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• Ice Cream Social and Plant Exchange/Sale at Moani-Lundkvist Garden

  • When
    20 Aug 2022
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    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Leilani Estates, corner of Malama and Kumakahi

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  Grab some ice cream and hang out with your HIPS friends in the incredible Moani-Lundkivist Garden.  Bob Carrere and Andy Pesce welcome us back to their garden for an afternoon of plant bartering or selling.  If you were surprised that all your seeds sprouted or cuttings of a favorite plant rooted and now have too much of a good thing, we encourage you to clear out your shade house and get something else you want. Trade or sell your extra palms or other tropical plants, just please test and treat for fire ants. We are setting up along the dead end road next to the garden so you can open your trunk, set up a table, even pitch a tent for shade or rain. 

  
  

  HIPS will provide drinks and ice cream, served in the garden pavilion.  Enjoy wandering past hundreds of palm species in one of the most famous private palm gardens in the world. If you missed the garden tour last December be sure to see it this time.

  
  

  Register so we can bring the right amount of ice cream and to reserve space if you plan to bring plants.  Please be considerate of the neighbors. Carpooling is appreciated, parking will be along the streets.  This is a totally outdoor event, so wearing face masks is each person’s choice.

  
  

  
  

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• International Palm Society Biennial - Kama'aina

  • Start
    9 Oct 2022
  • End
    15 Oct 2022
  • Location
    Oahu, Big Island Banquets in Hilo

  
  

  The International Palm Society invites its members in Hawaii to join selected pieces of the full biennial itinerary at special rates. 

   

  
  

  
  

  Oahu Island Package October 9 –11, 2022

  
  

  The IPS offers experiences not possible on package tours, or even what you can have on your own. These experiences are made even more enjoyable since you will be travelling with companions that share your passion for palms, gardens, and conservation.  Walking under mature trees in the Foster Botanical Garden is event better when you know that these trees were planted by Dr. William Hillebrand on land leased from the Hawaiian queen Kalama in 1853. IPS volunteers will lead you through the vast 400 acre Ho’omaluhia Botanical Garden, so big it allows overnight camping. Explore one of the world’s largest palm collections at the Lyon Arboretum with IPS experts that have been coming there for years.  $450

  
  

  A la Carte Banquet and Lecture Nights in Hilo

   

  October 11^th Welcome to Hilo Banquet, Hilo Hawaiian Hotel

  Help welcome your friends in the IPS to Hawaii Island.  Welcome speaker Don Hemmes will talk about the history of HIPS, the palm collection at Panaewa Zoo and Botanical Garden, and the UHH Palm and Cycad collection he founded.  $150

   

  October 12^th Banquet and Lecture, Hilo Hawaiian Hotel

  Catch up with Andrew Henderson recently back from the Dominican Republic studying Cocothrinax which is now his favorite genus.  That is really saying something since he has described nearly 300 species of palms new to science and has written 10 books on palms covering the world from A Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas (in collaboration with Rodrigo Bernal and Gloria Galeano) to Palms of Vietnam.  Andrew is Curator Emeritus at the New York Botanical Garden $150

   

  
  

   

  October 15^th Farewell Banquet, Hilo Hawaiian Hotel

  Say goodbye to your new friends and old ones at a festive night filled with Hawaiian music and hula.  $170

   

   

  The above offers are for IPS members at the paid membership level living in Hawaii.  Already a member?  Register Now

   

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• Arbor Day Palm Education and Give Away at the Zoo

  • When
    5 Nov 2022
  • Location
    Panaewa Zoo and Botanical Garden

  Our popular arbor day event is our most effective community outreach program.  We will host demonstrations and talks about propagating and caring for palms at the Zoo's main pavilion.  We will distribute free seeds and literature, and of course give away some keiki palms.

  To volunteer or supply seeds or palms, contact Rick Kelley at ricklkelley@att.net

  
  

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