HAWAII (HawaiiNewsNow) -It’s time to gather your flowers and make some lei: Memorial day 2019 is near. Memorial Day falls on May 25 — nearly two weeks away — but preparations are already ...

His leis are packaged in yardlong green ti leaves and tied at the top. ... The tubular flowers are red and orange with a white tip, ... -- Fifty to 60 blossoms go into a vanda orchid lei.

Ti leaf lei making for Memorial Day will be the featured event at the Kaunoa Clubhouse in the Royal Lahaina Resort’s Ali‘i Ballroom from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, May 16. Lei are needed to ...

On Sunday afternoon, half of the two and a half-mile-long ti leaf lei – woven by hands of volunteers all around the state – made it to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland FL.