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Community Partnerships make the Difference

The Hilo community – and beyond to all of Hawai`i Island – treasures

Lili`uokalani Gardens. Since the first official volunteer day in May 2014,

partnerships with local and national organizations have added to these

efforts.

Sierra Club Moku Loa chapter, Rotary, Lions, UH-Hilo athletic teams and

coaches as well as Sociology Club and Pharmaceutical School students,

Waiakea High School, Keaukaha and Kamehameha Schools intermediate

students, Youth Challenge, Moku `Aina, LFS Just Serve, Girl Scouts, Boy

Scouts, and the North American Japanese Garden Association are among the

many groups who have made a difference in Hilo's cultural landscape.

September events

Thank you County of Hawai`i and all

the sponsors for bringing the 20th

annual He Hali`a Aloha No

Lili`uokalani to the gardens to

celebrate the Queen's birthday.

Photos on page 2.

Thank you to the flower growers

and floral designers for the third

amazing floral design presentation

in Lili`uokalani Gardens. This year,

Hilo was the culmination of a four

county series on a wedding theme.

We honored all the weddings that

have occurred in the gardens during

its history with marriage vow

renewal ceremonies . Photos on

page 4 & 5.

Thank you to Riki Nakano-Domen

and Alani Hauanio for continued

professional services to the red

bridge. Noticing that paint on the

landing was peeling from too much

usage before proper cure time, they

scraped, treated and repainted in

time for He Hali`a Aloha No

Lili`uokalani.

Mahalo to the Alzheimer's

Association for continuing to hold

such an excellent fund raising walk

in and around the gardens.

Many thanks to local and visiting

members of the Sierra Club. A

national group touring the islands

requested a volunteer opportunity.

They were joined at the tea house

by members of the Moku Loa

Chapter. Photos on this page.

News and Calendar items

for October

2019

from top left: Jennifer Ho and the Moku Loa Sierra Club worked at the first

official volunteer day in May 2014. Jane Kawazoe speaks about Urasenke to a

Sierra Club tour in September. The visitors pitched in to clean all around

Shoroan before lunch.

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20th Annual Queen's Birthday Festival

Mo`i Wahine Lili`uokalani's birthday is celebrated in the Hilo park

named for her on the first Saturday in September after her birthday.

On the occasion of the 20th annual He Hali`a Aloha No Lili`uokalani, a

bush was planted in view of the live entertainment stage. Osmanthus

fragrans also is known as ginmokuse in Japan and kwai fah in China.

Heidi Bornhorst wrote in an old Honolulu Advertiser story that this

"is a plant we cherish in Hawaii for its tiny, intensely scented

blossoms."

Participating in the planting were kumu Kaho`okele Crabbe, emcees

Penny Vredenberg and Kuehu Mauga, family of the late Jacqueline

"Skylark" Rossetti: her son Makana and beloved companion Kimo

La`au. Following the blessing and planting, hula halau brought loose

orchids and ti leaf lei to encircle the bush.

Friends of Lili`uokalani Gardens shared a booth with Jane Hoff, author

of a book on the banyan trees of Banyan Drive and with Japan Airlines

who offered a delightful costume and photo opportunity for the

children. Japan Airlines also provided prizes for all the children who

completed the Queen's Passport scavenger hunt.

Friends of Lili`uokalani Gardens

events & partnerships: October+

Saturday, October 12, 8 a.m. to noon: Lions

Legacy Project cleanup. Crescent City Lions

Club takes the lead.

Saturday, October 19, (tentative)

restoration of the peace pole near Hilo Bay

Café.

Saturday, Nov. 16: 8 a.m. to noon: Lions

Legacy Project cleanup. Hilo Lions Club takes

the lead.

Thursday, Nov. 28: Thanksgiving

Tuesday, December 3: Giving Tuesday

Friday and Saturday, December 6 & 7: Na

Makua invitational Christmas Gift Fair at

Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium. Friends of

Lili`uokalani Gardens will have the first

Christmas tree ornament plus 2020

photography contest calendars, and pins.

Saturday, January 11, 2020, noon to 6 p.m.:

Fourth annual Banyan Drive Art Stroll.

Supporter pins required for pupu.

Below: information booth from Hui Malama O Na Oiwi; Hilo High halau

during the annual mass hula

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September memories – wedding vow renewals

moongate under

construction with

Alison Higgins and

crew (Sarah

Anderson (l) and Rita

French (r) photos)

In use with Tony &

Judy Graaf and floral

friends Brenna Quan,

Hitomi Gilliam and

Alison Higgins (Sarah

Anderson photo)

In use with passersby

(Charles Preble

photo)

begin decorating white pillars, one of 3 sites (K.T. photo) finished white pillars (Sarah Anderson photo)

white pillars in use: Rev. Satoshi Tomioka with Ashtin & Brian Hart (Rita French photo) and Kumu Leilehua Yuen

with Yolanda and Gilbert Hesia (Sarah Anderson photo)

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September memories – wedding vow renewals

3rd site: bamboo chandelier, Brenna Quan center (Sarah Anderson photo),

Phoebe Anderson right (Rita French photo), Galyn Williams delivers more

flowers (Sarah Anderson photo), bamboo chandelier in use with Rev.

Tomioka and Yuko & Dennis Blinn (Sarah Anderson photo), Rev. Katlin

McCallister tosses orchids for LaRonde & Adrian DeMello (Sarah Anderson

photo); photo below of Dani & Joshua Daugherty-Willing by Rita French.

Mahalo to Alison, Hitomi, Lois, K.T., Amy, Gladys, and all the farmers & shippers who made this possible

above photos 1) by Sarah Anderson, 2, 3 & 4) by Rita French below photos 1) by Sarah Anderson, 2 & 3) by K.T.