Shipman House Bed & Breakfast


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	The Grounds Explore the grounds, hear the waterfall. The Shipmans were avid plant collectors, and the 5.5-acre grounds are planted with a wide variety of palms, ferns, and other tropicals, including the Shipman Pink anthurium. Willie and Mary's youngest son, Herbert C. Shipman, brought the first orchid plants to the Island of Hawaii, now nicknamed the Orchid Isle. He also saved the nene [pronounced nay-nay], the Hawaiian goose, from extinction. Today there are over 20 varieties of fruit trees on the property, numerous varieties of bananas, pineapples, taro, and even a small coffee plantation. Fruits in season appear on the breakfast buffet, and exotic flowers from the garden grace the house and guest rooms.
	Shipman House Bed & Breakfast Inn 131 Ka`iulani Street Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 Phone/fax (808) 934-8002 Reservations (800) 627-8447 http://www.hilo-hawaii.com

The Grounds