Awards
| FOFA 2007 Volunteer of the Year Award goes to ... Ernest Rezents. Ernest, a registered consulting horticulturist, has generously donated his time regularly for the last five years, contributing to the health of the Fleming Arboretum. |
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| The Maui Invasive Species 2007 Award goes to … Friends of the D.T. Fleming Arboretum with acknowledgment to David and Martha Moran. The Hawaiian Islands are under siege by an infestation of invasive species that continue to find their way to our shores. Our efforts are ongoing. (L-R) Susie Mastroianni, Teya Penniman, Martha & David Moran, and Kuhea Paracuelles. Read Maui News Article " Invasive Species Fighting Honored.”
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| Kamehameha School Art Students Receive Awards. Click here |
Elliot Cost's Award-winning Film of the D.T. Fleming Arboretum to Be Shown Worldwide
In May Elliot won the Maui County short film/documentary award for his video about the D.T. Fleming Arboretum. His winning entry represented Maui at the Sister Cities International Competition in Washington, D.C. His video was selected as one of the 14 entries to be shown nationally.
- Click here to watch fiilm.
- Click here to read news release.
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FOFA Board Member Receives Outdoor Circle Award
The Outdoor Circle Beautification Award for all Hawaiian Islands was awarded to Ernest H Rezents of Makawao, Maui.
Ernest Rezents is responsible for the planting of a one mile stretch of 74 trees along Hana Highway.
Over a 7 year process, Rezents applied for grants,solicited donations and coaxed this project through various local bureaucracies and businesses. Irrigation was installed, holes dug, mulch delivered. On July 28, 2002 the trees were planted.100 volunteers helped with the planting. These trees line the highway to Maui's main town of Kahului. Althogh many people and groups helped Ernest with this project, the new corridor of trees lining Hana Highway was his creation and management.
Ernest Rezents is a well-known and respected horticulturalist.He is Agricultural Professor Emeritus of U of Hawaii/MCC on Maui. He is a registered consulting horticulturist and Certified Arborist.He is Maui's instructor for Arborist Certification. He is on the board of the County of Maui Arborist Committee and the Friends of the DT Fleming Arboretum.
Installation: 34 Monkeypods, 23 Royal Poinciana and 17 Kukui Trees are planted along a one-mile stretch of highway. The irrigation system consists of a burried irrigation pvc line, drip tubing encircling each tree and a battery timer -giving the trees weekly watering.
Overall Asthetics: This once barron corridor of highway now is lined with trees. The Poinsianna are about 5 to 6 feet tall now; the Monkey pods and Kukui Nuts 8 to 10 feet
Maui Highways are nowhere near the landscaping of Oahu. What is barron normally stays barron. Trees ripped out for highway expansion are not normally replaced. It took an outstanding citizen, Ernest Rezents, to step forward and create a tree-lined boulevard to someday be a shady spreading canopy.
Community Value: Ernest Rezents created, designed organized and planted the highway with trees that are appreciated by many every morning on the way to work. It is a pleasure to watch these trees grow. Ernest Rezent's selfless wish to beautify Maui.
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| Celebrating the 100th Year Anniversary of Maui County, D.T. Fleming is awarded "Citizen of the Century" at the Centenial Celebration. One hundred citizens were chosen for this honor. who made a difference since 1905. Click
here for the nomination of David Thomas Fleming
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Anna Palomino of Hoolawa Farms is selected by The Maui News as one of the "People Who Made a Difference in 2004." Hoolawa Farms is one of our main nurseries for propagating Arboretums seeds.
Click here for Maui News article |
| Martha Vockrodt-Moran is named the honorary chairperson of Arbor Week by the by the Maui Arborist Committee for her work at D.T. Fleming Arboretum. Click here for Maui News article
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| Retired professor Ernie Rezents is honored by Maui Outdoor Circle (see below)
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| Retired Maui Community professor Ernie Rezents was honored by the Maui Outdoor Circle on Saturday afternoon when a shower tree was planted in his honor at Rainjbow Park in Paia. Rezents was singled out for his longtime efforts on behalf of Maui's trees, particularly the recent tree-planting project along Hana Highway in Kahului. "I've planted many trees, but this is the first tree planted in my honor," Rezents said.
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| An Alani seedling
at the Ulupalakua Agricultural Fair 2003 won First Place for
“rare and unusual." The Alani seedling was displayed
amongst the remains of an Ohia tree draped with a 10-foot
lei, 5 inches thick, of flowers and foliage of the dryland
forest from the Fleming Arboretum, a memorial to Auwahi and
its past.
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| Historic Hawaii Foundation
honored Jack and Euphence Vockrodt with the Historic Preservation
Award of 2000-2001 for their 45 years of devotion to the preservation
of the D.T. Fleming Arboretum.
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Hula
Halau under Ka Imi Na'auao O Hawaii Nei performed the opening
ceremony August 30th, 2003 for the exhibit of endangered
plants native to Hawaii at the U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory
in Washington, D.C. The Fleming Arboretum provided sacrimonial
specimens of native species for the offering to the altar
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Fleming
Arboretum won 3rd place in the Floral Competition at the Ulupalakua
Ag Fair 2001... using native flowers, seeds and foliage from
the Arboretum. It was arranged in a coconut-frond basket made
by Caird Kidston of Kihei, Maui, on a tapa place mat with
matching place settings.
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