Allerton Garden, also known as Lāwaʻi-kai, is a botanical garden, originally created by Robert Allerton and John Gregg Allerton, located on the south shore of Kauai, Hawaii. The garden covers an 80-acre (320,000 m2) area and is situated beside the Lāwaʻi Bay, in a valley transected by the Lāwaʻi Stream. It is one of the five gardens of the non-profit National Tropical Botanical Garden.
Allerton Garden, view from above.
Allerton house.
Lāwaʻi Bay
Mermaid Fountain
Robert Henry Allerton, born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, was the son and heir of First National Bank of Chicago co-founder Samuel Allerton. He was a philanthropist who served as a trustee and honorary president for the Art Institute of Chicago, becoming one of its benefactors by donating thousands of artworks. He also became a trustee for the Honolulu Academy of Art, leaving a trust that funds the Academy to this day.
The Man in Black (Robert Henry Allerton), 1913, by Glyn Philpot