Māmaki Ola | Center for Getting Things Started
Māmaki Ola is a K–6 curriculum resource from the Center for Getting Things Started that uses māmaki to teach sustainability, healthy beverages, and agriculture-based entrepreneurship in Hawaiʻi. The page includes a full downloadable curriculum and free posters on topics like māmaki life cycle, pollinators, kilo, and plant arrival. It works well for classroom, garden, and place-based learning centered on a culturally important native plant.
Kuana Waipao | Papahana Kuaola
Kuana Waipao is a Papahana Kuaola online learning resource that explores Waipao through limahana perspectives and Hawaiian plant knowledge. It connects learners to ʻāina through food plants, medicinal plants, and place-based restoration while emphasizing the symbiotic relationship between kānaka and land. The resource works well for cultural, environmental, and plant-based learning in classroom or self-guided settings.
The Hawaiian Garden | Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation
The Hawaiian Garden: Grade 4 Native Hawaiian Plant Profiles is a Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation resource that introduces native Hawaiian plants through short garden-based profile sheets. Each page combines plant identification, habitat and planting information, uses, and cultural context to support school garden learning. The resource is especially useful for grade 4 plant study, garden planning, and place-based learning.
Hawaiian Native Plant Propagation Database | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
The Hawaiian Native Plant Propagation Database is an online CTAHR resource that helps users search propagation information for selected indigenous and endemic Hawaiian plants. It includes multiple propagation methods and supports conservation, restoration, and native plant use in landscapes and gardens. The resource is especially useful for research, planning, and self-guided study.
Go Native: Growing a Native Hawaiian Urban Forest | Hawaiʻi Forest Institute
Go Native: Growing a Native Hawaiian Urban Forest is a Hawaiʻi Forest Institute project that helps people choose and grow Native Hawaiian and canoe plants for homes, businesses, and community spaces. Through a grower’s guide, videos, postcards, and related resources, it supports native plant selection, urban habitat creation, and a broader mauka-to-makai vision for restoring ecological connections in developed areas.
Plants of Hawaiʻi | Bishop Museum
Plants of Hawaiʻi is Bishop Museum’s online species information and identification system for Hawaiʻi’s flora. It allows users to search documented native, naturalized, and cultivated plants and explore broader groups such as ferns, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and algae. The resource is especially useful for plant identification, educator planning, and research on Hawaiian biodiversity.
Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database | Bishop Museum
Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database is a Bishop Museum reference site that helps users search Hawaiian plants by Hawaiian, scientific, and common names. It supports ethnobotanical learning, plant identification, and exploration of culturally important plants in Hawaiʻi. The resource is especially useful for research, educator planning, and self-guided study.
Native Plants Hawaiʻi | Leeward Community College
Native Plants Hawaiʻi is a searchable online resource from University of Hawaiʻi – Leeward Community College that helps users explore native Hawaiian plants by name, island, habitat, and growing conditions. It supports plant identification, native plant education, and practical plant selection for restoration or landscaping. The site works well for classroom learning, educator planning, and independent exploration.
Wiliwili Legacy Initiative | Waikōloa Dry Forest Initiative
Wiliwili Legacy Initiative is a community science mapping project from the Waikōloa Dry Forest Initiative that helps users document and care for planted wiliwili trees across Hawaiʻi. Developed with Waikōloa middle school computer science students, it includes a public map, dashboard, and planting guidance to support conservation, stewardship, and data collection. The resource connects dry forest restoration with citizen science, student learning, and the cultural importance of wiliwili.
Vascular Plant Family Access Page | University of Hawaiʻi Botany
Vascular Plant Family Access Page
