Kahanu Garden

'O Honoma'ele ka'aina
He'aina uluwehi i ka la'au uliuli

Ua hiki mai a Kahanu
A ka hanu no ho'i keia a ke aloha

Aia ke ku anoano nei i kai 'o Hale Pi'ilani
Ke pi'i nei ka la i ka lani i Kalahu

Hu a'e ke aloha i ka mea kipa mai e

E mai, e mai, e kipa mai ma loko nei o Kahanu

Welcome to Kahanu Garden, an ethnobotanical garden that explores the relationship between people and the plants they use in their culture.



The blogger is joined by old friends on a new adventure.



Ko
Sugarcane
Saccharum officinarum









Pi'ilanihale Heiau



'Ohi'a Ai
Mountain Apple
Syzygium malaccense



Noni
Morinda citrifolia












Bird's Nest Fern









Hala
Screw Pine
Pandanus tectorius



Native hibiscus






The ocean view












The setting






Dianella sandwicensis






This land is Honoma'ele
Covered with verdant foliage

You have arrived at Kahanu
Greeted by the breath of aloha

Standing in reverence by the ocean is Hale o Pi'ilani
Where the sun is rising to the heavens from Kalahu

Our welcome overflows to you our visitor

Come, come and visit Kahanu Garden

The Skies Of Maui

Kaho'olawe






Lanai



Lanai and the West Maui mountains



West Maui






Enough said.

The Shores Of Kipahulu

At the end of and beyond, on the road to Hana is a lovely place to camp before the next day's adventure to Kahanu Garden at the National Tropical Botanical Garden.

The Shores Of Kihei

Looking south to north across through the sweep of the western horizon.

One more golden tropical sunset at the end of a pleasant day.

A Garden In Maui

Heading to the original Client #1's.



The nine year old front beds of tropical perennial flowers gets revamped



While plenty of evidence remains of the original design and how big and fast things can grow.



These where all just tiny things when I planted them.



The lei cutting garden.



The hillside of jasmine, Trachelospermum jasminoides.



I don't remember planting these. I remember buying them shortly before I left as leftover Christmas plants with two to three trees per pot. The extras were sacrificed.




Gardens grow quickly on Maui.

The Colors Of Maui

Same flower with better light.

All kind hibiscus

Calliandra

Suessian Tree

A Flower

A View

To This

On a Mac



With iphoto. It is a whole new world.



Where Buttercup Trees bloom.



Where the foliage is lush and bold in the depths of winter.



Where baby gardens grow fast.



Where the setting sun recedes into a deep blue sea instead of the undulating blue ridge.



Pinch me. I am back on Maui.