Hi‘iaka's Healing Herb Garden Our beautiful public Ethnobotanical Garden on the Big Island of Hawai‘i offers travelers a serene place to visit for a tour. We also hold classes, workshops, and internships through our Learning Center. Our wonderful healing herbal products from fresh Garden plants make extra-special gifts for your friends and family-- and for you too! Come to the Healing Garden! Our Eco Tours are fun and educational! Click here for our Class List and Event Schedule: We will be holding classes at The Hawaiian Sanctuary near Pahoa starting May 12! Follow The Healthful Herbalist on Facebook! We are dedicated to conserving and educating about endangered Hawaiian medicinal plants from the la‘au lapa‘au tradition of natural healing. Join us as a Friend of the Garden and help to support the important work we are doing. We are only 16 miles south of the Hilo airport and a short 1/2 mile walk to the beautiful Puna coastline (we can often hear the ocean from the Garden!). Click for map Barb Fahs of Hi‘iaka's Garden (center) with the reviewers of her book, Super Simple Guide to Creating Hawaiian Gardens, David Orr and Angela Kay Kepler. Click here to read their wonderful reviews.

On the Big Island of Hawai‘i, the volcano goddess Pele is still worshipped and feared. Pele's beloved younger sister, Hi‘iaka, was a gardener, an herbalist and a healer. It is in Hi`iaka's honor that we have re-created a special healing garden. It's a sacred space that enables us to teach about Hi‘iaka and the hundreds of medicinal plants that we nurture, learn from and share with others who also love the ‘aina (land). Since August 2010 I've been writing a weekly column for Big Island Weekly called "The Healthful Herbalist." Read all about it at BigIslandWeekly.com.   I was honored to be a columnist for the Hawai‘i Island Journal for over six years. Click here to read Barbara's older columns on herbalism and gardening.   Meet the Healthful Herbalist Join your teacher and guide Barbara Fahs--educator, Master Gardener, herbalist, and author--for an unforgettable visit to her special Hawaiian garden. Read Our Quarterly Newsletter News about Kava: Kava news, March 2007 More info on kava