Native Hawaiian Plant Society

02/12/2026

SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR ANNUAL NATIVE HAWAIIAN PLANT SOCIETY🌿🌿
MEMBERSHIP AND GUEST SPEAKER
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2026 AT 7:00 PM
Guest Speaker: Dr Cliff Smith from UH Manoa on "Lichens of Hawaii"🌿
Location: Hannibal Tavares Community Center Poolside Room
91 Pukalani Street, Pukalani

This event is free and open to the public! There will be an opportunity to renew your membership. Hope to see you there, come and support native plants in Maui!

11/09/2025

Great time in the Lei-Making booth at Arbor Day yesterday!🌺🌿

ARBOR DAY CULTURAL ACTIVITY: Traditional Lei Making
Learn how to make traditional styles of lei with natural and native plant materials from the Native Hawaiian Plant Society and Seabury Hall Lei Club.

Visit arbordayexpo.com for a full list of cultural activities, available trees, and more. Admission is free and free parking is available in the War Memorial Stadium parking lot, directly across from Maui Nui Botanical Gardens. . . . . . . . . .
Arbor Day Garden Expo & Tree Giveaway
THIS SATURDAY, November 8 | 9am–2pm
Maui Nui Botanical Gardens, 150 Kanaloa Ave., Kahului

10/26/2024

Upcoming NHPS Service Trips:

🌿🌿Nov. 9, 2024 Saturday: Haiku Elementary School, 8- noon.
Bring hat, water to drink, sickle or favorite weeding tool.

🌿🌿Dec. 21, 2024 Saturday: Kealia Pond. For more information, contact Ben Racunas at 808-264-3660 or [email protected]

10/23/2024

Join the NHPS lei making booth at the Maui Nui Botanical Gardens' ARBOR DAY Sat. Nov 2 2024 11:30 - 1:30 pm and make your own ankle, wrist or head lei!🌿🩵🍃🌸🌿🩵🍃🌸🌿🩵 This is a FREE event. Native plants and materials will be provided and help getting you started!
We are still looking for volunteers to help at the event or contributing native Hawaiian plants if you happen to have! Please private message us. Thanks much!

ARBOR DAY 2024: Lei Making with Native Hawaiian Plants
Saturday, November 2nd | 11:30AM–2:30PM
This activity is hosted by the Native Hawaiian Plant Society. They are experts in using native Hawaiian plants to make a lei wili, or a lei bound onto a base using twine that is wound around the base, fastening bundles of cut foliage and flowers in patterns as you go.

10/11/2024

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Need volunteers at our Lei making booth at Maui Nui Botanical Gardens for Arbor Day on Nov. 2. Two hour shifts. 9 - 11 or 11 - 2 pm. You don't have to be experienced to help, there is plant prepping and helping people get started with lei, and tying them off when done. It is always fun. Let me, Katie know if you are interested in comments below, then I will PM you. Thank you!🌿🌺🌿🌻🌿🌺🌿

10/11/2024

https://www.arbordayexpo.com/ Hope you can come, a fun and educational, cultural event for the whole family plus free native plant! Plants for sale also. Hands on activities. Nov 2. Sat. 11:30 - 2:30 pm🌿🌿

SAVE THE DATE2024 Garden Expo& Tree GiveawaySaturday, November 2nd11:30 am - 2:30 pmMaui Nui Botanical Gardens, 150 Kanaloa Ave., Kahului(across from War Memorial Stadium) Join us for the MauiArbor Day Garden Expo & Tree GiveawayIn partnership with Hawaiian Electric Company, Bank of Hawaii Foundatio...

06/06/2024

🌿🌿The June Native Hawaiian Plant Society work day will be on Saturday, June 15, 2024, starting at 9 am., at Haiku Elementary School, 105 Pauwela Road, Haiku

Bring your favorite weeding tool and bucket. Park in the upper school parking lot, near the school office and cafeteria building. No reservations needed. You can stay as long or as as short as you like.

Please come if you can!

Aloha, Native Hawaiian Plant Society🌿🌿

02/07/2024

🌿🌿Aloha,

Reminder: NHPS' February service trip is to the 'awikiwiki exclosure in LaPerouse, on 2/17. Please write to this email: [email protected] if you'd like to participate.

For planning purposes: March - 3/16, Hibiscus brackenridgei exclosure
April - 4/20, Makamakao'le, with rain alternative at Kam III sea bird nesting area restoration

Hope to see you!
Irene Newhouse
NHPS Sec'y

01/25/2024

Aloha,

🌿🌿NHPS' February service trip is to the 'awikiwiki exclosure in LaPerouse, on 2/17.

For planning purposes: March - 3/16, Hibiscus brackenridgei exclosure
April - 4/20, Makamakao'le, with rain alternative at Kam III sea bird nesting area restoration

Hope to see you!
Irene Newhouse
NHPS Sec'y

Please email me at [email protected] if you would like to sign up any of these service opportunities.

01/25/2024

Aloha,

🌿🌿Reminder there's a Lahaina plant-a-thon day coming up Saturday 1/27. Morning, 9-12 at Kauluwehi, followed by going to Lahaina to plant. Participants can choose whatever part of the day to work. If you've let me know you'll participate, you don't need to reply.

Irene
Please email me at [email protected] if you would like to sign up

01/15/2024

01/15/2024

Aloha,
🌿🌿It's NHPS' annual meeting time again. The 2024 annual meeting will be February 23, 2024 at the Poolside Meeting Room, Tavares Community Center. There will be a short business meeting to elect officers for 2024 at 6:30 PM, followed by a talk at 7 by Cathy Davenport - per the attached article, a preview page 1 of this year's newsletter.

Hope to see you there!
Irene Newhouse
NHPS Sec'y