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Volunteers Unite To Help Ho‘omaluhia
of peace and tranquility.” National Public Lands Day is the largest, single-day volunteer effort in the Unit- ed States and ACE has been involved since its inception in 1994. Looking ahead, they strive to continue its volunteer assistance for this program and other environ- mental service holidays such as Arbor Day and Earth Day. For more information, visit honolulubotanicalgar- dens.com or check out its Instagram (@honolulubo-
tanicalgardens).
Dozens of volunteers gathered at Ho‘omaluhia Bo- tanical Garden in Kāne‘ohe on Sept. 24 to clear invasive species for National Public Lands Day.
to city officials, the garden was originally designed and built to provide flood pro- tection for Kāne‘ohe using the Kāne‘ohe-Kailua Dam and the Loko Waimaluhia Reservoir. DPR worked in collaboration with ACE to implement the garden con- cept and recreation opportu- nities.
the island’s biodiversity. They emphasize that volun- teers are a contribution to the ongoing maintenance re- quirements of Ho‘omaluhia, especially in the efforts to control or eradicate invasive species.
More than 60 volunteers from the Army Corps of En- gineers — including 30 Ju- nior Reserve Officer Train- ing Corps cadets — along with other organizations such as Punahou School, re- moved 40 large bags of inva- sive mules foot ferns (Angi- opteris evecta) and ink berry (Ardisia elliptica) from the garden’s Kahua Kukui sec- tion.
Ho‘omaluhia spans 400 acres and is home to more than 3,000 species of tropi- cal shrubs, trees and palms, of which 1,700 species are unique and 160 considered threatened or endangered.
This year, Ho‘omaluhia marks 40 years of being O‘ahu’s largest and most popular botanical garden — receiving an estimated 600,000 visitors annually.
The service provided by ACE builds on a de- cades-old partnership with Ho‘omaluhia and the Ho- nolulu Department of Parks and Recreation. According
DPR officials state that like many invasive plant species in Hawai‘i, mule’s foot and inkberry damage the native plant populations and ecosystem by choking out native flora and affect
According to city offi- cials, Ho‘omaluhia is rec- ognized internationally as a natural setting for residents and visitors to experience unique and diverse wildlife, camp, learn about plants, ex- plore walking paths and ap- preciate nature. In fact, the word Ho‘omaluhia in En- glish means “to make a place
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