We just provided decor for the PHS Flower Show Press Conference at Loews Hotel!! PHS highlighted the 2012 Philadelphia International Flower Show, Hawaii:Islands of Aloha. Pennsylvania Horticultural Society president Drew Becher, show designer Sam Lemheney and Mayor Nutter were all in attendance along with a surprise visit from "the Lorax."
Don't forget our own event designer Eric Schellack was in Hawaii this summer being inspired for the show this year. Here is day 2 of his travelogue...
Day 2, September 27th. Some marketing and a Hindu Monastery!?
After a breakfast at a local Kauaian eatery (macadamia pancakes with coconut syrup and Portuguese sausage, which sent me into a food coma), we headed to a few local radio stations to do some radio spots promoting the Coconut festival. Afterwards Neil and I traveled to Kauai’s Hindu Monastery high in the foothills behind Kapaa. During a roadside stop at a waterfall I realized that I had forgotten my camera! Luckily my phone takes pretty good pictures.
The monastery was very beautiful with fully planted gardens, multiple temples and religious statues. The visit was complete with a guided tour, visit to the gift shop and many other activities. Neil had taken part in helping to plant a number of orchids in the gardens and checked on their progress. One of my favorite photos is of this statue of the deity Shiva hidden away in the cavernous growth of an old Banyan tree.
Here’s a general view of the grounds and a close up of the new temple that the monastery hopes to have finished soon!
After another long day and feeling the effects of jet lag I was off to bed excited for another day. Stay tuned for tomorrows adventure: a trip up the coast to Kauai’s Napali Coast.
Hold on! Did I mention the chickens? Kauai has a good number of wild chickens which you will encounter frequently if you visit. If you hear something rustling around in the bushes while in the woods hiking - it’s a chicken, often with chicks in tow. No one is quite sure where they came from – some believe they arrived along with the first Polynesians and others believe they arrived more recently, possibly with Captain Cook, the first European discoverer of the islands.
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