KULA- Thompson Ranch will host its 23rd annual Saddle Up Trail Ride Saturday September 12th to benefit the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The ride will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. from Thompson Road corrals, across Haleakala Ranch, to the D. T. Fleming Arboretum at Pu ‘u Mahoe cinder cone within Ulupalakua Ranch. A […]

Ulupalakua- The Board of Directors of the D.T.Fleming Arboretum at Pu‘u Mahoe are pleased to announce that eight trees from the Arboretum have been accepted as exceptional trees by the Arborist Committee of Maui County. This is the beginning of a process that recognizes trees as exceptional for their historic or cultural value and represents […]

Maui News November 23, 2014   Teddy Wilson of Boy Scout Troop 100 in Kula recently completed his Eagle project at the D.T. Fleming Arboretum at Pu’u Mahoe to earn the Boy Scouts of America’s highest honor – the Eagle Scout Award. An Eagle Scout Award requires Scouts to organize, coordinate and direct a community […]

Maui News 8/17/14  Hawaiian studies teachers gather on Maui Sharing culture, traditions and stories: June 8, 2014 By EILEEN CHAO – Staff Writer The Maui News ULUPALAKUA From the other side of the cinder cone at Puu Mahoe, a conch shell blows. Bonny Kahawai’i Herbert, a teacher at Lihikai Elementary School, welcomed in traditional Hawaiian […]

KULA- Thompson Ranch will host its 22nd annual Saddle Up Trail Ride to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The ride will be from Thompson Road corrals, across Haleakala Ranch, to Ulupalakua Ranch and back from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday May 31st. A local ranch style lunch will be served at the D.T. […]

May 29, 2013 The Maui News Maui’s Saddle Up St. Jude Trail Ride on April 13 raised more than $10,000 in donations for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Fifty-five horses and riders began from Thompson Road and proceeded through Ulupalakua Ranch to the Fleming Arboretum at Pu’u Mahoe for lunch. Nate […]

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