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‘Tree-mendous’ Arbor Day Giveaway Event Held In Kailua
(Above) Tree climbers give demonstrations. (Inset) One of the winning “We Love Trees” art submissions was done by a third-grader at Keolu Elementary School.
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In recognition of Arbor Day, the Lani-Kailua Out- door Circle, in partnership with Smart Trees Pacific, hosted a free tree giveaway on Nov. 5, and residents ad- opted hundreds of trees.
public at the Kailua United Methodist Church on Kailua Road.
Samoan gardenia, croton, miracle berry, cacao, bixa lipstick, Hawaiian soap ber- ry and more.
ic designer Cindy Turner gathered the support of Hawaiian Electric Co. and Kaulunani Urban & Com- munity Forestry Program to begin the custom of giving away seedlings to the pub- lic.
The Arbor Day trees and plants were presented to the
More than 300 ornamen- tal, fruit, and native trees and shrubs were available, including native kou, Mey- er lemon, jabong, mountain apple, moringa, native nāʻū,
Funding for the trees and plants was provided by Al- exander & Baldwin Hawai‘i and LKOC. Specimens in- cluded those purchased from local nurseries and those propagated by students at LKOC’s Learning to Grow Program plant nursery at the Women’s Community Correctional Center in Kai- lua. There were educational and informational booths, master gardeners and arbor- ists to answer questions, and tree trimmer/climber demonstrations.
Individuals could then plant trees in their own gar- dens.Turnerwouldlaterbe- come chair of the LKOC’s beautificationcommittee.
In addition, on Oct. 31, Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi and representa- tives of The Outdoor Circle
The annual “We Love Trees” keiki art contest winners were announced. There were more than 350 submissions from elemen- tary schools across the state, and 18 winners each re- ceived a tree.
According to LKOC of- ficials, the Territory of Ha- wai‘i officially began cele- brating Arbor Day on Nov. 3, 1905. November is usual- ly the beginning of the rainy season in Hawai‘i and cel- ebrations in the state often occur on the first Saturday of that month.
presented a public procla- mation declaring November 2022 Arbor Month in the City & County of Honolulu.
In Kailua, more than 300 trees and plants were given away to the public.
PHOTOS COURTESY LANIKAILUA OUTDOOR CIRCLE
Until 1993, students were involvedinplantingtreesin public places on Arbor Day.
For more information, visit outdoorcircle.org and lkoc.org.
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