Spirit of Aloha Oceanfront Botanical Garden Spirit of Aloha Oceanfront Botanical Garden The Spirit of Aloha Oceanfront Botanical Gardens also referred to as "The Gardens", is an 11-acre nature preserve located just off the Hana Highway on in Haiku, Hawaii on the island of Maui. It overlooks Ua'oa Bay in the Pacific Ocean and Papanui o Kane Hawaiian island. The historic was originally granted by a Land Commission Award by the Kingdom of Hawaii Department of the Interior in 1848. The botanical garden is a non-profit organization committed to preserving native Hawaiian plants and nutrition for future generations. The botanical garden is named after the Aloha
Talofa Talofa Talofa is a salutation or greeting in the Samoan language of the Samoan Islands. "Talofa" echoes in such phrases as "ta'alofa" in Tuvalu, "aloha" in Hawaiian and "aro'a" in Cook Islands Māori. Another Samoan salutation "To life, live long!" properly translated "Ia ola!" also echoes in places such as Aotearoa (New Zealand), where the formal greeting in Māori is Kia ora and in Tahiti (French Polynesia) where it is 'Ia orana. "Talofa" is also the greeting of the island of Lifou (New Caledonia), and of the island state of Tuvalu. The word was brought to Lifou by the Samoan