McBryde Garden

One of the things I really wanted to do on Kauai was visit one of the botanical gardens. Last time we were on the island (10 years ago) I wanted to go, but it didn't work out. It is something I've always regretted. This trip I was excited to have another chance and made sure it was one of the first things we did.

Kauai is known has the garden island and has at least four botanical gardens. It is a beautiful lush place. It is filled with exotic trees, plants, and flowers. We learned that most of the vegetation on the island is not native and was brought from around the world. All of the green and exotic vegetation is one of the reasons I love Kauai.

We chose to tour the McBryde Garden because it was self-guided and was the best for our whole family. Hopefully we will be able to go back and visit one of the other guided tour gardens. We will have to wait until Ava is much older or go by ourselves though.

We had to take a 15 minute tram ride in and out of the garden.

Daddy helping Ava down the long staircase. Ava did really well and walked almost the entire time.

We really liked these cool twisted trees. Ava had fun playing in them.

Ava enjoyed smelling the flowers.

Ava loved playing in the dirt.

Rich by the pond garden.

Me taking pictures. What a beautiful place to photograph.

Ava on the tram ride out. She was exhausted after touring the garden for 2 hours. She had a lot of fun though and didn't complain at all.