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Going green: Hawaiian gardens showcase a lush array of parks.(The Seattle Times)
Close your eyes and think of Hawaii.
Visions of white sand and warm, blue ocean probably dance through your head.
But there's a lot to Hawaii beyond its beaches. The islands are melting pots of cultural and natural history, and an easy way to learn about them is by visiting the lush lands of the National Tropical Botanical Garden.
The nonprofit organization's three sprawling gardens on the island of Kauai and one garden on Maui are peaceful, park-like preserves on stretches of Hawaii's most scenic coastline. They're designed to safeguard Hawaii's rare and endangered native plants _ and display some of the islands' more common plants.
"There are so few places left like these. Our mission is to conserve, research, teach," said Kevin Clyde, chief operating officer of the Kauai-headquartered National Tropical Botanical Garden.
The gardens also showcase the plants Hawaiians traditionally used for food and medicine; contain the remains of a 500-year-old temple that's one of the largest and most spiritually significant in Hawaii; and preserve the formal garden "rooms" planted by a Midwestern millionaire who settled in Hawaii in the 1930s and created an enchanting estate.
Scientists and avid home gardeners flock to the gardens (the nonprofit NTBG has a fifth garden in Florida). Yet you don't have to be a botanist or even a green thumb to enjoy them. They're serene, emerald-green places just to stroll and, along the ...
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