The garden is located on Mamalahoa Highway, just south of mile marker 110, in Captain Cook. For more information, call 323-3318 or email agg@bishopmuseum.org.
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Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden will celebrate Hawaii’s natural and cultural diversity with hands-on activities and presentations this weekend in Captain Cook.
The free eighth annual Grow Hawaiian Weekend will bring closer together Hawaii’s culture and natural history and residents and visitors alike, said Peter Van Dyke, garden manager.
“Plants are our cultural treasures and we are working to bring together a diverse group of people who agree with that concept,” Van Dyke said. “We hope to blur the line between culture and nature and get people more excited about plants.”
This year, the 15-acre botanical garden will celebrate kalo, or taro — a staple food that also has Hawaiian cultural and spiritual significance, he said.
From 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. today, there will be botanical garden, poi making and taro cultivation presentations, as well as cultural story-telling sessions. Ipu, or gourd, decorating; kapa making; lauhala weaving; woodworking; lei making and Hawaiian dyes will also be demonstrated. A shell collection will also be on display.
The garden is located on Mamalahoa Highway, just south of mile marker 110, in Captain Cook. For more information, call 323-3318 or email agg@bishopmuseum.org.