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The gardens were created in the 1930s by Alexandra Moir while her husband was manager of Hawaii's first sugarcane plantation, Koloa Plantation, near the site. [2] By 1948 the private gardens were reportedly identified as "one of the ten best cactus and succulent gardens in the world." They opened to the public in 1954.
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Poʻipū is located at (21.884079, -159.464195 It is bordered to the north by Koloa and to the south by the Pacific Ocean.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.5 km 2), of which 2.6 square miles (6.7 km 2) are land and 0.3 square miles (0.8 km 2), or 11.08%, are water.
According to some, the trees were brought here and planted by the Knudsen family, at the time the largest landowner in the area to help stabilize the then soggy road over Knudsen Pass. [2] Another story is that they were planted by pineapple baron Walter Duncan McBryde, who planted them as a community project in 1911, using 500 leftover trees ...
The 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge [9] Grove Farm Company Locomotives [10] were stored in a warehouse just to the west in the area known as Puhi, also listed on the NRHP, and formerly owned by Mabel Wilcox. [11] Some of the restored trains can be ridden about once a month at the site of the Lihue Plantation Sugar Mill nearby. [12]
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Poʻipū Beach Poipu Beach surfspot, Kauaʻi island, Hawaii. Poʻipū Beach Park is located in the community of Poʻipū on the southern coast of Kauaʻi island in Hawaii. The beach is a park has lifeguards provided by county of Kauaʻi. There are swimming and snorkeling areas, and a surf break over a reef for experienced surfers only.
Allerton Garden, also known as Lāwaʻi-kai, is a botanical garden, originally created by Robert Allerton and John Gregg Allerton, [1] located on the south shore of Kauai, Hawaii. The garden covers an 80-acre (320,000 m 2 ) area and is situated beside the Lāwaʻi Bay, in a valley transected by the Lāwaʻi Stream.