Re: [gardeners] Hawaii garden spots?
Kay Lancaster (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Mon, 26 Jan 1998 18:56:03 -0800 (PST)
On Mon, 26 Jan 1998, George Shirley wrote:
> >Guess the part of Hawaii I really want to see involves gardens, wild
> >orchids, pineapple plantations, waterfalls, and more gardens. If it
> >is half as beautiful as the Hawaii Convention and Visitors Bureau
> >trumpets, we may decide to stay. I don't even care if they have
> >lizards. (Had a sort-of-aunt [from Detroit] who married a
> >born-and-reared Honolululan; moved there; saw a lizard, packed
> >her little valise and moved to an apartment hotel in LA. Never
> >returned.
Guess she never noticed the western fence lizards all over LA. ;-)
I've not had the pleasure of visiting Hawaii, but after talking to
botanist and birder friends, I think I'd head to Kapunakea and Waikamoi
Preserve on Maui, Kamakou rain forest on Molokai and Honouliuli Preserve
on Maui -- these are all Nature Conservancy preserves with hiking trails.
http://www.tnc.org/infield/State/Hawaii/
Given unlimited time and a boat or helicopter, I'd like to be dropped
off on some of the little "new islands" -- but then I'm an island
biogeography nut.
If you can find it, Sherwin Carlquist's _Hawaii: A Natural History_
has some excellent background information.
Kay Lancaster kay@fern.com