Foster Botanical Garden

Foster Botanical Garden
General view of the garden
Foster Botanical Garden is located in Hawaii
Foster Botanical Garden
Location50 N. Vineyard Blvd., Honolulu, Hawaii
Coordinates21°19′00″N 157°51′33″W / 21.31667°N 157.85917°W / 21.31667; -157.85917
Built1853[2]
ArchitectHarold L. Lyon
NRHP reference No.93000377[1]
Added to NRHPMay 13, 1993

Foster Botanical Garden, measuring 13.5 acres (5.5 ha), is one of five public botanical gardens on Oahu. It is located at 50 North Vineyard Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, near Chinatown at the intersection of Nu'uanu Avenue and Vineyard Boulevard. Foster is in a highly urban area with strip malls, schools, and Buddhist, Shinto, and Methodist religious facilities nearby.

The Garden is the oldest botanical garden in Hawaii, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Foster Botanical Garden". Friends of Honolulu Botanical Gardens. Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2015.