NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN
3530 PAPALINA RD, KALAHEO, HI 96741 www.ntbg.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO ENRICH LIFE THROUGH DISCOVERY, CONSERVATION, AND EDUCATION BY PERPETUATING THE SURVIVAL OF PLANTS, ECOSYSTEMS, AND CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE OF TROPICAL REGIONS.

LIVING COLLECTIONS: NTBG'S GARDENS & PRESERVES ARE SAFE HAVENS FOR AT-RISK SPECIES THAT OTHERWISE MIGHT DISAPPEAR FOREVER. 140 ACRES ARE FORMALLY MAINTAINED. THE GARDEN CURRENTLY HOLDS 117,332 LIVING PLANT TAXA. A HORTICULTURAL CENTER IS USED TO PROPOGATE AND MAINTAIN LIVING COLLECTIONS OF THREATENED & ENDANGERED SPECIES OF HAWAII & OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDS. MANY SPECIES THAT ARE ALMOST EXTINCT IN NATURE HAVE BEEN REINTRODUCED TO THEIR HABITAT BY NTBG'S BOTANISTS. NTBG'S COLLECTIONS ARE STUDIED BY VISITING SCHOLARS AND STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. NTBG'S GARDEN IN FLORIDA, THE KAMPONG, IS THE FORMER ESTATE OF DR. DAVID FAIRCHILD, THE FAMED BOTANICAL EXPLORER. OUR GARDEN IN MAUI, KAHANU GARDEN, IS HOME TO THE PI'ILANIHALE HEIAU, BELIEVED TO BE THE LARGEST ANCIENT MAN MADE STRUCTURE IN POLYNESIA.

SCIENCE & CONSERVATION: THIS PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON PROTECTING & CONSERVING TROPICAL PLANTS. OUR FIELD BOTANISTS SURVEY MANY AREAS IN HAWAII TO ASSESS THREATS TO NATIVE SPECIES & COLLECT SEED & CUTTINGS FOR PROPOGATION, & ARE EITHER OUTPLANTED,PRESERVED IN THE HERBARIUM OR ARE PLACED IN SEED STORAGE. OUR HERBARIUM HOLDS OVER 90,000 SPECIMENS. OUR SEED BANK, WHICH STORES SEEDS IN SPECIAL FREEZERS TO PRESERVE THEM CONTAINS ALMOST 15 MILLION SEEDS. THE BOTANICAL RESEARCH CENTER WHICH IS THE HOME FOR THE GARDEN'S HERBARIUM & SEED BANK ALSO CONTAINS A RARE BOOK LIBRARY THAT IS TEMPERATURE & HUMIDITY CONTROLLED & HOLDS OVER 1,200 VOLUMES OF BOOKS-SOME THAT DATE BACK TO THE 1500'S. THESE COLLECTIONS ARE CRUCIAL FOR OUR RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. THE GARDEN'S BREADFRUIT INSTITUTE MANAGES THE LARGEST & MOST DIVERSE COLLECTION OF BREADFRUIT SPECIES & VARITIES IN THE WORLD, WITH OVER 120 VARIETIES CONSERVED IN FIELD GENEBANKS. THE INSTITUTE PROMOTES THE CONSERVATION & USE OF BREADFRUIT FOR FOOD SECURITY, AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. NTBG IS ALSO A COLLABORATIVE PARTNER WITH FIU IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL BOTANY WHICH WILL BE LOCATED NEXT DOOR TO THE KAMPONG. THE CENTER WILL BE A PREMIER CENTER DESIGNED TO BRING TOGETHER BOTANISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE.

EDUCATION: NTBG BELIEVES THAT EDUCATION IS KEY FOR PRESERVATION OF TROPICAL PLANTS & ECOSYSTEMS. EDUCATIONAL TOURS ARE OFFERED THROUGH ITS GARDENS TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE NEED TO PRESERVE TROPICAL FORESTS RICH WITH NATIVE BIODIVERSITY AND TO PROTECT OUR ECOSYSTEMS & RESOURCES THAT WE RELY ON FOR OUR OWN WELL-BEING. IN 2019, THE GARDEN HAD 82,574 VISITORS FROM 15 COUNTRIES. OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDE FORMAL AND INFORMAL LECTURES FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, A BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATORS COURSE, & WORKSHOPS FOR COLLEGE PROFESSORS, HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS & ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS. IN 2019 WE HAD OVER 3,148 SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN VISIT & ATTEND PROGRAMS HELD IN THE OUR GARDENS. WE ALSO PROVIDE INTERNSHIPS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS. OUR STAFF ALSO PUBLISHES EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS. IN 2019 WE HELD SEVERAL BOTANICAL ART & CONSERVATION EXHIBITS AND HAD 39 SPECIAL EVENTS, LECTURES AND PROGRAMS. THE LOY MCCANDLESS MARKS BOTANICAL LIBRARY CURRENTLY HOLDS OVER 20,000 VOLUMES, 3,000 ORIGINAL BOTANICAL ARTWORKS AND PRINTS, 6,000 PHOTOGRAPHS & 16,000 COLOR SLIDES. THE LIBRARY COMPRISES ONE OF THE FINEST COLLECTIONS OF TROPICAL BOTANICAL & HORTICULTURAL REFERENCE COLLECTIONS IN THE PACIFIC BASIN. WE ALSO HAVE DR. FAIRCHILD'S MUSEUM WHICH IS LOCATED AT THE KAMPONG IN FLORIDA.

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