05-16-2007, 02:35 PM
Rob - I was glad to hear from you and was pleased that you took the time to make comment to us directly on the World Botanical Gardens website.
I loved the comment:
"Sadly, they have never met their potential. Do they still make you listen to their "buy a lifetime membership" spiel? That was very annoying, but at least they served us a drink while we had to listen to it. Yuck."
I agree we have never yet met our potential, and, No, we don't make anyone listen to a spiel and I have actually never even heard about that - I am sure the former director did such things. We do serve a drink still.
I would like each of those reading these posts to know our kama'aina rate is always $6. We would love each of you to join us and feedback ways which we may enrich your experience and create a place each of you would be glad to bring guests. For what it is worth, we would gladly offer group rates, even at the gate without prior arrangements. Use my name or Lanny (Garden Director). He just loves to show his gardens to kama'aina (or anyone else that is interested).
Our board has been distracted from our development plans during the past three years with the litigation that one of the posting suggested. That is all but finished. It has wasted far too much time and resources, but we are back on track to improve the gardens to their full potential.
I have been the webmaster since I joined the board of directors three years ago. The gardens is a wonderful opportunity - unfortunately still waiting to happen in so many ways. We look forward to the future as our plans can take shape and we rapidly progress.
One last comment, about the "plaque that claimed it was "discovered" in the 1992 by some haole which is completely bogus". Our board of directors felt that same way. The plaque somehow went missing one night. It was not the county that removed the plaque - it was common sense that brought it down.
The former garden director and self proclaimed "discoverer of the falls" was the same individual that has been in litigation with the board of directors, frustrating our efforts to focus on the beauty of the gardens and commit resources.
I hope we have an opportunity to meet in the not so distant future as I would love to give you a vision of what we will accomplish at the gardens.
Mahalo and Aloha
The glass is always full - how much air is in the glass is the true question.
I loved the comment:
"Sadly, they have never met their potential. Do they still make you listen to their "buy a lifetime membership" spiel? That was very annoying, but at least they served us a drink while we had to listen to it. Yuck."
I agree we have never yet met our potential, and, No, we don't make anyone listen to a spiel and I have actually never even heard about that - I am sure the former director did such things. We do serve a drink still.
I would like each of those reading these posts to know our kama'aina rate is always $6. We would love each of you to join us and feedback ways which we may enrich your experience and create a place each of you would be glad to bring guests. For what it is worth, we would gladly offer group rates, even at the gate without prior arrangements. Use my name or Lanny (Garden Director). He just loves to show his gardens to kama'aina (or anyone else that is interested).
Our board has been distracted from our development plans during the past three years with the litigation that one of the posting suggested. That is all but finished. It has wasted far too much time and resources, but we are back on track to improve the gardens to their full potential.
I have been the webmaster since I joined the board of directors three years ago. The gardens is a wonderful opportunity - unfortunately still waiting to happen in so many ways. We look forward to the future as our plans can take shape and we rapidly progress.
One last comment, about the "plaque that claimed it was "discovered" in the 1992 by some haole which is completely bogus". Our board of directors felt that same way. The plaque somehow went missing one night. It was not the county that removed the plaque - it was common sense that brought it down.
The former garden director and self proclaimed "discoverer of the falls" was the same individual that has been in litigation with the board of directors, frustrating our efforts to focus on the beauty of the gardens and commit resources.
I hope we have an opportunity to meet in the not so distant future as I would love to give you a vision of what we will accomplish at the gardens.
Mahalo and Aloha
The glass is always full - how much air is in the glass is the true question.
The glass is always full - how much air is in the glass is the true question.