We visited the Garden of Eden during our stay in Maui Island. We decided to devote a full day to drive through the entire loop of the Hana Road and make selected stops, being the Garden of Eden one of them. We arrived early in the morning, around 8:30am, right after we opened, and were able to enjoy its beauty with the morning light and with almost no people around.
During this visit, we learned that the Garden of Eden Arboretum is the vision and creation of Alan Bradbury, Maui’s first ISA certified arborist and life long landscape designer. Development of this special north shore rainforest property began in 1991 and opened to the public in 1996. In 1995, the developing park received recognition from the State of Hawai’i for diligent conservation practices and proper land use and development techniques. Its goal is to help restore natural ecosystems and promote Hawai’i’s native and indigenous species and features many exotic plants and trees from all over the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Nowadays, it features over 700 botanically labeled specimens, some of which were donated by George Harrison of The Beatles. George was a North Shore neighbor and a devoted plant enthusiast.
Throughout the park, utmost thought and care has been taken in developing each trail (2.5 miles in total), improvement, and planting to assure the most natural enhancement of this uniquely beautiful Hana District property. Some of the photos and videos we took while visiting it are presented below:
Marco Serrato 
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