Holiday Plant and Craft Sale coming to Lyon Arboretum on Nov. 22

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Contact:
Elizabeth Huppman, (808) 988-0472
Horticulturist, Lyon Arboretum
Posted: Nov 12, 2014

A limited number of native Hawaiian Hibiscus will be on sale at Lyon Arboretum's holiday event.
A limited number of native Hawaiian Hibiscus will be on sale at Lyon Arboretum's holiday event.

UH Mānoa’s Lyon Arboretum presents its annual Holiday Plant and Craft Sale on Saturday, November 22, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the arboretum.  The sale will be held on the weekend before Thanksgiving – a great opportunity to buy unique gifts for the holidays.  Admission is free to the arboretum, which is located at 3860 Mānoa Road.

Various nurseries will be participating by selling colorful ti varieties, cactus and succulents,  anthuriums, heliconias, gingers, tillandsias and other bromeliads, Hawaiian plants and native ferns, vegetable and herb plants, as well as UH variety vegetable seeds and many other plants for homes and gardens.  Ceramic pots and planters will also be available for purchase.  There will be keiki activities, too.

Arboretum volunteers from Hui Hana Hawai’i will sell beautiful, one-of-a-kind dry and fresh holiday wreaths and live bromeliad wreaths, as well as homemade ornaments and oshibana (the Japanese art of making pictures with pressed dry flowers and plants) crafts.  There will also be tasty jams and jellies and Hawaiian honey – all perfect for gifts.

A free shuttle service to the arboretum has pickup and drop-off points at the intersections of Po’elua Street and Mānoa Road, and Nipo Street and Mānoa Road.

Lyon Arboretum is a 193.5-acre rainforeset botanical garden administered by UH Mānoa.  It is open Mondays to Fridays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.  It is closed on Sundays and state holidays.

For more information, call 988-0456 or visit the website at http://www.hawaii.edu/lyonarboretum/.