University of Hawaii at Hilo Botanical Gardens

The gardens were established by UH-Hilo professor Don Hemmes at some time in the 1980s, after a student said that they had never seen a pine tree before.

[1] The gardens contain one of Hawaiʻi's best cycad collections, with 126 species from Africa, China, North and Central America, and Australia.

[2] It also contains an international collection of palm trees, and all five 5 species of Big Island Pritchardia.

[3] Since the gardens are located in a windward area of the university campus, they get a substantial amount of rain.

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