Allerton Tropical Gardens

Lawai-kai

European Style Garden in Tropical Paradise

Description

A stunning tropical garden created on land that was once the private garden of a Hawaiian Queen and later owned by a sugar baron, Allerton Tropical Gardens provide an interesting contrast to the McBryde gardens next door. Designed by artist-architect team Robert and John Allerton, the gardens are much more landscaped and arranged than the more wild, natural gardens next door. The gardens, which integrate statues, white marble structures, and cobblestone walks, are modeled on European styles, and are an example of nature guided and shaped by a highly developed aesthetic sense, a synthesis of the best design that nature and human can create. Like the McBryde gardens next door, the Allerton gardens are run under the auspices of the National Tropical Botanical Gardens, which has its headquarters overlooking the McBryde gardens. Tours usually include both gardens.