Reece Farinas, marketing and sales director at Beretania Florist, handled two tuberose lei made from flowers entirely from Hawaii on Thursday in Moiliili. Two bills are in motion at the Legislature ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Dear Tourist: The flowers in that bright-purple lei you received on your Hawaii vacation almost certainly weren’t grown in the Aloha State. The vast majority of those odorless orchids ...

For Little Plum Executive Chef Casey Kusaka, flowers have never been an afterthought. They shaped his childhood in Kaneohe, where his grandmother wove lei and ti leaves, his mother and sister danced ...

There's not as many flowers for Leianne Farrelly's grandson to collect this time around. "The wind just blew all the plants over," Farrelly said. Fences typically full of pakalana -- now empty.

HONOLULU (Island News) -- One of the busiest seasons for Hawaii flower shops is off to a slow start this year, after recent flooding damaged farms and wiped out key crops just weeks before Lei Day, ...

The value of Hawaii’s floriculture industry has been on a steep decline in recent years, falling to $44 million in 2023 from $89 million in 2019, according to the most recent analysis by DAB. Of the ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Dear Tourist: The flowers in that bright-purple lei you received on your Hawaii vacation almost certainly weren't grown in the Aloha State. The vast majority of those odorless orchids ...

Buying lei made only with natural materials from Hawaii nei could be a new requirement for state agencies under an effort at the Legislature aimed at helping the local floriculture industry. Companion ...