National Tropical Botanical Garden

In this year of our community forests, HPR has been highlighting programs in place to help engage people across the state. In honor of that, The Conversation spoke to former National Tropical Botanical Garden President and CEO Chipper Wichman about its 60 years of work.

HPR met two staffers who tend to the ʻulu forest daily at the McBryde Garden on Kauaʻi. The Conversation talked to Neal Uno and Julia Ávila with the National Tropical Botanical Garden's Breadfruit Institute about the plant.

Every month there is a new native plant that kamaʻāina can adopt for free. Species have included ʻilima, native hibiscuses, ʻōhiʻa, loulu palms, ʻulu and more. We talked to NTBG Communications Director David Bryant about the program.

Join us for a hana hou broadcast where guests talk about their favorite island staple, the ubiquitous 'ulu (breadfruit).