Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences at UH Manoa

Check us out at the Welina Manoa event!

Welcoming new students at the CTAHR new student orientation.

Last year's Princettia plant sale was featured in Suntory North America's industry bulletin.

Order the new Princettia varieties today! Growers who are finalizing their poinsettia bookings will want to make sure they add the new Princettia varieties, including Pure White.

Garden handtool company wins UH Business Plan Competition UH Mānoa students Robert Saito and Derek Woodruff win first place with their company Herbavore.

TPSS at the recent Manoa Experience open house for prospective undergraduate students.

TPSS alumni, Robert Saito, was recently named as a finalist for Hawaii Venture Capital Association's Student Entrepreneur of the Year award, featured in the March 2017 Hawaii Business magazine. Congratulations!

Hawaii Venture Capital Association announces finalists for awards honoring local entrepreneurs - Pacific Business News Winners will be announced at the HVCA Gala Awards Ceremony at the Waialae Country Club on Feb. 23.

TPSS Associate Professor Kent Kobayashi mentors UH Manoa student on growing vegetables using energy efficient LEDs.

How bright is the future of space food? UH Mānoa student Aleca Borsuk’s work with ancient grains may help feed future missions to Mars.

Getting ready for Valentine's Day. Students from the TPSS 120E Plants for People: Ornamentals learn how to make flower arrangements and bouquets. Mahalo to our generous donors: Green Point Nurseries (anthuriums), Maui Agricultural Research Center (proteas and leucospermums), Lyon Arboretum (tropicals and cutfoliage) and Magoon Research Station (cutfoliage and cutflowers).

TPSS 120 Plants for People Students in the Tropical Plants and Soil Sciences 120E course - Plants for People (Ornamentals) created arrangements and bouquets under the direction of faculty members (and CTAHR alumni) Orville Baldos and Teresita Amore. A big mahalo to Green Point Nurseries ( greenpointnursery.com ) and Maui Coun...

Poinsettias grown by TPSS 364 (Horticultural Practices) students adorn the lobbies of St. John Plant Science Lab and Gilmore Hall.

Congratulations to the Hort Society and TPSS Grad Student Organization on a successful poinsettia and bake sale!

Follow the progress of undergrad and grad students as they grow Suntory Princettias for this year's Christmas Plant Sale

Poinsettias are ready! Stop by on Friday at the Campus Center Second Floor (10:00 am til sold out) to purchase your poinsettia.

Princettias are ready!