Lyon Arboretum | University of Hawaiʻi System News

UH News Image of the Week: Peristylus holochila

This week's image is from UH Mānoa's Nate Kingsley.

Nellie Sugii managed the Hawaiian Rare Plant Program for 25 years and most recently served as Lyon’s interim director for the past two years.

This week's image is from UH Mānoa's Lia Wong.

More than 200 participants gathered across McCarthy Mall to participate in free activities to promote learning, connection and deep reflection.

The event is hosted every two years by the Mānoa Outdoor Circle.

More than a dozen people also participated in a tree planting event outside of C-MORE Hale and Sherman Laboratory.

The number of individual palm trees at the arboretum is 2,519 representing 615 unique species.

The arboretum will create a comprehensive program for all ages to address climate change and its effects on Hawaiʻi’s endangered endemic plants.

This Image of the Week comes from the Lyon Arboretum's Jenna Watling.

UH Mānoa was the first named on Architectural Digest's list of 53 schools selected out of more than 4,000 nationally.