanikaumakaamano Kaleleonalani Naea Rooke, Queen Consort of Hawaii was queen to King Kamehameha IV from 1856 to his death in 1863. She tried to run as Queen against King David Kalakaua....
resided above this valley for a short interval, and a modest house that was perhaps her residence has subsequently been moved to the valley floor and renovated. The valley was purchased by the McBryde family in the late 1800s for a sugar cane plantation. This first garden of the National Tropical Botanical Garden (then Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden) was started with the purchase of by the institution and has since expanded to . Initially called "Lāwai Garden," the site was renamed in 2000 as a result of a generous donation from the McBryde descendants.
Today McBryde Garden serves as a research and conservation garden. It is home to the largest ex situ collection of native Hawaiian flora in the world, as well as extensive plantings of palms, flowering trees,
heliconiaHeliconia is a genus of about 100 to 200 species of flowering plants native to the tropical Americas and the Pacific Ocean islands west to Indonesia. Common names for the genus include lobster-claws, wild plantains or false bird-of-paradise. The last term refers to their close similarity to the...
s, orchids and other plants collected from tropical regions. The Garden contains a major Conservation and Horticulture Center, with nursery and micropropagation laboratory, and is adjacent to NTBG's National Headquarters, with a research and education facilities, and the
Allerton GardenAllerton Garden , also known as Lāwai-kai, is a botanical garden located on the south shore of Kauai, Hawaii. The garden is situated beside the Lāwai Bay, in a valley transected by the Lāwai Stream...
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McBryde Garden is open to
visitors. An admission fee is charged.
See also
- National Tropical Botanical Garden
The National Tropical Botanical Garden is a not-for-profit non-governmental institution. It was in the early 1960’s when a group of individuals and organizations united behind the need for a tropical botanical garden on U.S. soil. The group approached the U.S. Congress with the intention of having...
- Allerton Garden
Allerton Garden , also known as Lāwai-kai, is a botanical garden located on the south shore of Kauai, Hawaii. The garden is situated beside the Lāwai Bay, in a valley transected by the Lāwai Stream...
- Limahuli Garden and Preserve
Limahuli Garden and Preserve is a botanical garden and nature preserve located in Hāena, on the wet north shore of Kauai, Hawaii. It is one of the five gardens of the non-profit National Tropical Botanical Garden....
- Kahanu Garden
Kahanu Garden is a botanical garden located on the Hāna Highway near Hāna, Maui, Hawaii. It is one of five gardens of the non-profit National Tropical Botanical Garden....
- The Kampong
The Kampong is an 11-acre tropical garden in Coconut Grove, an area of the city of Miami, Florida, USA. It is one of the five gardens of the non-profit National Tropical Botanical Garden , and is open to . An admission fee is charged....
- List of botanical gardens in the United States
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