Grow Hawaiian Festival
April 23, 9:00am - 3:00pmBishop Museum
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Grow Hawaiian Festival Celebrates Hawai‘i’s Culture and Environment
HONOLULU, April 7, 2015 Celebrate Hawai‘i’s culture, native plants, and sustainable lifestyles at the Grow Hawaiian Festival on Saturday, April 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Bishop Museum. Presented by Hawaiian Electric, the event offers the whole family a day filled with fascinating crafts, creative learning opportunities, activities for keiki, ‘ono food, and Hawaiian music and hula.
• Learn how to use native plants to make lei, weave lauhala, print kapa, and craft traditional implements.
• Buy native plants and talk to our O‘ahu Master Gardeners about growing them.
• Hear a presentation by the Polynesian Voyaging Society at 10:15 a.m., and get an update on HÅkÅ«le‘a’s worldwide voyage.
• Experience Bishop Museum’s planetarium exhibit Wayfinders: Waves, Winds, and Stars and explore traditional Polynesian navigation as you find your way from Hawai‘i to Tahiti.
• Shop for fresh produce and Hawaiian honey, and buy products made by local vendors, including Project Runway finalist Kini Zamora.
• Keiki can pound poi, make block prints, play a Hawaiian flute, participate in makahiki games, play games to win prizes, and learn about electrical safety, clean energy, and conservation.
• Relax with a lomilomi massage, then spread out on the lawn to eat some ‘ono local-style food and taste how Aloha Plate won Food Network’s season four Great Food Truck Race.
• Enjoy hula performances by hÄlau NÄ Pualei O Likolehua and Ke Kai O Kahiki, plus the beautiful music of KÅ«paoa and Natalie Ai Kamauu.
Be sure to complete the festival’s “Sustainability Passport†and enter to win a GoPro® camera.
Festival admission, which includes Bishop Museum’s exhibits, is free for kama‘Äina and military families with valid ID. For details, call 543-7511 or visit www.hawaiianelectric.com/growhawaiian.
Ticket Information
Free for kama‘Äina and military families with valid ID
Event Sponsor
CTAHR UH Master Gardeners, Mānoa Campus
More Information
Janet Crawford, (808) 543-7511, janet.crawford@hawaiianelectric.com, http://www.hawaiianelectric.com/growhawaiian
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