Over the past several years, Lyon Arboretum staff along with Hālau Kū Mana (HKM) have been instrumental in the restoration of ancient lo΄i terraces in the area tra-ditionally called ΄Aihualama on the grounds of the Arbo-retum. We were honored when ΄Onipa΄a Nā Hui Kalo (ONHK) selected our site for their community workday. As part of the Queen Lili΄uokalani Children’s Cen-ter (QLCC), ONHK is a com-munity-based organization of kalo farmers and supporters of the kalo community who help private land owners and others to open up new, and restore old, lo΄i kalo systems state-wide.

On the weekend of August 21st and 22nd, over 80 volun-teers gathered to help our efforts to restore some of the existing lo΄i kalo terraces by rebuilding the kuāuna (retaining walls) and restor-ing water flow into the lo΄i by

revamping the existing ΄auwai system (irrigation channels). By the end of the weekend, we had opened up 5 new lo΄i. More lo΄i means more kalo! ΄Onipa΄a! If you are interested in helping with our endeavors at the ΄Aihualama lo΄i, please stay tuned for details on upcom-ing community workdays that will be hosted every fourth Saturday.

I would like to personally thank Lyon Arboretum staff,

Destin Shigano, Clancy Ako, Richard Sears, and Poco Compehos for dedicating their time and resources to make this event possible. I would also like to thank Helen Fujimoto (Arboretum volunteer extraordinaire), Aunty Sharon Spencer (QLCC), ΄Imai Winchester (HKM) and Mahina Duarte (HKM) for all their efforts in making this event a great success. Mahalo Nui! - Līloa Dunn

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We acknowledge, with gratitude, the following donors: Mandy Bowers (fruit), Leatrice Fujimoto (fruit), Agnes Arii (fruit), Minoru Tomita (electric welder), Will Harris (mower), Jessie Hashimoto (Tillandsia book), Debbie Wirsing (anthurium and fertilizer), Norma Oshiro (red guava plant), Patrick Choy, Marian Leong, Carolyn Yo-shimoto, Michi Enomoto (Metrosideros cuttings), Helen Friend (Vriesea imperialis), Laura Crego (loppers, hand pruners, and hol-sters), Bob Sonoda (bamboo stakes), Lloyd Arizumi and Christy Kaneshiro (boxes for plant sale), Home Depot, UH Mānoa (tiles)

The Kukui Leaf is published quarterly by the Lyon Arboretum, 3860 Mānoa Road, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96822. This newsletter is available in an alternate format upon request. Editors: Alice Kitajima and James Krolikowski

Lyon Arboretum is pleased to announce the official launching of our newly designed website! New features include a site search engine, foreign language translations, and a calendar of events. Since August the new site has received over 2,500 hits! Mahalo nui to Jonathan Foster of Ching Foster Design for the pro bono layout and graphic design, Chris Sugii for his hard work programming the code, Professor Linda Fujikawa of KCC and her students for furnishing us with

Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language translations, and Ras August Smith Photography for many of the beautiful images he donated. Stay tuned for further improvements, and if you have any great photos you would like to share, they are always welcome! - Richard Sears

www.hawaii.edu/lyonarboretum

Wish list: Honda 4 stroke

weed trimmer ($490), green man-goes, notebook computer ($2,000), mosquito repellent ($5 per bottle), handsaw ($45), garden hose ($50), short handled shovel ($35), cash register ($300), school field trip subsidies ($100), wheel-chair ($250), TIG welder ($1,200)

Mahalo for your support!

Positioning pohaku for the kuāuna.

A view from above of new lo΄i.

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she met, and the plants that were important to her. I recorded many stories about the early stages in her de-veloping the Ethnobotanical Garden here at Lyon.”

Lila herself also has quite the interesting sto-ries about travel. She was the first woman in her home state of Arkansas to be accepted in the Peace Corps and was sent to the Philip-pines for a two year term, and also spent time living in Palau, Saipan, and Pohnpei! We are very happy to have Lila here in Hawai΄i now and spending one day a week making our visitors smile. “I love it up here,” she says, “This is one place where you get to work with the public and they are all in such wonderful moods when they arrive.” Next time you see Lila, please let her know how much we appreciate her!

-James Krolikowski

If you have ever wandered into our Giftshop on a Thursday, you’ve probably been pleasantly greeted by our Fall Volun-teer of the Quarter, Lila Gardner. Lila has been a volunteer with us since 2008, before the reopening of the Giftshop as we know it today. “Some of my first duties were unloading boxes, pricing items and label-ing,” Lila says. When asked what brought her to Lyon, she answered, “I love plants, and I knew that when I retired, this would be a place I’d want to volunteer.”

Before volunteering at Lyon, Lila was no stranger to our botanical garden and its history. She first became acquainted with the Arbore-tum through Aunty Beatrice Krauss, for whom the Hawaiian Ethnobotanical Garden is named. “In the 90’s I worked on Mālama o Mānoa’s Oral History Project interviewing Bea,” Lila says, “She had the most amazing stories about travel, the people

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From the Director’s Desk

Volunteer of the Quarter

I am convinced more than ever that botanic gardens (staff and programs) have a critical role to play in

global conservation. Although we each tend to focus on our local region and its particular issues, there is no denying that what we do collectively has a major global impact on the world conservation stage. This was driven home again when I attended the 4th Global Botanic Gardens Congress in Dublin this sum-mer at which I spoke about the need to consider both biological and cultural

conservation in our pub-lic and scientific pro-grams. I also had the pleasure of presiding over the closing session of the Congress and in-troducing my good friend and mentor, Dr. Peter Raven, for his vale-dictory speech as he re-tires from almost 40 years as President of the Missouri Botanic Gar-den. That aside, the Congress heard from key international conservation personalities, including HRH Princess Basma bint Ali

of Jordan and Mr. Ahmed Djogh-laf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diver-sity.

Gardens must not only tout the greater significance of what we do, but we must also be actively engaged in inter-national organizations and efforts. I am proud of the role that Lyon Arboretum

plays and gratified by the deep interest of international colleagues in the qual-ity and scope of our work. We need your support to continue to elevate our impact in the world. Mahalo!

-Dr. Christopher Dunn

Volume XXXIV, No. 3 Fall 2010

Ho΄i mai o Makanikeoe.

΄Ōlelo no΄eau 1038 Mary Kawena Pukui

Peace and love are here once more.

Halawa Valley

The Kukui Leaf

When it comes to volunteering, no one

knows and appreciates the value of vol-

unteers better than the Lyon Arbore-

tum staff! Over 10,000 hours of pre-

cious time donated every year continue

to make a significant difference in the

quality of programs and services offered

at Lyon. Therefore, when an opportu-

nity arose for our staff to do a volunteer

service project for Nā Kūpuna a me Na

Kako΄o o Hālawa in historic North Hā-

lawa Valley, Lyon staff and volunteers

were more than ready to lend a helping

hand. Nā Kūpuna a me Na Kako΄o o

Hālawa, managed by co-

founder Aunty Sweets

Matthews and her family,

work tirelessly to restore

and preserve the Hawai-

ian historic and cultural

resources found within

the H-3-impacted North

Hālawa Valley in the

ahupua΄a of Hālawa. A

group of women activists

and cultural practitioners

intent on halting construction occupied

the Hale o Papa heiau, a women’s tem-

ple dedicated to Papahānau-

moku. This heiau was saved

but other sites such as the

Kukuiolono heiau were de-

stroyed. Aunty Sweets, her

family and supporters would

like to see the site restored

and utilized as a cultural

learning site.

-Nellie Sugii

If you would like to get involved and

volunteer in these restoration efforts,

please contact 988-0470.

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Lyon Arboretum lost a great friend and supporter with the recent death of Dr. Douglas Friend. Doug was a retired faculty member in the botany department at UH Mānoa, who taught legions of UH students the intricacies of botanical science, providing a diverse range of undergraduate students with a real appreciation and understanding of botany. Doug took plant science out into the real world and applied it; planting, growing, and tending a lush garden at his Mānoa home, creating a beautiful landscape that will be ad-mired for many years to come. Doug freely shared his love of plants, teaching numerous “Basic Botany for Gardeners” classes at the Arboretum for adult learners, and supported our children’s education program with educational materials, generous donations of his time, plants and supplies. Doug and his wife Helen were long time volunteers at our plant sales; always genuinely interested in a customer’s plants, providing knowledgeable assis-

tance, and a warm smile. He will be greatly missed. In August, Helen Friend donated one of Doug’s large Vriesia imperialis for the Children’s Garden. We cherish it, and our memories of Doug. We send our deepest condolences to his wife Helen and his family. - Jill Laughlin

You are missed, Doug Friend

Aunty Sweets Matthews

Doug and his wife Helen

Jill, Cindy, Ivan, Destin and Libby fill bags with weeds.

Clancy and Poco weed whack at Hālawa.

Mahalo National Public Lands Day Volunteers! National Public Lands Day was a huge success at Lyon Arboretum. On Saturday, September 25th, over 65 volunteers

of all ages showed up to get their hands dirty and participate in restoration activities. Projects included removal of in-

vasive species, sign cleaning, painting, and construction of the first stages of a new trail in the Hawaiian Ethnobotanical

Garden. Arboretum staff enjoyed working with those who came; we hope you come back and see the results of your hard work!

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The Keiki Leaflet

www.fs.fed.us, www.mbgnet.net

How does pollination work?

Flowering plants have several different parts that are important in pollination.

Flowers have male parts called stamens that

produce a sticky powder on their tip called

pollen. Flowers also have a female part called

the pistil. The top of the pistil is called the

stigma, and it’s often sticky. Seeds are made

at the base of the pistil, in the ovule. To be

pollinated, pollen must be moved from a sta-

men to the stigma and plants often rely on

animals such as birds or insects for this pollen

transfer to take place. When feeding on the sweet nectar found in flowers, the

animals accidentally rub against the stamens and get pollen stuck all over them-

selves! When they move to another flower to feed, some of the pollen can rub off

onto this new plant's stigma. That’s pollination!

www.sacredspiral.com

Help the bee get through

the maze to pollinate the

flowers!

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Mail to Lyon Arboretum Association, 3860 Mānoa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822

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Update from the Lyon Arboretum Association President

With pleasure and excitement the Lyon Arboretum Association joins the Lyon Arboretum in produc-ing the fall issue of The Kukui Leaf. With this issue the LAA newsletter will become a part of The Kukui Leaf and will be circulated to all members of the Association as well as all friends and volunteers of Lyon Arboretum.

The Association will begin to underwrite the cost of printing and mailing The Kukui Leaf. However, it is our hope, in this world where we continue to move towards a “paperless” circulation, that many of you will provide your email addresses in order to help us control the cost of production. If you have an

email address, we encourage you to sign up for the electronic version by emailing laassoc@gmail.com and you will receive the newsletter in full color via email.

Please take a moment to notice that we’ve revised our list of LAA membership categories. The annual dues remain the same but a discount is available for a two-year membership. The new application is printed below. If you are already a member, thank you. If you are not a member or your membership has lapsed, please consider joining. Your membership is valuable and helps us to support the publication of the newsletter and many other Lyon Arboretum activities. -Trudie Taylor

Trudie Taylor, President

Jonathan Steiner, 1st Vice President

Greg Kerner, 2nd Vice President

Margaret Mortz, Secretary

Manning Richards, Treasurer

James Bell

Eric Crispin

Ann Kadowaki

Richard Kennedy

David McCauley

John McGrath

Christopher Dunn, Director

Patricia Avery, Advisory Board

Emmy Seymour, Advisory Board

Susan Spangler, Advisory Board

Chuck Pearson

Rick Quinn

Paul Sibley

Trudy Schandler-Wong

Diana Snyder

Rick Towill

LAA Board Members 2010—2011

The Lyon Arboretum Association (LAA) is a not-for-profit volunteer organization that works closely with the Arboretum professional staff and supplements Arboretum programs with support for conservation biology, community outreach , edu-cation and research through fundraisers, intern programs and facility improvements.

Membership benefits include:

Quarterly newsletter

Discounts on the wide assortment of botanical books, cookbooks, and gift items in the Arboretum Giftshop

Discounts on classes, workshops, and other programs

Free admission to the Arboretum grounds

Reciprocal benefits from over 120 Botanical Gardens and Arboreta worldwide

The satisfaction of helping a world renowned academic and research facility and a beautiful public garden

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Lyon In Summer 2010 This summer, on July 10, the LAA held its second Lyon in Summer event. We were blessed with a beautiful evening under clear skies. Guests began to arrive at 4 pm to enjoy the late afternoon light in the valley, tour the gardens, pe-ruse the silent auction, and enjoy wine and elegant hors d’oeuvres provided by Chai’s Island Bistro.

Dinner prepared by Chai was served to 250 guests as the sun went behind the hill and darkness descended on the val-ley. Comments abounded on the wonderful food, the beauty of the Arboretum, and the outdoor atmosphere en-hanced by the view of the mountains through the clear plastic of the main tent. Profits from Lyon in Summer events go into a fund to help underwrite the creation of a master plan for Lyon Arboretum.

Conard Eyre, Kauai Sheraton, National Tropical Botanic Gardens, Chipper Wichman, Pam Andelin, Fatama Cameron, Jill Friedman, Lyon Arboretum, Fendu Boulangerie, Jim and Puchi Romig, Royal Lahaina Hotel and Tom Bell, Pegge

Hopper, Ducs Restaurant, Richard Kennedy and Steve Prieto, Andrea Snyder, Sciman Basnet, Mary Philpotts McGrath, Sergio’s Italian Restaurant, Modern Luxury Magazine, Chai Chaowasaree, Asia Manoa, Nikko’s Fish Market

and Jim Cook, Wendy Craven, Galt Estate, Jeri Lynch, Peter Drewliner, Robert Matsuda, John Koga, Hawaii Opera Theatre, Ed MacNaughton, Gail Linstrom, Bonnie Eyre, Bruce Behnke, Laurie Siegfried, Donna Burns, Ikebana

International, Honolulu Chapter 56, Doreen Decasa, Lyon Arboretum Giftshop, Michele Rosenblum, Leland Miyano, Sarah Hondo, Indru Watumull, Anna Lise Vogel, Tad Sewell, Cole Haan, Trudy Wong, Elizabeth Kent, Wanda Wong,

Judi Moore, Ann Kadowaki, Bev Creamer, Akemi Ueda, Helen Lee, Bertie Lee, Mellow’s Antiques, Janice Wright, Steve’s Gardening Service, Hawaiian Humane Society, Nina Weber, Adrienne Adams, Stephen Haus,

The Contemporary Museum, Lanai Things, Cori Mackie, Mari’s Garden, Martin and MacArthur, Janet Henderson, Lyon Arboretum Association Board, D. Scott MacKinnon, Alvin Wong, Christopher Dunn

We acknowledge and sincerely appreciate items donated to the Silent Auction at Lyon in Summer 2010. Thank you for your generous gifts.

We gratefully acknowledge our Chair for the event, Trudie Taylor.

The Kukui Leaf

Mahalo for your generous support of Lyon in Summer 2010

Underwriter ~ LeBurta Atherton

Donations Mary Lou Brogan, Claire Chao, GM Durant ,

Thyrza Eyre, Rhoda Feinberg, Priscilla Growney, Lani Hearn, Stuart Ho, Jacqueline Johnson,

Mary King, Moira Knox, Kenneth & Karen Lee, Peter & Mary Lou Lewis, Dawn MacNaughton, Masayo Maeda, Dr. & Mrs. R.D. Moore, Chenoa Morris, Enid Lynn Rayner and John Mickey, Jean

Rolles, Marian Roytman/Peter Poerzgen, K. James Steiner Jr., Tita Stack, Linda Taylor, Masaichi Tasaka, Rick Towill, Alice Tucker, Pat Wassell,

Kathleen Wo, Amy and William Wong

Table Sponsors

Royal Palm

Margaret Armstrong and Emmy Seymour

Janet Henderson

John McGrath and Mary Philpotts McGrath

Trudie Taylor and Diana Snyder

Fan Palm

First Hawaiian Bank

Steve and Susan Chamberlin

Areca Palm

Bank of Hawaii

Kamehameha Commercial RE

Christopher & Mei-Lan Dunn

Ann Kadowaki

Margaret Mortz

Thelma Akau

Jonathan Steiner

Page 7 Mahalo to Paul Caster, Leonard Nakahashi, and others who provided photos for this feature.

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Anyone involved with Lyon Arboretum is familiar with the name, but who was the man? Har-old Lloyd Lyon was born on October 14th, 1879 in Minnesota, and would have celebrated his 131st birthday this year. You may be wondering who he was, what he did, why he did it, and what does it matter to us. Some good insights can be gained from “Harold Lloyd Lyon – Ha-waiian Sugar Botanist”, edited in 1980 by Constance E. Hartt, and available in our giftshop. Just to get you a bit more curious, here are a few highlights.

Harold Lyon received his degrees in botany from the University of Minnesota, married his for-mer student Maude Fletcher, and moved to Hawai΄i in 1907 as an assistant pathologist for the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association (HSPA). He was, over time, head of the Departments of Plant Pathology, Botany and Forestry, Pineapple, and finally became director of the whole HSPA Experiment Station. He and Maude made several trips worldwide to study diseases and collect plants. They lived a full, happy life on Matlock Avenue (Makiki) where they often en-tertained and he indulged in his hobbies, including orchid breeding.

As a very influential member of the community, Dr. Lyon convinced the City and County of Honolulu to accept Mary Fos-ter’s gift of her home on Vineyard Avenue, formerly owned by William Hillebrand, and now known as Foster Botanic Gar-den; and to accept a 27-acre nursery site in Wahiawā, now the Wahiawā Botanic Garden. He served as Director of Foster Garden from 1931-1957, and their Lyon Orchid Collection is well worth visiting today.

During World War II Dr. Lyon was in charge of emergency food produc-tion for the islands. To that purpose in 1943 he planted the breadfruit and jackfruit trees along the western boundary of Fern Valley. You can see these trees in person, or you can see a panel sized photograph of the magnificent breadfruit roots on the wall of the X-ray waiting room at the Kaiser Moanalua Clinic, courtesy of Bruce Behnke.

However, it was his interest in a parcel of land in upper Mānoa that most concerns us. Starting in 1919 the lower parts of this property were known by the HSPA as the Mānoa Substation and served as a test site for new sugar cane varieties. The upper reaches of this site, as well as leased land to the east of ΄Aihualama Stream, were known as the Mānoa Arboretum and there trees from around the tropics were tested for their effective-

ness in rebuilding a watershed forest. There is not enough room in this article to go into further detail about the plantings, nor about the philosophy behind them, but trust me, it’s a lot more complicated (and controversial) than you would at first think.

Harold Lyon retired from HSPA in 1948, but kept active as director emeritus and consultant in botany. In 1953 he convinced the University of Hawai΄i to take over the Mānoa Arboretum (which now included the former sugar lands, but not the leased land in ΄Aihualama) and served as its director (without pay) from 1953 to May 15, 1957 when he passed away. He used his own money for upkeep of the Ar-boretum, and left his estate to the UH Foundation to continue its maintenance. On May 22, 1957 the UH Board of Regents renamed the Mānoa Arboretum as the Harold L. Lyon Arboretum. -Ray Baker

Harold Lyon with an albizia planting, 1926.

Looking up Mānoa Valley. Taken by H. Lyon in 1908.

Harold L. Lyon (1879- 1957)

Harold L. Lyon—The Man, The Legend

Dr. Lyon’s ashes are scattered,

along with his beloved Maude’s, in

Aroid Valley (his favorite valley),

where you can see his memorial

plaque (left).

What was it that brought you to the Arboretum?

New Ways to Support Lyon Arboretum!

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Meet our Summer Interns

Volunteer

Jeff Wolff, Makaha Beach (with daughter, Heather Watson)

“Today I’m showing my daughter around. She is visiting from Califor-nia, and I especially wanted to show her the bat flower.”

Hajime Fujisaki, Makiki Botanic Gardener

“I applied for a student worker posi-tion thinking it was on campus, but ended up being sent here. That was 9 years ago and I’ve been here ever since!”

Visitor Staff

Lyon Arboretum is now part of the social networking world! You can find the latest news, photos, class offerings, volunteer announcements, and information on upcoming events on our Facebook and Twitter pages. Log on to www.hawaii.edu/lyonarboretum and click the Twitter and Facebook link buttons to check us out!

Randy Wong, Pauoa Children’s Garden

“I enjoyed the gardens as a visitor, and I thought I would volunteer and help maintain them for others to enjoy.”

This summer Lyon Arboretum staff had the opportunity to work with the following Summer Interns who came to us through various funding sources.

Kamuela Werner spent the sum-mer working on a biocultural res-toration project in the lo΄i with Ethnobotanic Gardener Līloa Dunn and Poco Compehos. His time with us was jointly funded through Alu Like, a non-profit service organization assisting Na-tive Hawaiians, and the Pacific Internship Programs for Explor-ing Science (PIPES).

Leo Bell, who was also with us last summer, returned through a partnership with Hawai΄i Youth Conservation Corps, to focus on grant writing with the education department.

Brandon Rosaga-Luis and Tracy Coryell helped construct a gate for the Children’s Garden, and also assisted with school field trip programs and invasive species removal. We were fortunate to have these two hard working youths

through the City and County’s 2010 Summer Work Oppor-tunity Program.

Ari Ashkenazi and Jonathon Wong came to us through the Hawai΄i Youth Conservation Corps and spent time working with each department at the arboretum. Field work days at Hālawa Valley and Pāhole Nursery were highlights, along with Jona-thon’s special solar project with vol-unteer Roy Uyeda.

James Miyasaki and Samuel Daven-port joined the Micropropagation Lab this summer through the Cen-ter for Plant Conservation and Lyon Arboretum Association funding.

They assisted staff with tissue culture projects, created new greenhouse space at the Pāhole Rare and Endan-gered Plant Nursery, and cleared land for garden space behind the lab building at the Arboretum.

Mahalo nui for your hard work and the positive energy you shared with us this summer! -James Krolikowski

Jill Laughlin with interns, Tracy, Brandon, and Ari in front

of the newly completed bamboo fence.

$50,000

Mr. Raymond F. Baker

$19,000

Atherton Family Foundation

$3,000

Garden Club of Honolulu

$500-$1499

Ms. Andrea S. Fujinaga

Mr. Phillip Olsen & Ms. Gail Hudson

$100-$499

Ms. Elaine G. Evans

Ms. Nancy Hindel Mr. & Mrs. Genro Kashiwa

Dr. & Mrs. Howard Keller

Mr. & Ms. Thomas K. Lalakea

Dr. Bruce McEwan

Mr. Gary N. Okura

Dr. Benton L. K. Pang

Mr. & Mrs. Keith J. Steiner

Ms. Audrey I. Vance

$1-$99

Anonymous Ms. Leilani P. Bowen

Ms. Allison D. Wong Daniel Ms. Cassandra E. de Kramer

Ms. Eileen De Lucia

Mr. & Mrs. David L. Fairbanks

Mr. Bill G. Garnett & Ms. Audrey Newman

Ms. Phyllis C. Garrett

Mr. Jon A. Hermsdorf

Ms. Debra C. Higa

Mr. & Mrs. John Hylin

Mrs. Elspeth J. C. Kerr

Dr. & Mrs. Bor Yann Liaw

Ms. Leilani A. Maguire

Ms. Lydi B. K. Morgan

Ms. Marie F. Obrochta

Mrs. Nancy W. Ogburn

Ms. Diane C. Ott

Mr. Gerald H. Taira

Mr. Hale Takazawa

Dr. & Mr. Ralph I. Takazawa

Ms. Gertrude M. Taylor

Mr. Peter M. Tsukazaki

Col. & Mrs. Albert F. Turner

Mr. & Mrs. Hirobumi Uno

Ms. Hildegaard Verploegen

Ms. Alicia H. K. Yee

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Over the Top!

Volume XXXIV, No. 3 Fall 2010

Alvin Yoshinaga, Restoration Ecologist, made a gift of $15,000, putting the Lyon pro-posed endowment fund over the top. The fund was started some years ago by supporters of the Arboretum and was in-tended to be an endowment which would provide for the Arboretum in perpetuity. How-ever, it was still short of the funds needed until Alvin made his gift.

“I believe that an endowment reinforces the permanence of an institution well beyond the stream of income that it provides. It gives it a sense of continuity, and, though it is intangible, it is evidence of the durable part of the institution as much as are the grounds and structures,” explained Alvin.

Alvin has worked at the Arboretum since 1992 and runs the Seed Conservation Laboratory which researches and safeguards seeds of rare and endangered na-tive Hawaiian plants. His work is an important part of the conservation work conducted at the Arboretum.

The Lyon Endowment Fund will now, thanks to Alvin’s gift, generate income for the Arboretum in perpetuity. -Emily Fay

Gifts to the Lyon Arboretum Endowment fund can be made online by visiting www.hawaii.edu/lyonarboretum/ or by check, payable to UH Foundation. Email Emily.Fay@uhfoundation.org or call 956-5665 for more information.

Alvin Yoshinaga (center) with Christopher Dunn and Gary K. Ostrander, Vice Chancellor for Re-search and Graduate Education at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Phil Olsen, a former Associate Dean of Administrative Services for the UH-Manoa College of Arts & Sciences, and Gail Hudson donated a giclee print of a group of Nēnē on Moloka΄i by H. Douglas Pratt, an internationally recognized name in both the fields of wildlife art and ornithology. Pratt is considered the world’s leading authority on the rapidly vanishing Hawaiian Honeycreeper species. You may also find

magnets and cards of his works in our Giftshop. - Emily Fay

New Artwork in our Visitor’s Center

This new piece of artwork can be found in our Visitor’s Center lobby.

Phil Olsen

We extend extreme gratitude to these

donors for their support:

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For more information about donating to the Arboretum, please contact the UH Foundation (Emily Fay at 956-5665 or manoa.development@uhfoundation.org) or the Director of the Arboretum at 988-0457. Please send to:

Lyon Arboretum / UHF, Appeal code: 11AB2, 3860 Mānoa Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822

Name:___________________________________________ Phone: ( )_________ — _________________

Address: ________________________ City:___________________ Zip: __________Email: ________________________

Payment method: ______ check (payable to Lyon Arboretum/UHF, Attn account #12043404)

Or Credit Card: _____ (Visa) _____ (Master Card) _____ (American Express)

Account #: __________ — _________ —_________— _________ Exp date: _______/________ Security code: _________

Signature: _______________________________________________________

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the email newsletter (through December 2010), you

will be eligible for a $10 gift cer-tificate that will be redeemable at

the Arboretum Giftshop. Con-gratulations to Fred Ota, our Fall

2010 raffle prize winner!

The Lyon Arboretum wishes Alice Kitajima the best as she resigns from her Botanical Gardner position to raise her son, Milo Kitajima Curtin, born June 6th 2010. We will miss you, Alice!

A 38-Year Legacy

As a Lyon Arboretum staff member for 38 years, Raymond Baker knows firsthand the tremen-dous impact funding in strategic areas can make. Upon retirement in September 2010, he made a gift of $50,000 to establish the Raymond F. Baker Fund for Grounds and Living Collec-tions at the Harold L. Lyon Arboretum to support the Arboretum’s grounds and living collec-tions. He has also made a bequest intention to ultimately name a curatorship to support a new senior staff position, the Raymond F. Baker Curatorship of Grounds and Living Collections.

“Of all the wonderful things the Arboretum does, the plants and grounds are what most peo-ple see,” explains Ray. Ray is establishing this fund to support activities that directly affect the development and mainte-nance of the grounds and living collections on the grounds, by increasing the work force and providing them with what they need to get the job done.

“The Lyon Arboretum boasts one of the most diverse tropical plant collections in the world, including many rare plants. Ray’s gift is particularly gratifying,” explains Dr. Christopher Dunn, Director of the Arboretum. “It will be the first gift that is directed specifically to supporting the maintenance of our vast collections. Secondly, it is a major gift from a staff member. Ray has given so much to the Arboretum over the years. For him to give even more, in this very significant way, is all the more remarkable. We are all deeply touched.” -Emily Fay

Contributions to the Ray Baker Fund at Lyon Arboretum can be made in two ways. Funds for immediate needs can be made at: www.uhfoundation.org/RayBaker. Funds in support of the permanent endowment can be made at: www.uhfoundation.org/RayBakerEndowed. For further information, please email Emily.Fay@uhfoundation.org or call 956-5665.

A Hui Hou!

Come and support the Lyon Arboretum by pur-chasing our 2011 Lyon Arboretum calendar. The cost of the calendar is $10 and can be purchased in our Giftshop.

Fresh 0ff the Press Saturday Work Party

Come join us on the first Saturday of every month

from 8 am - 12 noon. Call 988-0466 for info!

Arboretum Operating Hours:

Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm Saturday, 9am-3pm

Closed on Sundays & Holidays

$5 Docent-led tours available at 10am, Monday-Saturday.

Please call 988-0461 for reservations.

U n i v e r s i t y o f H a w a i ΄ i - M ā n o a

H a r o l d L . L y o n A r b o r e t u m

3860 Mānoa Rd.

Honolulu, HI 96822

Phone: 808-988-0456

www.hawaii.edu/lyonarboretum

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Arboretum Staff

Director: Dr. Christopher

Dunn

Administration: Destin

Shigano, Derek Higashi

Education & Volunteer Pro-

grams: Jill Laughlin, Richard

Sears, James Krolikowski

Plant Collections & Grounds:

Hajime Fujisaki

Ethnobotany: Līloa Dunn,

Poco Compehos

Arborist: Steve Connolly

Micropropagation Lab: Nellie

Sugii, Cindy Nose, Doug

Okamoto, Kalani Matsumura,

Ivan Lee

Seed Lab: Alvin Yoshinaga,

Tim Kroessig

Horticulture: Liz Huppman,

Carol Nakamura

Botanist: Karen Shigematsu

Facilities / Maintenance: Ken

Seamon, Clancy Ako

At the Lyon Arboretum

Assorted ti, gingers, heliconias,

native Hawaiian plants, bromeliads, orchids, tillandsias, and lanai plants.

Wreaths, oshibana cards, and jams & jellies made by Arboretum volunteers.

FREE shuttle service to the Arboretum.

Pick up points at Poelua St and Nipo St. where they intersect with Mānoa Rd.

Call 988-0456 for more information. To volunteer at the plant sale, contact jlaughli@hawaii.edu or 988-0461.

Holiday Plant & Craft Sale

Saturday, Nov. 20 9am-2pm Free Admission