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MEDIA RELEASE * Saturday, Nov. 9, 8:30 am – 1:30 pm Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, South Kona Space is limited, registration required. $12 per person. Lunch by donation. A half-day workshop for growers, sellers, cooks, consumers, and others interested in learning more about how to harvest, store, prepare and market breadfruit. This first-of-its-kind hands-on […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Waimea Country School’s second and third graders recently visited the Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden as part of their social studies unit on the Hawaiian people and their plants. The students began by looking at some of the 200 species of plants growing in four zones: coastal, dry forest, agricultural, and upland forest, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The County Council passed the legislation allowing the South Kona Green to return to The Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden. Mayor Billy Kenoi still needs to sign the bill, but he has indicated he will approve it. Kealakekua Ranch Center hosted the market the last two years, but it will return Sunday, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Bishop Museum’s native plant arboretum, the Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, will host the 8th Annual Grow Hawaiian Weekend Feb. 24-25. This free event is a celebration of Hawaiian culture and natural history, and attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy hands-on activities, displays, live entertainment and Hawaiian food. A highlight this […]

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Revitalizing Breadfruit Festival nears fundraising goal; still needs $1,300 by Aug. 16

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MEDIA RELEASE Arbor Day celebrations are 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Nov. 6 at Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden. The celebration includes free trees, demonstrations and a “how to” plant walk, a Hawaiian canoe and a tree planting by a representative of the mayor’s office. These activities showcase traditional uses of native plants and woods from native […]

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MEDIA RELEASE If you have a passion for native and Polynesian introduced plants, then you won’t want to miss the 6th Annual Grow Hawaiian Festival at the Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden in Captain Cook. This festival is 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27. Over the last six years, this festival has attracted practitioners of the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Residents and visitors looking to “grow” green can get lessons from the experts at the fifth annual Grow Hawaiian Festival presented by Hawaii Forest & Trail at the Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Captain Cook. The event is 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28 and is free to the public. Festival-goers will get the […]

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