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Discover Botanical HAWAII April 1 - 11, 2020 A Native Plant Trust Tour We invite you to join us as we explore the botanical forest reserves and in the national and state parks. wonders of Hawaii, with leadership by two excellent Botanic gardens, arboreta, and estates focus in part naturalists. on preserving native species and, in some cases, Hawaii is one of the most botanically rich locations endangered species propagation. The gardens also in the world!It has more than 25,000 species of plants, are wonderful places to see tropical trees, bushes, nearly half of which exist only in the Hawaiian Islands. and flowers from all over the world. The state is also famous for its subtropical weather, On this botanical adventure, we will explore the mild ocean breezes, Polynesian culture, and diverse finest botanical gardens on the island of Oahu, the Big bird and marine species. Island of Hawaii, and the Garden Island of Kauai, including the geological marvels and native Hawaiian The Hawaiian archipelago trees, plants, and birds at Hawaii Volcano National has existed for tens of millions Park. Majestic Waimea Canyon and Kokee State Park of years and was colonized by will be a delight. From the brilliant red i’iwi bird to the wind blown seeds and insects, Koa and Kukui trees, Hawaii is filled with natural migrating birds, and floating wonders for you to discover! vegetation washing on shore. From these random beginnings Come join us for lifelong memories of these the natural world evolved. It is splendid islands! beautiful, unique, and a true paradise. Hawaii offers the inquisitive traveler many opportunities to Debbi Edelstein, see native flora and fauna in Native Plant Trust BOTANICAL HAWAII LEADERSHIP Leading this expedition will be John Limahuli Kilauea Stallman, a wonderful speaker and educator Koke’e Garden Lighthouse State Park KAUAI who engages audiences from young to old. John is a biologist and former ranger at Hawaii Waimea OAHU Volcanoes National Park, and currently works Canyon KAUAI as a natural history interpreter with the Friends State Park Lihue HAWAII of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. John is well known for his popular livecasts on the science Allerton Garden & Kalopa State behind the Puna eruption 2018. A long time McBryde Tropical National Tropical resident of Puna, he has Garden Botanical Garden Recreation Area Akaka Falls a close connection to the State Park land, ecology and culture Ho’omaluhia Hawaii Botanical of the area. John led Tropical the Betchart and Pacific Garden HAWAII Botanical OAHU Lyon Horticulture Society Arboretum “Big Island” Hilo Garden botanical Hawaii Koko Volcano expedition in 2019, and Crater National Park looks forward to sharing Wahiawa the delights of the Honolulu Botanic Lava Tree Botanical Foster Garden State Hawaiian natural world Garden Botanical Garden Monument with you in 2020. ITINERARY Day 1 Boston or San Francisco visit Foster Botanical Garden, established in 1853, to Honolulu with massive trees from around the world and an Depart Boston, San Francisco or other gateway extensive Hawaiian portion.The orchid garden is cities to Honolulu. Meet your expedition leaders the biggest in the islands. L and transfer to the Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel Day 3 Native Forests of Koko Crater (4 nights). Welcome dinner. & Lyon Arboretum Day 2 Wahiawa & This morning we will drive inland to the Lyon Foster Botanical Arboretum. This location gets more rainfall so the Gardens tropical rainforest is taller. The native collections Our introduction to are diverse along with introduced palms, the botanical world of heliconias, gingers, aroids, bromeliads, and spices Hawaii will begin today from all over the world. In the afternoon walk the at Wahiawa Botanical trail at Koko Crater Botanical Garden, established 60 Garden with an years ago in an extinct volcanic crater to display the introduction to the dry vegetation surrounding Honolulu. See Ohi’a, tropical rainforests of Metrosideros sp., Hala, Pandanus sp., wiliwili, Hawaii, with epiphytes, Erythrina sandwicensis, hau, Hibiscus tiliaceus, tall tree ferns, orchids, and many bushes and flowers. L and large aroids, Day 4 Ho’omaluhia Botanical Garden including native Depart for the Ho’omaluhia Botanical Garden in Hawaiian plants and Kane’ohe. The garden is situated at the base of trees. In the afternoon the majestic Ko’olau Mountains, with emphasis on Polynesian plants and palms. There are also This garden is a nature preserve and sanctuary extensive native Hawaiian plants and with a living seed bank and a study center for ethnobotanical exhibits. This afternoon, we will plants and trees of the tropical world. We’ll walk explore historic Honolulu. L the Heliconia Trail, Banyan Canyon, and explore Day 5 Fly to Hilo on the Big Island Bromeliad Hill to see and photograph the native This morning, we will fly from Honolulu to Hilo and introduced trees, bushes, and flowers. Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii. Upon arrival we’ll see Hawaiian Hotel (3 nights). L Akaka Falls which plummets 422 feet into a stream- Day 6 Native Forests & Lava Flows at eroded gorge. We’ll then visit the Hawaii Tropical Hawaii Volcano National Park Botanical Garden. Today, we’ll explore the geologic and botanical wonders at Hawaii Volcano National Park. We’ll drive on the open portion of the Crater Rim Road, and will stop at the Volcano Museum. See Halemaumau Crater, continuously active since 2007. In the afternoon, we’ll explore a forest of Ohi’a lehua and Metrosideros collina. Look for Koa and Kukui, trees with many understory berry producers, ferns, and epiphytes. We’ll also walk in an island of native vegetation at the “kipukapuaulu,” a remnant forest surrounded by lava fields. L Day 7 Kalopa State Recreation Area & Lava Tree State Monument We’ll have a quick stop at Rainbow Falls this morning to see the cascading water in the morning light. We’ll then walk trails through Kalopa State Recreation Area to look at the native trees, bushes, and flowers. The trails are well maintained and offer many species of native plants. Visit Lava Tree State Bay fig trees Park which has the featured in best examples of lava blockbusters like that rapidly flowed Jurassic Park and through a forest Pirates of the leaving hardened lava Caribbean. molds in its wake. We will also Walk the nearly flat visit the McBryde trail through a forest of Ohi’a lehua, Metrosideros Tropical Garden which has the largest collection collina, with a thick understory of ferns, ohelo, of native Hawaiian flora in the world. L Vaccinium sp., Coprosma sp., and many other Day 9 Limahuli Garden & Preserve plants. L & Kilauea Lighthouse Day 8 Fly to Kauai & National Tropical Depart for the Limahuli Gardens on the north Botanical Garden shore of Kauai, home to This morning we will fly to dozens of endangered plants Kauai, arriving about midday. and birds. The Garden was Transfer to the Aston Islander selected by the American on the Beach Hotel (3 nights) Horticultural Society as the on the south coast. In the best garden in the U.S. for afternoon begin the tour of the having demonstrated the best National Tropical Botanical environmental practices of Garden, former site of Queen water, soil, and rare plant Emma and King Kamehameha conservation. We’ll walk the IV’s garden home. It is now the green pathways to discover site of the Allerton Garden, a native species as well as landscape architecture traditional Hawaiian masterpiece named one of the agriculture. ‘50 Places of a Lifetime.’ In the afternoon, we’ll Allerton Garden is part garden, stop at the picturesque Kilauea part art exhibit and entirely Lighthouse. It is a conservation unique. Visitors are guided success in getting Laysan through expertly crafted albatross to nest and protect garden rooms that feature the red-footed boobies and exotic plants, sculptures, and other seabirds. With a water features. The Allerton predatory exclusion fence Garden also has a rich history both the seabirds and native as a Hollywood film location plants are reproducing well. for many notable movies and The ocean view is spectacular TV shows. See the towering and will offer dramatic roots of the famous Moreton photographs. L Day 10 Waimea State Park and Canyon We will depart for Waimea State Park and the RESERVATIONS #1561 NPT famous Canyon. The Waimea Canyon is about 10 miles long and 3,000 feet deep with nearly Yes! I/we want to join the Discover Botanical Hawaii horizontal bands of lava showing the succession of Expedition, April 1-11, 2020, offered by the Native flows that built the island. The scenic canyon will Plant Trust in association with Betchart Expeditions offer high elevation plants and Acacia koa. We’ll Inc. Please reserve ____ space(s). As a deposit, I/we enclose a check for $_____________ ($1,000 per person) payable to have lunch at the small museum. Koke’e State Park Betchart Expeditions Inc. Trust Account. is gateway to the Alakai Swamp and the Na Pali coast Name(s) _______________________________________ Age_________ viewpoint. The dramatic Na Pali coast is seen from Expeditions Inc. & Betchart about 4,000 feet, after a short walk. _______________________________________ Age_________ With its hundred or more inches of rain each Address _____________________________________________________ year , the native forest is thick with ohi’a lehua, Metrosideros, pukiawe, Styphelia tameiameiae, City ________________________________ State ____ Zip ____________ iliahi, sandalwood, Santalum sp., and the many Phone: Home (________) ______________________________________ trunked koa,