News

August 2024

Dr. Baldos assisted in propagating historic trees at the Ford Island Bungalows, Pearl Harbor National Memorial:https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/propagating-history-how-plants-can-bring-a-historical-landscape-to-life.htm 

February 2023

Dr. Baldos shared the role of florals in food sustainability at the second annual Valentine’s Day ikebana flower arrangement workshop hosted by the CTAHR Home Garden Network: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/02/21/ikebana-valentines-flower-day/ 

September 2021

Hawaii Landscape Magazine features Jacquemontia 'Puhala Bay', a new selection of pāʻūohiʻiaka with wavy leaves. Here's the link to the article: https://www.hawaiiscape.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Landscape-Hawaii-Sep-Oct-2021-web.pdf 

June 2021

CTAHR published a video of the Magoon Research Facility and the Pope Greenhouses featured Dr. Baldos.

November 2020

Dr. Baldos presented a virtual talk at the 2020 Arbor Day Garden Expo on Hawaiian Peperomia. Here's the link to the FaceBook live talk: https://www.facebook.com/MALP.ORG/videos/1071221813309727/

July 2020

The Sustainable Ornamental Horticulture lab was mentioned in the article: First report of Plasmopara sphagneticolae on the native Hawaiian plant Lipochaeta integrifolia.

April 2020

Dr. Baldos offers tips on planting natives on resort properties in the Spring 2020 issue of Hawaii Hospitality Magazine. Here's the link to the magazine article: https://issuu.com/tradepublishingco/docs/5945-hhh_spring_2020_final2-compressed/20 

April 2020

The online exhibit of the TPSS 491 (Floricultural Arts) class titled "Floral_Pandemic" was featured in UH News and Hawaii News Now.

April 2019

The floral design activity of the TPSS 120E (Plants for People: Ornamentals) class was featured in the UH Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) YouTube channel. Flowers used for this activity were mostly grown in Manoa (sunflowers and eucalyptus) or donated by Greenpoint Nurseries Inc. (tropicals and anthuriums).

April 2019

Dr. Orville Baldos was interviewed on an article about Varney Circle: https://hoaoahu.wixsite.com/2018-2019/varneycircle 

January 2018

A webinar on building a portable seed afterripening bucket was recently featured in the International Network for Seed-Based Restoration website. Check it out!

August 2017

The Sustainable Ornamental Horticulture Lab was recently featured on UH News. Check out the video below and the article here!