Big Island Maile

ABOUT OUR MAILE The Island Gardener produces its own seed and propagative materials. With official permits in hand, initial plant material was obtained during the widening and straightening of the Saddle Road on Hawai‘i Island. We have preserved that now lost gene pool. Private land owners in Ka‘u and upper Puna have also allowed us access to maile on their property and from there we developed our own propagative techniques which we consider proprietary. A reserved greenhouse is used to sustainably produce all our propagative material and to maintain mother block populations. A second greenhouse produces the maile used for lei making and produces material year-round. All of this happens here in Volcano on the island of Hawaii at an elevation near 4000’.