Arbor Day Hawaiʻi
ARBOR DAY HAWAIʻI 2024
Most Arbor Day celebrations will take place on Saturday, November 2nd 2024. Stay up to date with Arbor Day 2024 events and grant funding opportunities by following the Kaulunani Instagram page or the Arbor Day Hawaiʻi Facebook page.
EVENTS
Hawaiʻi
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Saturday, Nov. 2, 9:00AM – 2:00PM Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden |
Hawaiʻi ʻUlu Producers Cooperative & Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden ‘Ulu and native tree giveaway*, ‘ulu cooking demo, ‘ulu growing education, plant sale, music, activity booths, partner exhibits, food trucks and more! |
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Saturday, Nov. 2, 9:00AM – 3:00PM Bennett Farm and Nursery, 94-6299 Kamaoa Road, Naalehu, HI 96772 |
Bennet Farm and Nursery Free Kukui Nut Tree Giveaway and talk story |
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Saturday, Nov. 2, 8:00AM – 3:00PM Afook Chinen Civic Auditorium, |
East Hawaiʻi Outdoor Circle 700 Fruit & Food Tree Giveaway (SOLD OUT, NO WALKUPS) |
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Saturday, Nov. 2, 8:00AM – 12:00PM Waikoloa Plaza, |
Waikoloa Outdoor Circle 200 Fruit & Food Tree Giveaway |
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Saturday, Nov. 9, 9:00AM – 12:00PM Waimea Nature Park, |
Waimea Outdoor Circle 200 Fruit & Food Tree Giveaway |
Maui Nui
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Thursday, Nov. 7, 6:30 pm ProArts Playhouse, 1280 S Kihei Rd, Kihei, HI 96753 |
Maui Green & Beautiful TreeCircus returns to Maui! This FREE energetic show is interactive, educational, entertaining and captivating for all ages. |
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Saturday, Nov. 9, 9:00 AM -12:45 PM J.W. Cameron Center, 95 Mahalani St, Wailuku, HI 96793 |
11th Annual Mālama the Trees Free Conference Maui Green & Beautiful. Free Open to the community and arborists. Focusing on the importance of trees on Maui. Topics: ReShade Maui Campaign update and the Citizen Forester Program 2025, What do Trees mean to you? With Timmy Womick, “Meet an Arborist” with Josh Spalding and Grayson Keating, and learn from tree expert, Steve Nimz of Tree Solutions Hawaii. Continuing education units 3 for ISA certified arborists. |
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Saturday, Nov. 2, 9:00AM – 3:00PM Molokaʻi Land Trust Operations Center, 1800 Farrington Ave, Hoolehua 96729 |
Molokaʻi Land Trust Molokaʻi Land Trust is celebrating Arbor Day with workshops and native plant giveaways! We will be giving away Wiliwili, ‘A’ali’i, Ko’oko’olau, Akia, Ohia and Pohinahina. We will have 2 workshops, the first will be using native plants to create Christmas Swags and the other will be on making a wiliwili seed lei. To register email [email protected] to reserve a space, or come on the day of and it’s first come first served. |
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Saturday, Nov. 2, 9:00AM – 2:00PM Honolua |
Aloha Puʻu Kukui – Arbor Day Planting at Honolua Help outplant 2400 native trees and shrubs in a reforestation area in Honolua! Park alongside of road, look for the signs. The planting site is a 0.7 mile walk uphill on a dirt road. Please carpool. Please RSVP by email to [email protected]. Learn more here. |
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Saturday Nov. 2, 8:30AM – 12:00PM Idlewilde Farm |
Forest Bathing Hawaiʻi – Arbor Day Finale The finale of the Healing Trees series of free forest bathing walks for Maui, includes a forest bathing walk and ʻōhiʻa tree planting on a private farm in Upcountry Maui. Also a chance to meet and be guided by the Mauians whoʻve become forest therapy guides as a result of the Healing Trees project. Tea and snack at end of event. Reservations are required in advance. Location directions and details will be provided a few days before the event. |
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Saturday Nov. 2, 11:30AM – 2:30PM Maui Nui Botanical Garden |
Maui Nui Botanical Garden – 21st Annual Arbor Day Garden Expo & Tree Giveaway Tree and plant care lectures, free hands-on Hawaiian cultural activities, conservation organizations, plants for sale, and a giveaway of more than 1,800 Hawaiian trees. Includes ʻŌhiʻa Love Fest & giveaway of additional ʻōhiʻa trees. Learn more here. |
Oʻahu
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Saturday, Oct. 26, 8:30AM – 12:30PM Pia Valley |
Protect & Preserve Hawaiʻi – SuperChill Saturdays Special “Arbor Day Celebration” Invasive species removal, native tree outplanting, and tree giveaways. |
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Saturday Nov. 2, 3:00 – 6:00PM Sand Island State Rec Park |
Global Preservation Initiative, Hawaii Softball Foundation, and DLNR Division of State Parks – Sand Island Community Workday Beach cleanup, invasive species removal, and native tree restoration. Learn more and register here. |
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Saturday, Nov. 2, 8:00AM – 12:00PM Kapiʻolani Community College |
Kapiolani Community College – Mālama Kapiʻolani Campus Garden Workday. Care for our gardens, learn about the Native plants on campus, share stories, and build connections around the love of the land. |
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Saturday, Nov 2., 9:00AM – 11:30AM 66-249 Kamehameha Hwy. Haleiwa 96712 |
Kokua Hawaii Foundation Community workday at Kokua Learning Farm honoring trees on the farm! |
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Saturday, Nov. 2, 9:00AM – 11:00AM Kalanihookaha Community Learning Center |
Mālama Learning Center – E Ulu Mau Ke Kaiāulu o Waiʻanae Lei garden planting demonstration, hands-on activities, and free resources for our Wai’anae community! Fun for the entire ʻohana in celebration of Arbor Day! This event is FREE. Please RSVP here. |
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Saturday, Nov. 2, 8:00AM – 12:00PM Nānākuli Elementary School parking lot
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Island Agribusiness & Nānākuli Elementary Avocado tree giveaway for Nānākuli residents. This is a drive-thru event. Supplies are limited to one tree per ‘ohana! Online registration required. Register here. |
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Saturday, Nov. 2, 9:00AM – 1:00PM Kūkaniloko |
NiuNow! Come ready to mālama the uluniu – coconut grove – at Kūkaniloko! We do this to mark our winter awareness of how best to practice peace in our world. See @ainakaiaulu’s Instagram post for more info. |
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Saturday, Nov. 2, 9:00AM – 11:00AM University of Hawaiʻi Urban Garden Center |
Oʻahu Master Gardener Program Arbor Day Tree Care Workshop & Tree Give-Away. Pre-registration is required to receive a free tree. Register here. |
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Saturday, Nov. 2, 9:00AM – 12:00PM Kailua United Methodist Church |
Smart Trees Pacific and LaniKailua Outdoor Circle – Arbor Day Tree Adoption Tree giveaway, keiki art contest awards, educational booths, and tree climbing demo. |
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Friday, Nov. 8, 9:00AM – 12:00PM & Saturday, Nov. 9, 9:00AM -1:00 PM Māʻili Community Park |
City & County of Honolulu, Dept. of Urban Forestry – Mayorʻs Arbor Day Ceremony (Nov. 8) & Tree Adoption (Nov. 9) Friday, Nov. 8 – Mayorʻs Arbor Day Ceremony and tree planting, continuing the Leeward Cooling Project. Saturday, Nov. 9 – Tree Adoption (giveaway). Register here. |
Kauaʻi
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Saturday, Nov. 2, 9:00AM – 11:00AM Kukui Grove Center, West Parking Lot |
Kauai Landscape Industry Council (KLIC) Free native and non-invasive tree giveaway, and educational booths including conservation and environmental non-profits. An entirely free event for all ages. |
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Saturday, Nov. 9, 10:00AM – 4:00PM Limahuli Garden and Preserve |
Kauaʻi Invasive Species Committee, NTBG – ʻŌhiʻa Love Fest Native plant sale, educational talks & booths, food, craft vendors, keiki corner & more! |
Submit your Arbor Day event here!
ABOUT
Arbor Day is a formally designated holiday around the world dedicated to honoring, planting and enjoying the benefits of trees. Arbor Day has been recognized in Hawaiʻi for over 110 years, and every November communities across the Hawaiian islands gather to celebrate trees!
November marks the beginning of the rainy season in Hawai‘i, which is the perfect time to plant a tree! Arbor Day in Hawaiʻi officially falls on the first Friday in November, however, tree adoptions and celebrations across the state typically take place on the first Saturday.
If you are a fan of trees, then you won’t want to miss another Arbor Day! Arbor Day is the one day, formally designated across our entire nation, to honor, plant and enjoy trees. Every November, all across Hawaiʻi people celebrate trees with free tree adoptions, tree planting, gardening demonstrations and woodworking and craft exhibits.
“Arbor Day gives us the important opportunity to share with the community of [Hawaiʻi] the importance of urban forestry, and a grander scale, the importance of how urban forestry impacts the entire ecosystem of Hawaiʻi.”
– Keren Gundersen, Project Manager, Kauai Invasive Species Committee
Today, advocates of Arbor Day Hawaiʻi are big proponents of native and Polynesian introduced plants with a sprinkling of food trees and soil saving ground covers thrown in. The island giveaways have become a way to celebrate trees and gather with friends, new and old. Each islands’ giveaway has taken on a special character.
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Kaulunani is a federally funded urban and community forestry program of the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of Forestry and Wildlife and the USDA Forest Service.
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