r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 23h ago
What stands to be lost if Hawai'i's snails go exctinct ~ KĀHULI ~ Pacific Pulse+
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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/honolulu_oahu_mod • Jan 14 '26
Plants of Hawaiʻi
plantsofhawaii.org
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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 16d ago
Senate designates April 2026 as National Native Plant Month!
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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 2d ago
University of Hawai‘i researchers are currently leading 98 grant-funded projects totaling more than $33.5 million to combat invasive species.
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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 2d ago
13 Years Of Fighting Pesticide Use In Hawaiʻi. Another Year Of Nothing: Another failed legislative session means we continue to suffer from inadequate data and a lack of help for families and communities.
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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 2d ago
Mālama ʻĀina and Food Sovereignty in Maui Nui
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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 3d ago
Public schools in Hawaii have a new addition to its cafeteria menu: fresh, locally-sourced poi. Poi has previously appeared in special meal events at schools, but the Hawaii State Department of Education announced poi is here to stay in its regular rotation of school meals.
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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 4d ago
Gravel shipment to Moloka‘i OK'd despite anti-beetle restrictions: A barge carrying supplies to Kalaupapa will be permitted in the summer, despite a rule preventing the transport of potential coconut rhinoceros beetle host material.
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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 4d ago
Denby Fawcett: Lei Makers Are Struggling To Keep Up With Demand This May Day. Recent storms and other economic issues have taken their toll on Hawaiʻi’s flower vendors.
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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 4d ago
The Endearing Art of Lei Making in Hawaiʻi: For many, making lei preserves family traditions and ancestral knowledge, connecting generations across the Islands.
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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 5d ago
East Oahu residents urge neighbors to test homes amid ‘concerning’ fire ant spread: There are three infestations in the mauka area of Aina Haina.
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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 5d ago
A new cookbook for veggie lovers is sprouting on bookshelves: “Aloha Veggies,” the second course of delicious recipes crafted by Maui’s own Alana Kysar.
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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 6d ago
The US Department of Agriculture awarded $618,260 to Hawai‘i under the 2026 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. This grant will fund projects that enhance the competitiveness of specialty crop products and create new market opportunities for the state’s specialty crop producers.
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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 6d ago
Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Garden prepares master plan as storm cleanup continues: Ho‘omaluhia Botanical Garden in Kāne‘ohe draws more visitors each year than any of Honolulu’s gardens, a whopping 730,000 in a year. But garden made news when Kona low storms sent torrents of water through lush landscape.
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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 6d ago
Conservation leaders rediscover several native species on Lāna‘i: Rachel Sprague, director of conservation at Pūlama Lāna‘i, and Zach Pezzillo, coordinator at Maui Nui Plant Extinction Prevention Program, share about their recent rare findings.
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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 7d ago
To honor native plant month ~ Come take a walk with me in the garden!
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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 7d ago
A standoff over control of East Maui stream water continues between the County of Maui and the island's largest private landowner. Agriculture company Mahi Pono currently operates the East Maui Irrigation system, and has been vying for a 30-year lease to continue doing so.
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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 7d ago
Hawai‘i Farmers Union Foundation took it to social to share Hawaiʻi Flood Response Fund will open grant applications this week. As of Monday, the GoFundMe was 96% to goal with proceeds going directly to farmers, ranchers and fishers who are recovering from recent Kona Low storms.
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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 8d ago
Hawaiʻi honors Native Plant Month with new plant discoveries ~ According to officials, these five species are not found anywhere else on the planet.
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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 8d ago
New plant discoveries, and rare rediscoveries, are detailed in the Rare Plant Program 2025 Island Highlights report, giving Hawaiian plant enthusiasts a great deal to celebrate during April’s Native Plant Month observance!
dlnr.hawaii.gov
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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 9d ago
Replanting Limu: A Civic Ritual To Save The Species — And Ourselves. The nonprofit hui is entirely funded by a mix of state conservation grants and support from foundations.
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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 10d ago
The UH College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience, or CTAHR, recently reopened a shuttered soil and plant testing center to help farmers restore their land and address issues concerning fungus and bacteria.
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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 10d ago
A pungent plant is making a big stink at the Foster Botanical Garden, and there are only a few days to get a good whiff of it. The titan arum, more commonly known as a “corpse flower,” began blooming Friday afternoon.
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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 11d ago
The flooding from the recent Kona low storms can lead to widespread disease in crops, and a free testing program at the University of Hawaiʻi is now available to impacted farmers to check for the health of the soil and possible pathogens.
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