Lei Club

In this installment of the Lei Club blog series, we sit down with Hayley Walcher, a horticulture technician at the National Tropical Botanical Gardens on Kauaʻi. With her deep roots in the Lawai area and a passion for conserving native plants, Hayley sheds light on the delicate balance between traditional lei-making practices and the preservation of Kauaʻi's unique ecosystems. She...

Lei: Weaving Ancient into the Modern Lei, the beautiful expression of Hawaiian culture itself,  a physical manifestation of ancient knowledge and expression woven in a timeless bond of aloha, is about to take center stage once again at the Merrie Monarch Festival. See all the hues of the rainbow, bold and subtle textures, delicate blooms, lacy ferns, and shiny shells...