Na ʻĀina Kai Botanical Gardens

Na ʻĀina Kai Botanical Gardens are non-profit botanical gardens located in Kīlauea, Kauai, Hawaii spanning 240 acres (97 ha). A variety of guided tours are offered Tuesday through Friday; an admission fee is charged for each. Na ʻĀina Kai was established by Joyce and Ed Doty in 1982. In 1999, it became a non-profit organization and opened to the public. Today it contains 13 gardens, a hardwood plantation, meadow, canyon, and beach. More than 200 bronze sculptures are sited throughout the estate. Highlights of the Gardens include: International Desert Garden - cacti, succulents, and other desert plants including aloe, agave, a tamarind and several baobabs. Poinciana Maze - a hedge of mock-orange plants, with topiary and sculptures surrounded by a lava rock wall. Shower Tree Park & Kaʻula Lagoon - hibiscus, ixora, firecracker flowers, and flowering trees, with lagoon, waterfall, and Japanese-style teahouse. "Under the Rainbow" Children's Garden - wading pool, treehouse, train, log cabins, bridges, tunnels and slides. Wild Forest Garden - heliconias, gingers, noni, ylang ylang, cardamom, vanilla, and ornamental bananas, as well as cacao and cinnamon trees. Special displays have been created representing the lives of three Indigenous American peoples: Hawaiian Ahupua'a - depiction of a pie-slice-shaped Hawaiian land division that reaches from the mountains to the ocean. Includes

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