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The Harold L. Lyon Arboretum is a 200-acre (0.8 km 2) arboretum and botanical garden managed by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa located at the upper end of Mānoa Valley in Hawaiʻi. Much of the Arboretum's botanical collection consists of an artificial lowland tropical rainforest with numerous trails and small water features.
Part of the University of Hawaii, the Lyon Arboretum offers 194 acres and a research facility.
The Lyon Arboretum is a natural sanctuary tucked away in the lush, tropical slopes of Manoa Valley, Honolulu. Spanning an impressive 194 acres, this tropical paradise is the only rainforest arboretum affiliated with a US university.
Aug 6, 2018 · The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Harold L. Lyon Arboretum, the only university botanical garden in the U.S. and one of the largest located in a tropical rainforest, is celebrating its centennial year (1918–2018).
Feb 10, 2011 · Tucked in the back of lush Manoa Valley on Oahu is the only university-run botanical garden in the United States located in a tropical rainforest. The Lyon Arboretum, founded in 1918, occupies 200 acres of the Manoa watershed at the base of the majestic Koolau mountain range.
Perched high atop the lush Manoa Valley in a tropical zone that receives an average of 13 feet (yes, feet!) of rain each year, the 200-acre Lyon Arboretum was established nearly a century ago by a ...
Mar 30, 2017 · Lyon Arboretum got its start in 1900 as a test site for sugar cane seedlings and trees slated for reforestation. Today, the 193.5 acres at the end of Mānoa Road offers 7 miles of hiking trails...
