Mānoa: Lyon Arboretum hosts Hale Halawai workshop: `Umu Hau ...

The 'Umu Hau Pohaku rock wall construction will take place Saturday, November 6 and Sunday, November 7 8:00 to 2:00 p.m. at the Beatrice H. Krauss Hawaiian Ethnobotanical Garden, which houses the largest collection of Hawaiian cultural plants on O'ahu. The workshop is limited to 40 adults to be able to lift 40 pounds, but the public is invited to consider the construction process. The stage of the foundation of building a traditional Hawaiian will be led by Kumu Palani Sinenci Hana. The project is being funded through a grant from the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority and the Atherton Foundation and will become the centerpiece of the Lyon Arboretum gardens, according to Christopher Dunn, director of the Arboretum. “The scope of this project is to revitalize this garden by building a hale along with hosting a series of workshops on hale building,” said Dunn. “This project will bring together the very definition of ethnobotany, the way people or cultures use plants in everyday life."" With the resurgence of native arts and crafts in Hawaii and Hawaii interests rich cultural history, including native plants, ethnobotany garden center will serve as functional and symbolic concepts of Hawaii brings under one roof for the benefit of residents and visitors alike, "said Lilo Dunn, Lyon Arboretum ethnobotanist and lead for the project. Lyon Arboretum has a collection of world-class more than 5,000 species of tropical plants including one of the largest collections of palms in a botanical garden. Every species of Native Hawaiian plants today is rare and comprise nearly 50% of the nation’s endangered plants. The Arboretum’s Hawai‘i Rare Plant Program is an active research facility that includes a groundbreaking tissue culture program for test-tube propagation of endangered plants.


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