Congratulations to TPSS students Judy Cacal and Giselle Bryant, who were honored by the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS)! Judy is the winner of both an Outstanding Horticulture Student Award and an ASHS Collegiate Scholars Award, and Giselle is a winner of an ASHS Collegiate Scholars Award.

In honor of Arbor Day, Andy Kaufman (TPSS) assisted a class of first- and second-graders to plant a hala tree on the UH campus; then, in honor of ‘Ohi‘a Lehua Day, he assisted a class of third- and fourth-graders to plant ‘ohi‘a trees on the Mid-Pacific campus.

The last TPSS seminar of the semester will take place at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, May 4, when Alyssa Cho from the Komohana Research and Extension Center will present on “Field-Based Macadamia Research in Hawai‘i.” Come hear her in St. John 011, or join in remotely via Zoom.

As part of the Malama ‘Aina Manoa Project—a collaboration between Botany, TPSS, and Buildings & Grounds Management—grad student Kauahi Perez (TPSS) collaborated with Noweo Kai (Botany) on a SAPFB grant proposal to purchase native Hawaiian plants for areas on Manoa campus in dire need of beautification.

As part of the Malama ‘Aina Manoa Project—a collaboration between Botany, TPSS, and Buildings & Grounds Management—grad student Kauahi Perez (TPSS) collaborated with Noweo Kai (Botany) on a SAPFB grant proposal to purchase native Hawaiian plants for areas on Manoa campus in dire need of beautification.