F.L. MORRIS / FLMORRIS@STARBULLETIN.COM Barbara Ching, top, worked on a window box, "Anna's Vision Bursts with a Celebration of Colors." To create their pieces for the "Anna's Vision" horticulture competition, members tried to envision the view that academy founder and benefactor Anna Rice Cook saw from her window.

Bye George,
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Spring's in full swing, especially at the Honolulu Academy of Arts where members of the Garden Club of Honolulu were furiously at work the past few days readying its "Academy in Bloom" exhibit, which opens today and runs through Sunday.

Consider it their one big lei of aloha to George Ellis, the academy's president and director who retired earlier this year, said club spokesperson Paulette Stone. It's also a way the garden club, a branch of the Garden Club of America, can give back to the community by providing a creative display for all to enjoy.

In addition to floral and horticultural tableaus, the exhibit, free to kamaaina, includes jewelry made of plant material, interpretations of art using florals, an educational exhibit of Hawaiian medicinal plants, hats made of flowers for a set titled "Hat's off to George," and more.

F.L. MORRIS / FLMORRIS@STARBULLETIN.COM Claire Johnson, above, grooms her window box entry.

F.L. MORRIS / FLMORRIS@STARBULLETIN.COM Another exhibitor's piece involved awning and shutters, above.

The Academy in bloom The Garden club of Honolulu presents: A major flower and horticulture show dedicated to retired Honolulu Academy of Arts president George Ellis. What: Floral and horticultural displays Where: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 900 S. Beretania St. When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and tomorrow; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: Hawaii residents free with identification; non-residents $7; non-resident seniors, military and students, $5; children under 12, free.

F.L. MORRIS / FLMORRIS@STARBULLETIN.COM Wheelbarrow exhibitors Kina Semenza's and Leslie Mattice's contribution to the "Cultivating Color" category of the horticulture display.

F.L. MORRIS / FLMORRIS@STARBULLETIN.COM This butterfly pin, designed by Joanne Shigekane, comprises plant material such as cardboard palm, ylang ylang, lilikoi and li'ipoe.

F.L. MORRIS / FLMORRIS@STARBULLETIN.COM Joyce Tomonari, Dotty Nitta and Stephanie Hee's window box entry in the "Anna's Vision" horticultural competition.

F.L. MORRIS / FLMORRIS@STARBULLETIN.COM Sandy Manion of Oregon preps her entry in the "In Praise of Prints" competition in which the goal is to use plant materials to interpret the look of a designated art print, in this case the one behind her.

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