Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 25, Number 5, 1 April 2008 — Grow Hawaiian [ARTICLE]

Grow Hawaiian

The eco-conscious Grow Hawaiian Festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Bishop Museum on April 26 in honor of Earth Day. The free inaugural event unites weavers, dancers, kapa makers, biologists, conservationists and horticulturists, who will share their eonunon love for native and Polynesian plants of Hawai'i. Event headliner Richard Likeke Paglinawan, 'ōlohe lua, author and euhmal historian, will discuss the plants of ancient Hawaiian martial arts. Also featured are talks by a roundtable of kumu hula, and staff from the native plant nursery Hui Kū Maoli Ola. Ka'ala Farm will offer kalo-pounding and kapamaking demonstrations. Bring your own plants for identification by plant experts. Features

food booths, infonnational booths on loeal conservation and sustainability efforts, a native plants sale and a guided tom of the museum's native and indigenous plants garden. Also offers hula dancing and music by Pilioha. Sponsor Hawaiian Electric Co. will give away reusable grocery bags to the first 100 families or individuals and, while supplies last, to those pledging to conserve electricity. For more information, 847-3511 or www.bishopmuseum.org.