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Grace Dixon Biography |
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Growing up in a family that constantly moved all over the USA, I actually loved going to new places. Grew up in a very placid era in California and attended Berkeley, fell in love with an equally adventurous soul and spent the next 30 odd years as an Army wife traveling across Europe and Asia with four children, many pets, dogs, cats, and birds. After a tour in Hawaii, I knew I wanted to retire here among the swaying palms and swimming in the warm ocean. Finally, I managed to settle here and every morning I wake up in Eden. When we moved to Wahiawa, I used to walk to the Wahiawa Botanical Garden every day and it was beautiful and like a secret garden, no visitors, no city personnel to ask questions, and no docents. I wanted to be a docent as I had 6 years experience as a docent at Filoli, a marvelous garden in Northern California. So one day I phoned the Friends of Foster Gardens and said I wanted to be a docent. The next thing I knew a charming gentleman called and asked me if I would like to meet with him. He took my husband and me on a tour of all the Honolulu Botanical Gardens. He learned about my history and he then asked, if I would like to start a program at Wahiawa. That charming gentleman is Paul Weissich and I have been working for him ever since. He may dispute who works for whom but this is all true. My whole family has been involved at one time or another with the gardens and special events and they have all become plant and botanical garden enthusiasts. One of the best things about being a member of the Friends organization is the lifelong friends you make through working together and having an intimate experience with the gardens themselves. Each garden has a unique persona and ambiance. I am serving as the President of the Board of Trustees for the second time and consider this a privilege as well as an enormous challenge. Non-Profits are facing difficult times and we need to encourage people who have similar interests and priorities to support our amazing gardens. We must keep our gardens growing and thriving to serve not only the people of Hawaii but the whole world... doing our part to save tropical plants. Aloha , Grace Dixon |
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