Our story

Memorial Trees began with a simple idea: a memorial can grow. Instead of only visiting a place to remember someone, you can plant something at home that carries their memory, and watch it bloom.

Rooted in Oʻahu

Every plant we offer is a Hawaiian favorite, sourced from a local grower and sized at about two to three feet, so it is easy to carry home from the market. Each one carries a story from Hawaiʻi and is chosen for a different kind of love: a grandmother, a father, a mother, a partner, a young one gone too soon.

Sponsored by Valley of the Temples

Green lawns of Valley of the Temples Memorial Park below the Koolau mountains in Kaneohe — Valley of the Temples Memorial Park, below the Koʻolau mountains in Kāneʻohe.

Since 1963, families from across the island have come to Valley of the Temples Memorial Park in Kāneʻohe to remember the people they love. As the sponsor of Memorial Trees, the Valley of the Temples brings that same care out into our community, to the farmers market where neighbors gather.

A memorial garden with red ti plants and lawn at Valley of the Temples — Red kī planted in a memorial garden at Valley of the Temples.

Find us at Kunia Loa Ridge Farmers Market

Memorial Trees has a table at Kunia Loa Ridge Farmers Market, 94-1100 Kunia Rd, Waipahu. Market days will be posted here soon. You can order a plant online at any time and pick it up at the market.

Plant a tree in a native forest

If you cannot plant at home, the Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative lets you sponsor a native Hawaiian Legacy Tree in memory of someone you love. Each tree comes with a certificate showing its ID number and GPS location. Sponsor a Legacy Tree.