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Moir Gardens

Coordinates: 21°52′38″N 159°27′39″W / 21.87722°N 159.46083°W / 21.87722; -159.46083
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Moir Gardens
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Typebotanical garden and cactus garden
LocationPoipu, Kauai, Hawaii.
Coordinates21°52′38″N 159°27′39″W / 21.87722°N 159.46083°W / 21.87722; -159.46083
Created1954 (1954)
OpenYes
Websitewww.to-hawaii.com/kauai/gardens/moirgardens.php

The Moir Gardens (35 acres) are botanical gardens located within the Outrigger Kiahuna Plantation, 2253 Poipu Road, Poipu, Kauai, Hawaii.[1] Just to the east is Poipu Beach Park. They are open daily without charge.

History

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The gardens were created in the 1930s by Alexandra Moir while her husband was manager of Hawaii's first sugarcane plantation, Koloa Plantation, near the site.[2] By 1948 the private gardens were reportedly identified as "one of the ten best cactus and succulent gardens in the world." They opened to the public in 1954.

Collection

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Euphorbia neglecta at Moir Gardens

Today the garden contains rare cactus and succulents, bromeliads, orchids, mature trees, and water lily ponds.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Outrigger Kiahuna Plantation". web site.
  2. ^ "Moir Gardens at Kiahuna plantation". web site. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
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