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APRIL 1, 2024

Staying Afloat

The impact of sea level rise on coastal plants and how we can help them survive
By Sandy Ong
APRIL 18, 2024

A Lei for Community

This beautiful lei weaves together plants from around the world, reflecting the diverse cultural backgrounds and experiences of The Kampong’s South Florida community.
By David Bryant
APRIL 9, 2024

Grow Aloha Podcast: ʻŌhiʻa Lehua

Hear three perspectives on the importance of Hawaiʻi’s beloved ʻōhiʻa lehua and all that they make possible.
By Kapiʻolani Ching

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Recent Stories

MARCH 14, 2024

NTBG at 60: The First Six Decades on the Ground
By Jon Letman
Take a journey through the last 60 years at NTBG
MARCH 7, 2024

Reviving the Roots of Lahaina
By Mike Opgenorth
NTBG Supports Wildfire Recovery With Breadfruit
March 7, 2024

Common Threads
By Kapiʻolani Ching
Threading people and plants together through storied clothing

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Fall 2023

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Jul 06, 2023

Reviving a Traditional Landscape in Limahuli Valley
By Joshua Diem
In Limahuli Valley, the mountains rise above the clouds, as though tethered to earth by the roots and vines of a changing landscape, their black volcanic faces gazing out across the vast Pacific.
Jun 26, 2023

An Eye on Plants – Koʻokoʻolau (Bidens wailele)
By Jon Letman
Called koʻokoʻolau in Hawaiian, Bidens is considered a prime example of adaptive radiation in Hawaiʻi.

NTBG in the media

Aug 30, 2023

Invasive species have created a cycle of wildfire in Hawaiʻi. Can Maui break it?
By Zoya Teirstein
Planting native flora could help prevent the island’s next wildfire
Nov 30, 2023

Oh, hi! Seeds of endangered ‘ōhai discovered after three decades
By Dustin Wolkis
When a jar of 30-year-old seeds were found in NTBG’s herbarium, were the seeds still viable?
Dec 10, 2022

The cutting edge
By Daisy Chung, Gloria Dickie, Simon Scarr and Sudev Kiyada
How new drone technology is helping scientists in the uphill battle against plant extinction

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Highlights

Oct 4, 2023

Biocultural Conservation at NTBG
By NTBG Staff
Defining our approach to restoring relationships between plants, people, and places.
Jul 17, 2023

From Cliffhanger to Cultivation
By David Bryant
Rare plant cutting collected by drone has rooted, flowered, and seeded.
Jun 26, 2023

The Fertile Soil of Memory
By David Bryant
Renewing the future for cherished plants by tending our past.

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A Lei for Community
April 18, 2024

Lei Legacies: April 2024 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of the National Tropical Botanical Garden. […]

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Grow Aloha: ʻŌhiʻa lehua
April 9, 2024

Grow Aloha Podcast: ʻŌhiʻa lehua By Kapiʻolani Ching, Communications Coordinator ʻŌhiʻa are deeply rooted in […]

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Staying Afloat  
April 1, 2024

The impact of sea level rise on coastal plants and how we can help them […]

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An Eye on Plants – Alani (Melicope spp.)
March 14, 2024

By Ken Wood, Senior Research Biologist Remote volcanic islands are supremely unique in their species […]

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