{"id":778,"date":"2015-03-07T20:40:42","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T04:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/?p=778"},"modified":"2016-04-11T11:42:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T18:42:08","slug":"kula-botanical-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/07\/kula-botanical-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Kula Botanical Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kula Botanical Gardens can be found upcountry on the way to Haleakala. This is such a beautiful and peaceful place and definitely worth the trip. There are so many amazing plants and flowers here, plus birds of many types and some fish.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"775\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/07\/kula-botanical-gardens\/img_0081\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0081.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1936,1936\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPod touch&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1443442526&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0081\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0081-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0081-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-775\" src=\"http:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0081-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0081\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0081-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0081-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0081-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0081.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"859\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/07\/kula-botanical-gardens\/img_0082-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0082.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1936,1936\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPod touch&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1443442739&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0082\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0082-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0082-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-859\" src=\"http:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0082-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0082\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0082-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0082-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0082-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0082-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0082.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They even have two Nene, the Hawaiian state bird, which are rare to see.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"777\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/07\/kula-botanical-gardens\/img_0092\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0092.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2592,1936\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPod touch&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1443444945&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0066225165562914&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0092\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0092-300x224.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0092-1024x765.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-777\" src=\"http:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0092-1024x765.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0092\" width=\"584\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0092-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0092-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0092-402x300.jpg 402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"779\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/07\/kula-botanical-gardens\/attachment\/100\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/100.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A75&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1238170027&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;9.40625&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"100\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/100-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/100-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-779\" src=\"http:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/100-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"100\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/100-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/100-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/100-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/100.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"780\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/07\/kula-botanical-gardens\/attachment\/099\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/099.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A75&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1238169776&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.59375&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"099\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/099-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/099-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-780\" src=\"http:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/099-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"099\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/099-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/099-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/099-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/099.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"781\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/07\/kula-botanical-gardens\/attachment\/098\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/098.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A75&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1238169653&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;16.21875&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"098\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/098-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/098-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-781\" src=\"http:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/098-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"098\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/098-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/098-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/098-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/098.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To get there take the highway towards the airport, turn on Hansen near the sugar mill, then take highway 37 up Haleakala past the town of Kula and turn left onto highway 377 (Kekaulike Rd) go just a short distance and you will see the entrance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kulabotanicalgarden.com\">http:\/\/www.kulabotanicalgarden.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kula Botanical Gardens can be found upcountry on the way to Haleakala. This is such a beautiful and peaceful place and definitely worth the trip. There are so many amazing plants and flowers here, plus birds of many types and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/07\/kula-botanical-gardens\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[35,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facebook","category-things-to-do"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3I8Y5-cy","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":861,"href":"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778\/revisions\/861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mauiiris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}