Garden of Eden - Maui Botanical Garden

The second botanical garden I visited when I was in Maui was called the Garden of Eden.  It is found along the famous road to Hana.  There are beautiful views of the coast and lots of great trails to hike.  The road to Hana is very interesting.  It is only 50 some miles long, but will take about 3 hours to get to the end (and then you turn around and come back unless you have a 4x4).  In those 50 miles there are over 600 curves, and there are also numerous one lane bridges.  Just before the town of Hana there is the Wai'anapanapa State Park, with it's gorgeous black sand beaches created from lava.

View of the coast from the Garden of Eden.

Fan Palm

Shell Ginger

Another view from of the coast

View of one of the many waterfalls along the Hana Highway

100 year old mango tree

Rainbow Eucalyptus

Torch Ginger

Black sand beach

Wai'anapanapa State Park

Wai'anapanapa State Park

Kula Botanical Gardens of Maui

Sorry for not posting for a while, but I was celebrating my 10th anniversary in Maui.  I visited two botanical gardens while in Maui.  Here are pictures from the first one I visited, Kula Botanical Garden.  They had an awesome collection of Protea.

Koi pond

protea pincushion

protea pincushion

protea pincushion

This was some kind of orchid.

Black-eyed susan vine

Norfolk Pine

My husband called this a orange hosta.  I believe it was some kind of bromeliad.

Protea