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pick cherries, heat a bathhouse and prepare a traditional bentō . It's worth the high ticket
price.
Greenwell Farms FARM
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( 323-2295, 888-592-5662; www.greenwellfarms.com ; 81-6581 Mamalahoa Hwy; 8am-5pm)
This 150-acre family farm, established in 1850, is run by fourth-generation
Greenwells and is one of Kona's oldest and best-known coffee plantations. It currently
roasts coffee cherries from more than 200 local growers. Take a free tour and sample
coffee and fruit at a shady picnic table.
You can also purchase Kona Red ( www.konared.com ) here, an intriguing new superfood
made from cherry pulp. The farm is between mile markers 110 and 111.
HN Greenwell Store Museum MUSEUM
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( www.konahistorical.org ; Mamalahoa Hwy; adult/child $7/3; 10am-2pm Mon-Thu) Next door to
Greenwell Farms, the Kona Historical Society has turned the 1890 stone-and-mortar
Greenwell General Store into a clever museum. Shelves and walls are meticulously
stocked with brand-new or recreated dry goods and farm equipment authentic to the peri-
od. Inside, docents hand you a shopping list and a character profile (based on actual cus-
tomers from Henry Greenwell's journals) from Kona's multiethnic, farming and ranching
community of the 1890s.
Then…well, you shop, in a store that convincingly feels like an Old West general
store, except the frontier is the Big Island. Out back, the Portuguese bread oven turns out
fresh-baked bread from 11am on Thursdays. The museum is located between the mile
markers 110 and 111.
Amy BH Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden GARDEN
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( 323-3318; www.bishopmuseum.org/greenwell ; 82-6160 Mamalahoa Hwy; adult/senior/un-
der-12 yr $7/6/free; 9am-4pm Tue-Sat, guided tours 1pm) Without pottery or metals,
ancient Hawaiians fashioned most of what they needed from plants. This ethnobotanical
garden preserves Hawaii's original native and Polynesian-introduced plants in a typical
ahupuaʻa, the ancient land division system that ensured all Hawaiians had access to
everything they needed. Plaques are informative, but guided tours are helpful to appreci-
ate the humble grounds. Bring insect repellant. The garden is just south of mile marker
110.