Welcome to the Hillert Botanical Garden

The Hillert Botanical Garden is located on the flanks of Mt. Hualalai, overlooking Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawai‘i. The 4 acre tropical garden is home to a diverse collection of tropical and subtropical plants from around the world. The garden's extensive collection comprises almost 500 different species of plants, including palms, heliconias, and countless exotic tropical fruit trees. That's 250+ genera from 67 families!

The palm collection itself, contains over 400 individual palms (family Arecaceae), covering over 250 different species (defined as taxa on the species level and/or below) from across 100+ genera.