Our Stories of the History of Landscape Architecture in Hawai’i – Chapter II are featured articles published in the Landscape Industry Council of Hawai’i, Landscape Hawai’i Magazine.

 

Within these pages of historical facts are articles about influential landscape architects that helped form our landscape environment.  Rich history of treasured open spaces, parks, magnificent trees, museums, sculptures, food, invasive species, and pandemics were written in these articles.  This creative venue explores the people and places that helped to shape our landscape environment with our ASLA Hawai’i family and the community.  These published bi-monthly articles have brought together our ASLA family for open communication, encouraging the sharing of untold stories and inspiring interesting dialog about the past as how it affects our future.  The articles document how many of our landscape spaces came to be, in the hopes of preserving and protecting them for future generations. Ultimately, it is important to record and make accessible our history and share this knowledge for our keiki and future generations.  Aloha ‘aina (Love for the land) to keep Hawai’i Green.

 

Our Stories of the History of Landscape Architecture in Hawai’i -18 articles:

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I.  March/April 2018                                     Richard Tongg/George Walters

II. May/June 2018                                         Kapi’olani Park/Ala Moana Park

III. July/August 2018                                    Aloha Tower and Irwin Park, Diamond Head Monument

IV. September/October 2018                       Juli Kimura Walters/Raymond Cain

V.  November/December 2018                    East West Center Gardens/Nichiren Mission

VI. January/February 2019                          Honolulu Botanical Gardens/Paul Weissich

VII. March/April 2019                                   List of Spectacular, Magnificent, Stupendous,

                                                                      Exquisite Trees

VIII. May/June 2019                                     Sculptures in Landscapes Grand Hyatt and

                                                                      Four Seasons, The Whitcomb Residence,

                                                                      Elvis at NBC, Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts

IX. September/October 2019                      Food Glorious Food from the Early Taro,

                                                                      Pineapple, Makahiki’s, and Luau’s

X.  November/December 2019                   Honolulu Museum of Art, Spalding House, Shangri-La

XI. March/April 2020                                    Bubonic Plague, Native Hawaiian ‘Ohi’a Lehua Trees, Early                                                                                Detection of Invasive Insect Pest Species

XII. July/August 2020                                   Gigasiphon microsiphon,

                                                                      Pritchardia lowreyana, Pandemics

XIII. September/October 2020                     Volunteering

XIV. January/February 2021                        Double Coconut Palm/Honolulu Botanical Gardens

XV. March/April 2021                                   Parks and Pandemics

XVI. July/August 2021                                 Invasive Species, Sugar Cane, and Pineapple

XVII. January/February 2022                      Our Stories of the History of Landscape Architecture in Hawai’i

XVIII. March/April 2022                                Kalaniho’okahā Community Learning Center - Nānākuli

XVIIII. September/October 2022                      Native Hawaiian Plants A Look Back

New  July/August 2023                                    Variegated Crown Flower 'Dana Anne Yee'

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Our Stories of the History of Landscape Architecture in Hawai’i - Chapter I, Parts I, II, and III received an ASLA Award of Honor in 2018.

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Our Stories of the History of Landscape Architecture in Hawai’i - Chapter II, Parts IV to XVI received a 2021 ASLA Hawai’i, HONOR AWARD, in the research and communication category.