There are multiple gardens we have visited multiple times on Kauai. As has been shared in multiple posts, Kauai has a great variety of native plants and many are unique to those of us visiting from the lower 48. You see beautiful plants everywhere, but a Garden offers the advantage of tagging many of the plants and often emphasizing native plants one would seldom see while doing more traditional tourist things. Most of these gardens require an access fee necessary to maintain the grounds and pay the staff. Limahuli is one of several designated National Tropical Gardens with one of the others also located on Kauai.
You explore the Limahuli grounds by following a trail that is ¾ miles long. The distance is not great but there is a 700 foot change in elevation which might present a barrier for some visitors. The elevation change is related to the educational message of the garden and we must have been in better shape this year than last because Cindy said we did much better negotiating the path.
The walk is organized as a series of gardens - Medicine garden, Plantation garden, Treatened garden, Invasive garden, etc. Many of plants are associated with a tag and there is a very informative guide book that comes with your entrance fee.
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