Plant Sale and Plant Education Classes
at Foster Botanical Garden
You love the Orchids you receive as a gift but do they love you? Is your lanai the place were plants go to die? Learn to be a caregiver and not a killer of orchids and other tropical flora.
The Friends of Honolulu Botanical Gardens was organized in 1961 as the Friends of Foster Garden. Its purpose is to support the programs of the Honolulu Botanical Gardens and to spread knowledge and the enjoyment of plants.
Cattleya Orchids at Foster Botanical Garden
To help fund their programs the Friends of Foster Garden have held more than 50 plant sales. The first plant sale was held in the spring of 1961. In 1993 the group formally became the Friends of Honolulu Botanical Gardens, as volunteer groups developed at three different gardens, first at Foster Garden, then at Wahiawa and Ho’omaluhia. Today Foster Botanical Garden continues to nurture plant education with it’s highly anticipated Spring Plant Sale.
Class Time |
Title |
Instructor/Position/Organization |
10:00-10:45 |
Container Gardens |
Leslie Almeida & Susan Beers The Garden Club of Honolulu
|
11:00-11:45 |
Success at Growing Orchids |
Scot Mitamura Orchid Horticulturist/HBG
|
12:00-12:45 |
Water Gardening |
Brian Panee/Happy Koi Nursery Owner/ONGA President
|
1:00-1:45 |
HBG’s Special Plants |
Naomi Hoffman/Botanist for the 5 Honolulu Botanical Gardens
|
Class Descriptions
Container Gardens: Leslie and Susan will demonstrate designing small container gardens suitable for a table or small garden using small pots.
Success at Growing Orchids: Scot will discuss breaking down the keys in understanding the needs of all orchids and how to apply them.
Water Gardening: Brian will explain how to start a water garden and keep it lovely through proper maintenance.
HBG’s Special Plants: Naomi will talk about some of the rare and beautiful plants that make our five botanical gardens a national treasure.
The docent guided tour times are: 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Tours will begin at the Information Booth area. Anyone interested in signing up for a tour before May 21st, may call 522-7066.
(First Come First Served that morning - No Reservations)
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