Media coverage

Raedelle Van Fossen leads a group in a watershed activity

Connecting K-12 Teachers and Community Organizations to Create Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE) Learning Journeys

Check out this blog post from Mānoa Heritage Center about creating MWEE (Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience) in conjunction …

Honolulu Magazine: What It’s Like at These 6 Popular Oahu Hikes and Gardens During the Pandemic

  Lyon has been featured in Honolulu Magazine’s article, “We Tried It: What It’s Like at These 6 …

Critically endangered plant from Kahoolawe gets new life with more than 20 seedlings

The Star Advertiser has an article about a recent success in conserving one of our critically endangered native …

Article: Get Lost at Lyon Arboretum in Mānoa

Hawaiʻi Magazine has an article about visiting the Arboretum entitled, “Get Lost at Lyon Arboretum in Mānoa.” Check …

Lyon Arboretum hosts modified kids camp

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Lyon Arboretum welcomed energetic kids to its summer nature camps with new COVID-19 guidelines to keep …

Hawaiian Rare Plant Program featured in US Army Newsletter

Our very own Hawaiian Rare Plant Program was featured in an Earth Day story in the US Army …

Nate Kingsley, a UH seed conservationist, shows off growing plants that he will take to Maui in the Lyon Arboretum greenhouse.

Seed banks keep plants from extinction

The Honolulu Star Advertiser has done a story about the Seed Conservation Laboratory! Check it out: Seed banks …

Mountains in the mist

Visit, discover Lyon Arboretum virtually

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Lyon Arboretum’s mission is to inspire tropical plant biodiversity conservation through education. Since it temporarily …

Two employees work in the lab

Saving native plants during COVID-19

Saving native plants during COVID-19 As museums, zoos, aquariums and botanical gardens worldwide have temporarily shut down to …

Volunteer smiles as she makes jam

The Hidden Jam of Mānoa Valley: Jams and Jellies on the News!

The Jams and Jellies group appeared on KHON2’s segment “Kupuna Life.” Check them out below!