4 Path to the Ethnobotanical Garden
Aloha again my friends
Today is a very nice and sunny day. I want to call ʻAmakihi to explore another path with me here in our amazing Lyon arboretum. Let’s go find him.
Hi ʻamakihi, I was flying around the little building over there, the education building, and I found a cute little path we can explore today. Do you want to hop in and explore?
Of course. Let’s go!
We are at the beginning of a trail and we have to choose between two directions.
Hmm… So should we go left or right? There is a big sign on our right, maybe that is the beginning over there, let’s take that road. It is the path to the Ethnobotanical garden. Let’s explore the path before going to the garden.
- click on the box in the upper right hand corner to go to full screen mode.
- click and drag your mouse to navigate.
- click the arrows to move up or down the path.
- click on the plus signs to learn more
Wow, that was so much fun! We saw so many cool plants. Let’s learn more about the plants we saw in this path!
Hawaiian Ti plant 
It was so cool we got to see both one red Ti plant and a green Ti plant!
Let’s practice what we learned about the Hawaiian Ti Plant, select TRUE or FALSE ….
‘Ilie’e leadwort
This plant was a little hidden, we had to take a good look to find it, but with those beautiful flowers I’ll never forget where it is…
Pala’ā Lacefern
This little fern was very easy to find, let’s see more about it.
ʻAmakihi wants to know if you can categorize the plants we have learned about until now among the ferns and shrubs, give it a try ….
Kāwaʻu, Hawaiian Holly
The Kāwa‘u is a special tree that only grows in Hawaiʻi! How cool is that, unique from our islands and we get to see it in here, the Lyon Arboretum. It was the one with the shiny, leathery leaves and small white flowers. Do you know that this tree can grow up to 40 feet tall? Let’s learn more about it:
ʻŌhiʻa lehua
Do you remember that tree we saw with the red wooly flowers? We call it in Hawaii, the ʻŌhiʻa lehua, there is actually a Moʻolelo about ʻŌhiʻa & Lehua and this plant… it tells the story of ʻŌhiʻa who was a handsome chief who loved Lehua, a beautiful maiden, and they had promised to be true to each other for always. When Pele, the volcano goddess, saw ʻŌhiʻa, she desired him for herself but was rejected because of his love for Lehua. In anger, she turned him into a tree, and the gods, moved by Lehua’s grief, transformed her into the tree’s red blossom so they could remain together forever.
Let’s learn more about this plant:
ʻAmakihi wants to know if you can finish this paragraph talking about one of the plants we learned about today, give it a try ….
Creativity Corner
What can we do now? Do you want to make buttons?
- Get the materials you need from your instructor
- Draw pictures of the plants you saw on the round paper.
- Make the round drawings into buttons with help from your instructors
We will sell the buttons and the money collected will go to the Lyon Arboretum to support the conservation of birds and plants. Little actions like yours can make big changes!
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Mahalo! 🙏
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