The Ghosts of Allerton Garden were there, in the: Spooky Setting: T’was a full moonlit eve on the Garden Isle of Kauai 2016. Garden volunteers gathered at dusk. The lunar globe arose. The flora began to glow in white and pale pastel, wafting cotton-candy fragrance. Spider lilies, mock orange, pua kenikeni, and a favorite of Chanel perfumeries, […]
We bought four timeshare weeks at Lawai Beach Resort several years ago and it’s our go-to place come December. Despite being both the holiday and the rainy season, it still has five ‘Why Kauai?’ calling cards… Why Kauai? Weather Kauai is the northwestern-most island of the Hawaiian chain encircling one of the wettest spots on […]
Hawaiian Culture, Kauai’s South Shore As a tourist, garden volunteer and longtime repeat visitor at the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG) on Kauai’s South Shore, Hawaii, I’m excited about the NTBG golden anniversary year, 2014. Renewal is brewing in the gardens. Andy Jasper, NTBG South Shore Director of Gardens, wears enough hats to make that […]