2025 Garden Expo
& Tree Giveaway
Saturday, November 8
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Maui Nui Botanical Gardens, 150 Kanaloa Ave., Kahului
(across from War Memorial Stadium)
Make plans to attend on November 8th.
This annual event features tree and plant care lectures, free hands-on Hawaiian cultural activities, conservation organizations, plants for sale, and a giveaway of up to 2,000 native Hawaiian or Polynesian introduced trees.
Additionally in 2025 we will be expanding the NATIVE AND RARE PLANTS SALES, showcasing up to 10 local nurseries.* You don’t want to miss the opportunity to acquire these limited and rare specimens.
Maui Arbor Day is made possible by the Kaulunani Urban & Community Forestry Program*, USDA Forest Service*, Maui Association of Landscape Professionals, Hawaiian Electric and Maui Nui Botanical Gardens.
Event images courtesy of Linda Tessar Amimoto and MNBG staff.
Event Highlights
Plant & Specialty Gift Sales
Discover your neighborhood plant nurseries, plus local specialty crafts and gift items.
This year we feature fruit trees, hand made gifts, and of course, a large variety of plants. Don’t miss it.
Tree Giveaway
The highlight of the event, each year we give away up to 2,000 trees, courtesy of our corporate sponsors.
*Limit one per person.
Exhibits
You’ll be enticed to visit these booths by the smiles of the volunteers and come away inspired by the good work being done in our community. With education, activities and crafts on offer, there is something for everyone.
MEET THE ORGANIZATIONS
Lectures
Learn about invasive species, pests and more at these quick info sessions.
Our speakers are experts on Hawaii plants.
Demonstrations
Learn how to plant your new tree.
Demonstrations run throughout the day and include proper tree placement, planting, care, and trimming.
Food and Beverage Vendors
Drinking coconuts will be for sale by Alex Pinsky of Coconut Protectors
Lunches made by chef Will Bailey will be for sale to benefit Order of the Arrow Crew 554, by helping fund the scout troop’s trip to Japan.
FAQs
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FAQs *
How many trees can I get for free?
Limit of one (1) per person, any age.
Must be present at the event to receive a free tree.
What kind of trees will be given away?
All of the trees given away will be native or Polynesian introduced including:
ʻAʻaliʻi, Dodonaea viscosa
ʻĀkia, Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi
Hala pepe, Dracaena auwahiensis
ʻIlima papa, Sida fallax
Kamani, Callophyllum inophyllum
Koa, Acacia koa
Koaiʻa, Acacia koaia
Kokiʻo, Kokia drynariodes
Kukui, Aleurites moluccanus
Loulu lelo, Pritchardia hillebrandii
Maile, Alyxia stellata
Māmaki, Pipturus albidus
Maʻo, Gossypium tomemtosum
Nānū, Gardenia brighamii
ʻŌhai, Sesbania tomentosa
ʻOhe, Polyscias hawaiensis
ʻŌhiʻa lehua, Metrosideros polymorpha var. incana (or) var. glaberrima
ʻŌhiʻa ʻai, Syzygium malaccense
ʻUkiʻuki, Dianella sandwicensis (proposed new name: Dianella lavarum)
Wiliwili, Erythrina sandwicensis
Maui Arbor Day is made possible by the Kaulunani Urban & Community Forestry Program*, USDA Forest Service*, Maui Association of Landscape Professionals, Hawaiian Electric and Maui Nui Botanical Gardens.
*Kaulunani Urban & Community Forestry Program is funded by the Region 5, State and Private Forestry branch of the USDA Forest Service and by the Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of Forestry and Wildlife. USDA Forest Service is an equal opportunity provider.