University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Botanical Gardens
Botanical gardens in Hilo, Hawaiʻi, United States
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The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Botanical Gardens are botanical gardens on the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo campus, located at 485 W Lanikaula St, Hilo, Hawaiʻi on the island of Hawaiʻi. They are open daily without charge.
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.
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