A
delicious pyramid of chocolate cupcakes created by master gourmet chef, and
former Friends Trustee, Karen Miyano, to celebrate Mary Foster's birthday,
9/21/2010
Longtime friends, Paul Weissich and
Heidi Bornhorst, at Mary Foster birthday party
Midsummer Night's Gleam
This annual free event had attractions for kids with games, magic, arts
and crafts, bubbles, balloon-making and interactive demonstrations by martial
artists of the Gold Horde.
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LAST YEAR'S EVENT by Alex Kufel.
The following observation and photos were all contributed by FHBG board
member Alex Kufel. He manned the Friends' welcoming table at the entrance
to the garden, overseeing the donations collected at this year's Midsummer
Night's Gleam. The donations go toward future events at the garden. He
wrote:
“Dave (Kumasaka) and I enjoyed greeting
people as they came in...I felt that most of the contributions were heartfelt
and, therefore, moving, and a lot of kids got money from their parents to give
to us.
"To me one of the more interesting
contributions came from a 7 or so year-old girl who came into the Gardens with
her family, noticed the calabash, and without any prompting or even guidance
from her parents, reached into her pocket and pulled out a coin which she gave
to us.
"It was a penny and I don’t think she had
more of them. The look on her face suggested to me that she did it because it
was everyone’s obligation to support Foster Botanical Garden and she would do it
even if it meant parting with her precious coin." Alex
Annual Members' Meeting (our 48th) was held at
beautiful Foster Garden on Saturday, March 13, 2010
The Board of Trustees of the Friends of Honolulu Botanical Gardens was proud
to announce this year's Annual Members' Meeting (our 48th) held at
beautiful Foster Garden on Saturday, March 13. The theme was 'Orchids on the
Terrace' and we were pleased to have the well-known orchid horticulturist for
the Honolulu Botanical Gardens, Scot Mitamura, as our guest speaker and guide
for a tour of the new orchid conservatory.
Click here for pictures of the event.
Honolulu Botanical Gardens, Scot Mitamura
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