Rare Blooms

The National Tropical Botanical Garden owns sites on Kauai that are open to the public for tours

By Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 04, 2012

~~<p>When Janet Leopold moved to Kauai from Los Angeles in 1988, she knew it was also time to make a big career change. She had worked in the corporate world for 16 years; in her new island home, she wanted to do something she was passionate about.</p>
<p>"Protecting the environment was high on my list, but when I joined the National Tropical Botanical Garden, I had no idea about the depth of its work," said Leopold, the organization's director of communications. "Our botanists and conservationists took the time to teach me how thin the line is between rare and extinct."</p>
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When Janet Leopold moved to Kauai from Los Angeles in 1988, she knew it was also time to make a big career change. She had worked in the corporate world for 16 years; in her new island home, she wanted to do something she was passionate about.

"Protecting the environment was high on my list, but when I joined the National Tropical Botanical Garden, I had no idea about the depth of its work," said Leopold, the organization's director of communications. "Our botanists and conservationists took the time to teach me how thin the line is between rare and extinct." Login for more...