Stepping Stones Twice a year, the
Garden Club of Honolulu and Lyon Arboretum co-sponsor a series of
educational classes. The classes are usually held at the Arboretum on
Friday mornings, and topics are led by experts in the field, both from the Club
and from the community. There is a fee, but members of the Arboretum
receive a discounted rate for the classes. Topics range from classes on
bromeliads to wedding decorations to Flower Arranging 101.
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| Position Papers GCH members
may lobby as a group or on behalf of GCH only on those subjects on which
we have position papers. Currently, we have position papers on the
brown tree snake and one supporting the intent and purpose of The Alien
Species Prevention and Enforcement Act. Another position paper
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White ginger
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Current Projects Each year,
the Club votes to sponsor community projects. We may sponsor
projects with donations of time, money, or both. We are currently
assisting with funding for "Partners for Growing Science" at
Lyon Arboretum, the Liliuokalani Botanical Garden, the North Shore bikeway,
and bridge construction at Lyon Arboretum.
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| Past Projects Our projects
fall into three categories: Education, Conservation, and Civic
Improvement. |
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Education Projects |
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Renovation and labeling of Bishop Museum's ethnobotanic garden. |
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Constructed the first teaching greenhouse in Hawaii at Lyon
Arboretum. |
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The past three Flower Shows have been designated as Major Shows by
the Garden Club of America. |
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Pledged funds to Bishop Museum for a new edition of In Gardens of
Hawaii by Marie C. Neal. |
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Donated funds to the Rehabilitation Center of the Pacific for a
patients' gardening program. |
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Contributed funds to the Lyon Arboretum for a series of slide
programs on rare and endangered plants of Hawaii. |
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Funded two students in the field of ethnobotany to produce
audio-visual material for the Foster Garden Education Program. |
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Published Garden Guide to Spalding Gardens and organized the
Garden Guide Program. |
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Originated "ABC's of Gardening" at Foster Botanic Gardens.
These first public classes in horticulture still continue as
"Stepping Stones to Gardening" at Lyon Arboretum. |
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Conservation Projects |
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Permanently endowed a rare endangered Hawaiian plant, Hibiscus
brackenridgei var. mokuleiana, through The Center for Plant
Conservation at Waimea Botanical Garden. |
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Sponsored a major conservation symposium, "Saving Hawaii's
Native Plants - Now or Never." |
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Printed 3000 endangered species postcards. |
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Donated to the Nature Conservancy of Hawaii for the purchase of 10
acres of Waikamoi Preserve, Maui. |
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Civic Improvement Projects |
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Implemented
a master plan to recreate historic landscape for the Mission Houses
Museum. |
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Completed
landscaping of the entrance to the Rehabilitation Hospital of the
Pacific. |
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Assisted
with floral decorations for Iolani Palace Centennial. |
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Contributed
major funding toward the reconstruction of the Oriental Court at the
Honolulu Academy of Arts. |
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Donated
funds for the landscaping of Atherton Halau at the Bishop Museum,
landscaped their planetarium area, and planted their Hawaiian Court. |
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Funded
the restoration of the rose garden and the labeling of trees at
Queen Emma Summer Palace. |
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Pledged
funds for the restoration of Iolani Palace grounds and contributed
to the preservation of their trees. |
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Contributed
time and funds for the creation of the Alan Davis Park in downtown
Honolulu. |
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Funded
the creation of the Prehistoric Glen at Foster Botanic Garden,
together with a Founder's Fund grant from the Garden Club of
America. |
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Assisted
with restoration of the gardens at Washington Place. |
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Donated
funds for planting in Waikiki, at the East-West Center, and the
Honolulu Academy of Arts. |
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