Tucked away in an urban jungle of concrete buildings and bustling streets, Foster Botanical Garden is a hidden gem and provides a peaceful respite. Opened to the public in 1931, it’s the oldest of the Honolulu Botanical Gardens, which includes Liliʻuokalani Botanical Garden, Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Garden, Wahiawā Botanical Garden and Koko Crater Botanical Garden. READ MORE: […]
Hawaiʻi is one of the most romantic places on the planet. Couples love to get married, honeymoon and celebrate anniversaries here. Oʻahu, in particular, has a variety of places to romance your partner, whether that’s a quiet dinner at a fine-dining restaurant or a sunset picnic at the beach. Here are 12 date-night ideas—for Valentine’s
Amid concrete buildings and bustling streets, a quipo tree towers over a collection of palms and tropical plants. The quipo is a deciduous tree which reaches heights of 150-200 feet, and the tree in Foster Botanical Garden was planted more than 90 years ago. Not far from the quipo tree in the garden is a
I don’t think I’ve ever been so dumbfounded by plumeria before. The trees grow abundantly all across the island, with blooms of various hues and petal shapes. They’re so plentiful, in fact, after the tree was introduced to Hawaii in the mid-1800s, the blooms were used frequently for funerals; you could always count on them
