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Garden Events

Aloha Market

South Shore Visitor Center | Across from Spouting Horn Park

Experience aloha through all of your senses with local food, art, gifts, produce, and music. Enjoy a free hula show at 12:30 pm

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Grow Aloha Plant Giveaways

NTBG Locations | Hawaiʻi

When we grow Hawaiian native plants and heritage crops, we grow aloha for ʻāina. Adopt one of these cherished plants every third Saturday at our free Grow Aloha plant giveaways at NTBG and partner locations.

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South Shore Plant Sale

South Shore Visitor Center | Across from Spouting Horn

Join us on Saturday, December 7 for our largest plant sale of the year!

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studiolab

The Kampong | Coconut Grove, Florida

What happens when we blend different realms of knowledge through the process of art-making? The Kampong is pleased to announce studiolab, an exhibition featuring Miami-based artists Lee Pivnik and Lauren Shapiro.

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Dec 20 2024
Sun Mar 23, 2025 TO Tue Mar 25, 2025

XXII Conference of the Heliconia Society International

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa | Campus Center

March 23-25, 2025 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Campus Center Featuring Keynote Speaker: W. John […]

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Sat Dec 07, 2024

South Shore Plant Sale

South Shore Visitor Center | 4425 Lāwaʻi Rd, Kōloa, HI 96756 (across from Spouting Horn)

Saturday, December 7, 2024 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (NTBG Member early-access at 8:30 a.m.) […]

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Sat Nov 09, 2024

ʻŌhiʻa Love Fest & Plant Sale 2024

Limahuli | 5-8291 Kuhio Hwy, Hanalei, HI 96714

Free Admission | Celebrate Hawaiian biodiversity and our beloved ʻōhiʻa with a native plant sale, local vendors, presentations, and more!

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Thu Oct 03, 2024

studiolab

The Kampong | 4013 S Douglas Road Miami FL 33133

Above: Crabgrass, 2023, series of 50 earthenware vessels by Lee Pivnik Artists Lee Pivnik and […]

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Grow Aloha

Adopt a plant every month! Every third Saturday starting March 2024 9 am – 12 […]

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Sat Aug 17, 2024

Moonlight & Music

South Shore Visitor Center | Poʻipū

Save the date for August 17th 2024!

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Sat Jun 10, 2023 TO Sat Aug 12, 2023

2023 Summer Movie Nights

South Shore Visitor Center | Across from Spouting Horn Park

Join us for a night under the stars with your friends & family at our annual Summer Movie Nights! Featuring Puss in Boots, Turning Red, and Strange World!

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Thu Sep 07, 2023 TO Thu Sep 07, 2023

Painting Nature with Patrick Ching

National Tropical Botanical Garden, South Shore Visitor Center | 4425 Lāwa‘i Rd, Kōloa, HI 96756

Join us at our South Shore Visitor Center on Thursday, September 7 for a special live drawing and painting activity with nature artist Patrick Ching.

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Sat Mar 04, 2023 TO Sat Mar 04, 2023

Native Plant Propagation Workshop

3530 Papalina Road, Kalaheo HI 96741

Are you a member? Join us for this special event as Mike DeMotta, Curator of Living Collections, shares his knowledge about Hawaiʻi’s flora and teaches you how to grow native plants in their own yard or growing space.

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Fri Mar 03, 2023 TO Thu Mar 30, 2023

2023 Florilegium Art Show

3530 Papalina Road | Kalaheo, HI 96741

Join us at our Botanical Research Center on Kauaʻi for the 2023 Florilegium Art Show. The show will be open every Thursday in March from 9 am – 12 pm.

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Webinar Series

Zoom | Webinar

NTBG’s webinar series is back in 2022 for another round of behind-the-science chats with our science and conservation staff. Register today!

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Botanical Illustration 2022 Workshops

Join us for our annual Botanical Illustration Workshop. This year, workshops will take place at our gardens on Kauai and Maui.

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Grow Aloha

Adopt a plant every month! Every third Saturday starting March 2024 9 am – 12 […]

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Festivals of Aloha ‘Ulu Cook-Off Competition

Friday October 21, 2022 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

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Sun Apr 17, 2022 TO Tue May 31, 2022

Spring 2022 Membership Special

Our Spring 2022 Membership Special has ended but It’s never too late to support plant […]

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Botanical Illustration 2022 Workshops

Join us for our annual Botanical Illustration Workshop. This year, workshops will take place at our gardens on Kauai and Maui.

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Sat Nov 09, 2024

ʻŌhiʻa Love Fest & Plant Sale 2024

Limahuli | 5-8291 Kuhio Hwy, Hanalei, HI 96714

Free Admission | Celebrate Hawaiian biodiversity and our beloved ʻōhiʻa with a native plant sale, local vendors, presentations, and more!

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Grow Aloha

Adopt a plant every month! Every third Saturday starting March 2024 9 am – 12 […]

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Sat Nov 18, 2023

ʻŌhiʻa Love Fest Hoʻolauleʻa & Plant Sale 2023

Limahuli | 5-8291 Kuhio Hwy, Hanalei, HI 96714

Free Admission | Celebrate Hawaiian biodiversity and our beloved ʻōhiʻa with a native plant sale, local vendors, presentations, and more!

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Sun Jul 03, 2022 TO Sun Jul 03, 2022

Plant Sale on July 3

Limahuli Garden and Preserve | 5-8291 Kuhio Highway

Head to Limahuli Garden and Preserve for a plant sale on July 3, 2022! Plants from our Limahuli Garden collection will be available.

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Sat Dec 07, 2024

South Shore Plant Sale

South Shore Visitor Center | 4425 Lāwaʻi Rd, Kōloa, HI 96756 (across from Spouting Horn)

Saturday, December 7, 2024 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (NTBG Member early-access at 8:30 a.m.) […]

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Grow Aloha

Adopt a plant every month! Every third Saturday starting March 2024 9 am – 12 […]

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Sat Aug 17, 2024

Moonlight & Music

South Shore Visitor Center | Poʻipū

Save the date for August 17th 2024!

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Sat Jun 10, 2023 TO Sat Aug 12, 2023

2023 Summer Movie Nights

South Shore Visitor Center | Across from Spouting Horn Park

Join us for a night under the stars with your friends & family at our annual Summer Movie Nights! Featuring Puss in Boots, Turning Red, and Strange World!

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Thu Oct 03, 2024

studiolab

The Kampong | 4013 S Douglas Road Miami FL 33133

Above: Crabgrass, 2023, series of 50 earthenware vessels by Lee Pivnik Artists Lee Pivnik and […]

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Sat Sep 21, 2024

Sunlight Printing

The Kampong | 4013 South Douglas Road, Miami, FL 33133

Saturday, September 21, 2024 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Cyanotype is one of the earliest […]

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Sat Oct 12, 2024

Best Pollinator Plants for Miami-Dade with UF/IFAS

The Kampong | 4013 S Douglas Road Miami FL 33133

Saturday, October 12, 2024 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. The Kampong The best native and non-native […]

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Fri Oct 18, 2024 TO Fri Oct 18, 2024

Freaky Flora

The Kampong | 4013 South Douglas Rd Miami, FL

Friday, October 18, 2024 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Join us for a spicy pollinator talk […]

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Sun Mar 23, 2025 TO Tue Mar 25, 2025

XXII Conference of the Heliconia Society International

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa | Campus Center

March 23-25, 2025 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Campus Center Featuring Keynote Speaker: W. John […]

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Sat Jun 24, 2023

Interwoven

Kauaʻi Community College | 3-1901 Kaumualii Hwy

Weaving traditions throughout Polynesia thread generations of people, plants, and places. Please join us for an evening of talk story with master Maori weavers and apprentices as they share about their journeys to perpetuate their practice and relationships with the plants of our interconnected islands. The event will include a showcase of weavings, a panel discussion, and meet-and-greet.

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Wed Apr 27, 2022

April 27 Talk Story with Mike DeMotta

Keoki’s Paradise | Poipu

Join Curator of Living Collections, Mike DeMotta, at Keoki’s Paradise for his April 27 talk story on Lehua Island Restoration efforts.

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Wed Dec 01, 2021 TO Wed Dec 01, 2021

Fall Webinar Series

Online | Zoom

Announcing NTBG’s first webinar series! Take a deep dive with the people who save plants everyday. Check out the schedule and register today.

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