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Foster Botanical Gardens
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PHOTOS |
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Click on a thumbnail to
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OVERVIEW |
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A garden in
the midst of busy downtown Honolulu? Yes!
And here at Foster Botanical Garden,
visitors find a refreshing change from the
chaos of the city. As the oldest of the
Honolulu Botanical Gardens, Foster Garden
displays a mature and impressive collection
of tropical plants. Some of the magnificent
trees in this 14-acre garden were planted in
the 1850s by Dr. William Hillebrand. They
marked the beginning of a heritage that
became The Honolulu Botanical Gardens.
Foster Garden traces its beginning to 1853
when Queen Kalama leased a small area of
land to William Hillebrand, a young German
doctor. A botanist as well as a physician,
he and his wife built a home in the upper
terrace area of the present garden. The
magnificent trees which now tower over this
area were planted by him. After twenty years
in Hawaii, he returned to Germany and
produced the excellent botanic treatise,
Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (1888).
The Hillebrand property was later sold to
Thomas (Captain) and Mary Foster who added
to it and continued to develop the garden.
Upon Mrs. Foster's death in 1930, the 5.5
acre site was bequeathed to the City and
County of Honolulu as a public garden. The
Foster Botanical Garden opened to the public
on November 30, 1931, with Dr. Harold Lyon
as its first director. Over a span of 27
years, Dr. Lyon introduced 10,000 new kinds
of trees and plants to Hawaii. The Foster
Garden orchid collection was started with
Dr. Lyon's own plants.
Through purchases by the City and gifts from
individuals, under the directorship of Paul
R. Weissich (1957-89), Foster Garden
expanded to over 13.5 acres. In addition to
being a pleasant place to visit, Foster
Botanical Garden is a living museum of
tropical plants, some rare and endangered,
which have been collected from throughout
the world's tropics over a period of 150
years.
More than 75,000 visitors view the garden
annually. Guided tours are given to
thousands of school children as well as
visitors from around the world. Honolulu's
botanical garden system has broadened to
other sites and now includes, in addition to
Foster Botanical Garden, four other gardens
on Oahu.
Palm collection
Lyon Orchid Garden
Hybrid Orchid Display Case
Prehistoric Glen
Exceptional Trees
Foster Garden Giftshop
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DIRECTIONS |
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Take H-1 West
from downtown Honolulu. Exit at Vineyard
Boulevard. Continue on Vineyard Boulevard
until you see Foster Botanical Garden on the
right. |
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WEBSITE |
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http://www.honolulu.gov/parks/hbg/fbg.htm |
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