First photo: Consulting arborist Ernie Rezents (from left) helps Maui County environmental Coordinator Rob Parsons and Mayor Alan Arakawa plant a wiliwili tree Saturday at Maui Nui Botanical Gardens. The tree replaces a wiliwili that was planted in the 1970s by Rene Sylva, the late pioneer in the preservation of Hawaiian endemic plants . That tree died several years ago in a gall wasp infestation, which claimed the lives of most of the island's wilwili trees. The gardens gave away 1,000 Hawaiian plants in honor of Arbor Day.
Second photo: Olena Barrett provides the muscle power as son Casey, 10, feeds a stalk of sugar cane into a juice extractor at the Maui Nui Botanical Gardens. The juice from the cane grown at the gardens was served chilled with ice cubes.
Third photo: Miranda Somers, 3, inspects the free Hawaiian plants being given away.
