Foster Botanical Garden, general view.

Daibutsu commemorating Japanese immigration.

Orchid display.

Foster Botanical Gardens, measuring 13.5 acres (5.5 ha), is one of three botanical gardens located at 50 North Vineyard Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (near Chinatown at the intersection of Nu'uanu avenue and Vineyard Boulevard). Foster is unique in that it is in a highly urban area, with a Zippy's across the street, strip malls, schools, and both Buddhist and Methodist religious facilities. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1920x2560, 1447 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Foster Botanical Garden ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1920x2560, 1447 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Foster Botanical Garden ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1920x2560, 1486 KB) i took this photo because american children are cheap and cant afford sheep and plums for there pubic hair of my buttocks File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1920x2560, 1486 KB) i took this photo because american children are cheap and cant afford sheep and plums for there pubic hair of my buttocks File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other... Great Buddha of Kamakura Daibutsu (大仏 or in traditional orthography 大佛) is a Japanese word meaning literally Large Buddha that refers to large statues of the Buddha or one of his various incarnations. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 1052 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Foster Botanical Garden Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 1052 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Foster Botanical Garden Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Inside the United States Botanic Garden Botanical gardens grow a wide variety of plants both for scientific purposes and for the enjoyment and education of visitors. ... Honolulu as seen from the International Space Station Honolulu is the largest city and the capital of the U.S. state of Hawai‘i. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The gate to Montreals Chinatown which has Chinese, Japanese and Korean restaurants inside the complex. ... A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ...

The Garden is the oldest botanical garden in Hawaii, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It originated in 1853 when Queen Kalama leased 4.6 acres of land to William Hillebrand, a German physician and botanist who built his home and planted trees on the site. During his stay, he introduced a number of plants to Hawaii, as well as deer and mynah birds. Many of the large trees growing today on the Upper Terrace were Hillebrand's plantings. After 20 years Hillebrand returned to Germany, where he published Flora of the Hawaiian Islands in 1888. In 1884 the property was sold to Thomas and Mary Foster, who continued to develop the garden as their homesite. Upon her death in 1930, Mary Foster bequeathed the land and her home to the City and County of Honolulu, with the provision that the city accept and forever keep and properly maintain the (gardens) as a public and tropical park to be known and called Foster Park. At the time, the gardens were roughly 5.5 acres (2 ha). The National Register of Historic Places is the USAs official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. ... Kalama reigned as Queen Consort to her husband Kamehameha III. Kalama (1817-1870) reigned as Queen Consort of the Kingdom of Hawaii alonside her husband Kauikeaouli who reigned as Kamehameha III. Though charged with the title of Queen Consort, she was overshadowed by the great authority wielded by her...

Dr. Harold Lyon, the first director of Foster Garden, introduced thousands of new plants and trees to Hawaii, and started its famous orchid collection. Paul Weissich, director from 1957 to 1989, expanded Foster Garden to 14 acres (5.7 ha) of native plants and introduced plants in the heart of bustling downtown Honolulu, and developed four additional sites on Oahu Island to create the 650 acre (260 ha) Honolulu Botanical Gardens system. Taken as a whole, these five gardens feature rare species from tropical environments ranging from desert to rainforest, comprising the largest and most diverse tropical plant collection in the United States. Oʻahu (usually Oahu outside Hawaiian and Hawaiian English), the Gathering Place, is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous island in the State of Hawaii. ... The Honolulu Botanical Gardens are botanical gardens located in Honolulu County, Oahu, Hawaii, and operated under the countys auspices. ...

Today the garden consists of the Upper Terrace (the oldest part of the garden); Middle Terraces (palms, aroids, heliconias, gingers); Economic Garden (herbs, spices, dyes, poisons); Prehistoric Glen (primitive plants planted in 1965); Lyon Orchid Garden; and Hybrid Orchid Display. It also contains a number of exceptional trees, including a Sacred Fig which is a clone descendant of the Bodhi tree that Buddha sat under for inspiration. All told, it contains 25 of about 100 Oahu trees designated as exceptional. Look up Palm in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Genera See text. ... Species See text. ... Binomial name Zingiber officinale Roscoe Though called a root, it is actually the rhizome of the monocotyledonous perennial plant Zingiber officinale. ... Herbs: basil Herbs (IPA: hə(ɹ)b, or əɹb; see pronunciation differences) are plants grown for culinary, medicinal, or in some cases even spiritual value. ... Screen shot of Spice OPUS, a fork of Berkeley SPICE SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuits Emphasis) is a general purpose analog circuit simulator. ... Yarn drying after being dyed in the early American tradition, at Conner Prairie living history museum. ... The skull and crossbones symbol traditionally used to label a poisonous substance. ... Binomial name Ficus religiosa L. The Sacred Fig Ficus religiosa, also known as Bo (from the Sinhalese Bo), Pipal (Peepul) or Ashwattha tree, is a species of banyan fig native to India, southwest China and Indochina east to Vietnam. ... The Bodhi Tree at the Mahabodhi Temple. ... Media:Example. ...

The garden also contains two interesting memorials: a small replica of the Daibutsu of Kamakura commemorates 100 years of Japanese immigration to Hawaii, and a memorial stone notes the site of the first Japanese language school on Oahu, where an anti-aircraft shell exploded into an auditorium full of children during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Great Buddha of Kamakura Daibutsu (大仏 or in traditional orthography 大佛) is a Japanese word meaning literally Large Buddha that refers to large statues of the Buddha or one of his various incarnations. ... Kamakura can refer to: The city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan The Kamakura Shogunate period in the History of Japan The Kamakura family name in Japan This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... OÊ»ahu (usually Oahu outside Hawaiian and Hawaiian English), the Gathering Place, is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous island in the State of Hawaii. ... Combatants United States Empire of Japan Commanders Husband Kimmel (USN), Walter Short (USA) Chuichi Nagumo (IJN), Mitsuo Fuchida (IJNAS) (1st aerial wave), Shigekazu Shimazaki (IJNAS) (2nd aerial wave) Strength 8 battleships, 8 cruisers, 29 destroyers, 9 submarines, ~50 other ships, ~390 planes 6 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, 3 cruisers, 9...

The Garden is the inspiration for a line in Joni Mitchell's 1970 folk song "Big Yellow Taxi": "Took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum / Then charge people a dollar and a half just to see 'em.". As of 2005, the current admission price for visitors to Hawaii is $5. Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943) is a noted Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter. ... Big Yellow Taxi is a song originally written and performed by Joni Mitchell but covered by many other artists such as Billie Joe Armstrong, Amy Grant, Counting Crows, Kaya, Pinhead Gunpowder, Paul Tillotson, Máire Brennan, Keb Mo, Chris Thomas King, the acappella quintet Toxic Audio, and Bob Dylan, who...

References

• Foster Botanical Garden, undated pamphlet distributed at the garden

See also

• List of botanical gardens in the United States

This list of botanical gardens in the United States is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the United States of America. ...

External links

• Information from City of Honolulu on FBG