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
Aloha Camp by Harriet Farnsworth Gulick and Edward Leedss Gulick, both of whom grew up in missionary families with a history of service. The camp was named "Aloha" from the Hawaiian word meaning "welcome" (among other definitions). Edward Gulick was born and raised in Honolulu, and it is from this upbringing that the camp acquires its Hawaiian touches. The camp was so successful that the Gulicks soon opened Aloha Hive Camp on Lake Fairlee, for girls from 7 to 12 and another in Pike, New Hampshire, for girls from 17 to 70 (now closed), and in 1922 Lanakila Camp for boys, also