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A short stroll from Robert and John
Allerton’s former home is Lawa‘i Bay,
which is rimmed by a gorgeous sandy
beach and visited by sea turtles.

collection of plants, but a landscaped tableau in which ana; the Mermaid Room features an undulating foun-
their canvas was the Lawa‘i Valley and their media tain under a canopy of monkey pod trees, overseen
were plants, art, and architecture. To walk the garden’s by mermaid statuary; the Three Pools Room includes
trails today is to stroll through a three-dimensional a chain of mirror ponds that reflect the sky and giant
landscape painting in which the visitor is both viewer trees overhead, so one sees the same thing looking
and subject. It is an experience that constantly de- up or down; the Thanksgiving Room has deer statues
lights and excites. and a latticework gazebo that serves for gatherings;
The couple divided their 80 acres into landscaped and the Bamboo Room, a favorite of Robert Allerton’s,
“rooms,” each with a name and personality. The Diana shields a statue of the Buddha among its golden
Room has a mirror pool sitting beneath a statue of Di- stalks.

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