{"id":62049,"date":"2019-08-13T23:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T06:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/?p=62049"},"modified":"2019-08-14T13:01:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T20:01:38","slug":"allerton-garden-kauai-national-tropical-botanical-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/allerton-garden-kauai-national-tropical-botanical-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Kauai National Tropical Botanical Garden \u2014 Allerton Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What comes to mind when you think of Kauai in Hawaii? Tropical gardens, right?! That\u2019s why we were so excited to visit one of three National Tropical Botanical Gardens on the island<\/a>, Allerton Garden. This garden came up a lot during my searches of things to do in Kauai so I knew we had to check it out for ourselves.<\/p>\n

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Kauai National Tropical Botanical Garden: Allerton Garden<\/h3>\n

Allerton Garden features an eclectic collection of statues and fountains nestled among a wide variety of flora. Visitors can choose from three guided tours: one of the gardens, one of the gardens and house, and one that includes both Allerton Garden and McBryde Garden. We opted for the garden tour. After our docent got on the shuttle bus, we started on our 15-minute drive up to the garden.<\/p>\n

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Allerton Garden sits above the picturesque L\u0101wa\u02bbi Valley and its gorgeous beach. So beautiful! During the ride, our guide gave us a brief summary of how Hawaiian royal, Queen Emma, came to own this land. It then changed hands again before Robert Allerton bought it. We also learned about some of the plants found on the island.<\/p>\n

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Our bus parked near the bathrooms and the science center. The science center always has some 500,000 plants growing in it. After self-introductions of those in our group, we stopped to taste some breadfruit and check out a few nearby plants. Then it was time to continue on to the garden.<\/p>\n

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Touring the Allerton Garden Rooms<\/h3>\n

The Allertons often hosted guests at their home and in their garden. The area near the gazebo is where food and tables were usually set up. An interesting tidbit is that Mr. Allerton wanted the fountain statues to look like they do in France. To achieve this, he insisted that the statues never be cleaned or polished. That order is still observed today and, while the statues do have an antique look, they also don\u2019t work as well as they used to. \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n

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Allerton Garden consists of several \u201crooms.\u201d Each of these sections has different landscaping styles and art pieces. Most of these were modeled after other famous landmarks Mr. Allerton saw on his travels. Scroll through the photos below to see:<\/p>\n