The tree’s long, slender leaves, which can reach as much as 6 feet, will be used to create objects as varied as bracelets, baskets and fishing nets during the inaugural Ola I Ka Pu Hala weaving ...

Many Lei Day festivals feature lei making competitions. Photo Credit: Tor Johnson/Hawaii Tourism Authority May 1, or May Day, is known as a day for celebrating spring and is also a day for ...

But lately, a new generation of local floral designers are rejuvenating the native craft. When Lauren Shearer, 34, started her lei shop, Hawaii Flora + Fauna, in 2016 on Maui, where she grew up ...

The leaves come from hala trees across O‘ahu, Segovia says, including Pouhala Marsh in Waipahu. The lau hala weaving tradition was passed down to Segovia by master weavers Gwen Kamisugi and Pōhaku ...

Emma Broderick, right, and her mother, Maile Meyer, under a pu hala tree on Oahu, a touchstone of Hawaiian culture. Its leaves are used to weave mats like the one they are sitting on.

Do consider picking up a hala tree of your own from the Arbor Day give away at Amy Greenwell Garden. The Garden is located 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona on Highway 11 across from the Manago Hotel ...

A woven hat and an iPad cover, an eyeglass case and a sail for a vessel, all from the same natural source?

The indigenous hala tree near Fort Derussy is suffering from an invasive insect known as hala scale. We’re Hawaii’s weather station, get the latest forecast and radar information here.