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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

Common Threads

By Kapiʻolani Ching

Threading people and plants together through storied clothing.

MARCH 7, 2024

Reviving the Roots of Lahaina

By Mike Opgenorth

NTBG supports wildfire recovery with breadfruit.

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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 News

July 17, 2024

On Kaua’i, Hawaiians use ancient wisdom to tackle modern challenges

By Rosemary P. Wardley and Kaiʻili Kaulukukui

The moku and ahupuaʻa systems provide a blueprint for communities and nations hoping to maintain thriving ecosystems.

July 25, 2024

Pollen banking is a critical need for conserving plant diversity

By Dustin Wolkis, et al.

Plant extinctions are happening tens to hundreds of times faster than the background extinction rate, and thus there is an urgent need for effective plant conservation.