BY KONA SCENT THE SMALLEST LLC
HERE ISLAND OF HAWAII WEEK ON
LIVING 808 IS TAKING US ALL ON A
JOURNEY TO EXPLORE PLACES IN OUR
OWN BACKYARD LIKE VOLCANO
VILLAGE.
SCENIC SETTING NEILANI
RAINFOREST.
HERE NOW WITH TIM TUNISEN, WHO
KNOWS ALL ABOUT WHERE WE ARE,
BUT I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO TELL OUR
VIEWERS.
WHERE ARE WE?
OKAY.
WE'RE IN THE ALANI FOREST WHICH
IS ABOUT A THREE AND A HALF ACRE
FOR US INSIDE VOLCANO VILLAGE.
ARTS CENTER CAMPUS THIS IS A
VERY BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
BUT HOW MUCH OF IT IS ACTUALLY
LEFT?
IT'S A INTACT OLD GROWTH FOREST
AND QUITE IN CONTRAST TO MOST OF
IT'S SECOND GROWTH.
IT'S BEEN LOGGED.
AND RECOVERED BUT THIS IS ALL
GROWTH NEVER BEEN LONG.
THIS USED TO BE THE KILAUEA
RANGER STATION SITE STARTING IN
THE 1920S.
YOUR LIVED HERE, AND HE
THE CATTLE.
SO THE TREES ARE BIGGER OLDER
WHY IS IT THAT IT'S THAT IT'S
KNOW, WHY IS IT BEEN UNTOUCHED
AND SO SMALL?
IT WAS PART OF THE THE NATURAL
AREA.
I MEAN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
AND THAT THAT HELPS WITH THE
REST OF VOLCANO IS PRIVATELY.
IT WAS USED FOR AGRICULTURE
STARTING IN THE 19.
WELL, I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO SHOW
ME SOME OF THE BIGGER TREES.
WOULD YOU MIND?
YEAH, LET'S GO SEE ALL RIGHT.
I'LL TAKE YOU TO AN AREA IN THE
FOREST HERE WITH GIANT POETRIES
CANOE SIZE KAHOA TREES.
IT GOT STARTED HERE ALONG WITH
ALL THE REST OF THE VEGETATION
ABOUT 300 YEARS AGO AFTER AN
EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION OF KILAUEA.
VOLCANO THAT TO DESTROYED THE
EXISTING VEGETATION THESE PLANTS
GREW ON THAT NERVOUS SUBSTRATE.
LET'S CHECK IT OUT.
SO I THINK HE'LL AGREE.
WE HAVE SOME GIANT POETRIES ON
HE IN THE FOREST HERE.
ARE DEFINITELY CANOE SIZE
COURSE.
LOOK AT HOW BIG THIS IS.
THIS IS HUGE.
OKAY, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
LAST SPOT SO THIS IS THE EDGE OF
IT.
THIS IS A THE AREA JASON TO
NEILANI FOREST.
IT WAS LOGGED AND CLEARED FOR
PASTURE.
THIS AREA WAS PROTECTED.
FLOORS WITH A LOUD TO TO GROW
AND PROSPER I GOT ONE LAST
QUESTION FOR YOU.
I WANT TO KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK
FOR A FERN TREE LIKE THIS TO
GROW.
OKAY, THE ACTUALLY SOME
MEASURED THE GROWTH RATES OF
TREE FERNS AND THEY GROW ABOUT A
FOOT PER DECADE.
WOW.
OLD AMAZING.
OUT OF THE RAINFOREST NOW AND
NO BETTER PERSON TO TALK ABOUT
IT THAN THE CEO MIKE NELSON.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
APPRECIATE IT.
YEAH, I'D BE HERE.
I'D LOVE TO KNOW HOW THE
RAINFOREST AND THE ART CENTER
ARE LINKED.
WE'RE ON YIELD ON OUR LAND.
SO PART OF OUR OBLIGATION TO OUR
LEASE BEING ON DEALER LAND IS TO
BRING TOGETHER THE NATURE AND
THE ART AT ONE TIME.
SO GOING BACK TO I TOLD YOU
EARLIER YEARS OUR MISSION.
JUST BEING PEOPLE ART AND NATURE
TOGETHER.
PEOPLE CAN COME AND VISIT SEVEN
COME ON TRUE.
WHAT'S REALLY SURPRISING IS THE
PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY COME THROUGH
HERE AND HAVE BEEN TO THE PARK.
AND IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT
EXPERIENCE.
IT'S A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE HERE.
WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES FOR SOMEONE
WHO WALKS THROUGH THESE DOORS
AND COMES TO VISIT THIS PLACE?
SIMPLY WITH THE ALOHA THAT WE
ALL SHARE.
ELEMENTS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH
IS AS WE KNOW.
THE RESTRICTIONS EVERYONE'S INTO
YOU'RE HERE.
IT'S FREE.
LISTEN TO THE BIRDS COME INTO
THE CART.
SO IT'S IN IT'S AN EXPERIENCE
THAT YOU KNOW, YOU JUST CAN'T
PUT ON LIKE AN AMERICAN EXPRESS
CARD.
LOT OF PEOPLE JUST LOVE THE BIG
ISLAND BECAUSE YOU CAN RELAX
THERE.
YOU CAN GO HIKING YOU CAN GO
WALKING THROUGH A RAINFOREST
LIKE THIS AND REALLY CONNECT.
THE PLACE, IT'S REALLY REALLY
NEAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS I FIND ALWAYS
SO FASCINATING ABOUT THE ISLAND