Kauai is called the Garden Island. It has some spectacular gardens which we have visited and I have photographed in the past, but the entire island is covered with heavy vegetation. I wonder what proportion of the population is employed as landscapers and gardeners. There is an emphasis on attractive outdoor environments associated with the resorts and expensive condo communities, but also the need just to clear "debris" pretty much everywhere and along any roadway. You even have to remove coconuts to prevent them falling and injuring those who pass underneath.
I could not help thinking about this reality as I walked together. We had a wind event last night, and the debris this morning was everywhere. Branches, leaves, seeds, and flowers had to be picked off the fairways of the golf course I passed, and eventually, I assume, from the roads and sidewalks.
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