The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Lyon Arboretum will hold its annual Holiday Plant and Craft Sale on Saturday, November 21, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. at the arboretum. The sale will be held on the weekend before Thanksgiving—a great opportunity to buy unique gifts for the holidays. AHawaiʻidmission is free.
The various nurseries attending the sale will be selling colorful ti varieties, cactus and succulents, anthuriums, heliconias, gingers, tillandsias and other bromeliads, Hawaiian plants and native ferns and vegetable and herb plants, as well as UH variety vegetable seeds and other plants for homes and gardens. The arboretum will have limited quantities of Heliconia mutisiana for sale, a species with fuzzy, salmon-colored, hanging inflorescences. Ceramic pots and planters will also be available.
Arboretum volunteers from Hui Hana Hawaiʻi will sell beautiful, one-of-a-kind dry and fresh holiday wreaths and live bromeliad wreaths, as well as homemade ornaments and oshibana crafts. There will also be tasty jams and jellies and Hawaiian honey—all perfect for gifts.
Keiki activities will be provided to keep children busy while their parents shop for plants.
Proceeds from the sale help to support Lyon Arboretum programs.
Shuttle service
A free shuttle service to the arboretum has pick-up and drop-off points at the intersections of Poʻelua Street and Mānoa Road, and Nipo Street and Mānoa Road.
For more information, contact the arboretum at (808) 988-0456 or visit the Lyon Arboretum website.
