[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":123},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f19etzrixp0qii":3},{"kind":4,"country":5,"referenceDate":6,"text":7,"calendar":35,"article":37,"scope":60,"ranges":61,"related":71,"contextual":91},"article","US","2026-10-18",{"slug":8,"title":9,"description":10,"answer":11,"sections":12,"faq":28},"lei-day-hawaii","Lei Day in Hawaiʻi: date, flower lei and the celebration","Lei Day is May 1 in Hawaiʻi. Choose a flower lei as a gift and understand the difference between visiting and entering Honolulu’s lei contest.","Lei Day is celebrated each May 1 in Hawaiʻi and honors making, wearing and giving lei. A lei is a garland that can combine flowers or other materials. For a gift ask for a finished wearable lei and specify the flowers, size and pickup.",[13,18,23],{"title":14,"paragraphs":15},"May 1 in Hawaiʻi",[16,17],"Lei Day is a Hawaiʻi celebration connected with its culture and the making and exchange of lei. These can be made with flowers and leaves, but also seeds, shells or feathers. Not every lei is a flower necklace.","It shares May 1 with May Day baskets in other parts of the United States. The preparations are different: a basket to give or display and a garland to wear. You will find Lei Day under Hawaiʻi in the calendar.",{"title":19,"paragraphs":20},"Ordering a flower lei",[21,22],"Carnations and tuberose are two flowers used in lei making. For your gift start with the color and the style you want to wear. Ask about its size, weight and how to store that arrangement until the handover. Instructions for a vase bouquet do not apply to every lei.","An example order would be “I would like a carnation lei to give on May 1. I will pick it up that morning. Please explain its size and how to transport it until I give it.” If Hawaiʻi-grown flowers matter to you ask about their origin when choosing the order. Picking it up there does not by itself identify where the flowers were grown.",{"title":24,"paragraphs":25},"Visiting the celebration or entering Honolulu’s contest",[26,27],"In Honolulu the annual May 1 celebration takes place at Queen Kapiʻolani Park. It includes displays, music, hula, workshops and a lei contest. For a visit check that year’s programme and choose the activities that interest you.","To enter a lei check the categories, measurements and contest receiving point before making it. One year’s rules and receiving times do not necessarily carry over to the next. Ordering a personal gift and preparing a competition piece require different instructions.",[29,32],{"question":30,"answer":31},"Can I give a bouquet instead of a lei?","For a personal gift you can choose carnations with a card. To give a lei ask specifically for a finished garland. For Honolulu’s contest prepare the entry required by its rules; a vase bouquet is not equivalent to that entry.",{"question":33,"answer":34},"What date does the calendar copy save?","It saves May 1 as a single all-day occasion. Honolulu also has closing ceremonies on May 2, but these and their times are not added to this occasion. Check that year’s programme to attend those events.",{"occasionId":36,"countryCode":5},"us-lei-day",{"id":36,"category":38,"imageId":39,"name":40,"imageAlt":41,"territoryLabel":42,"sources":43},"occasions","carnation","Lei Day in Hawaiʻi","Carnation against a dark green background","Hawaiʻi · Regional",[44,48,52,56],{"url":45,"label":46,"claim":47},"https:\u002F\u002Fdata.capitol.hawaii.gov\u002Fhrscurrent\u002FVol01_Ch0001-0042F\u002FHRS0008\u002FHRS_0008-0013.htm","Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes · §8-13 Lei Day","Designates May 1 each year as Lei Day in Hawaiʻi, without making it a state holiday. State scope, not nationwide US scope.",{"url":49,"label":50,"claim":51},"https:\u002F\u002Fdlnr.hawaii.gov\u002Fdofaw\u002Fevent\u002Fmay-day-lei-day\u002F2029-05-01\u002F","Hawaiʻi DLNR · May Day Lei Day","Describes making, wearing and giving lei of flowers or other materials across the islands. The 2029 entry is not a Honolulu 2027 programme.",{"url":53,"label":54,"claim":55},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.honolulu.gov\u002Fdpr\u002Flei-day\u002F","Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation · Lei Day","Annual May 1 celebration at Kapiʻolani Park, contest and workshops; May 2 closing. Published times\u002Frules are for 2026, not a promise for another edition.",{"url":57,"label":58,"claim":59},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww3.ctahr.hawaii.edu\u002Fhfc\u002Fabstract.asp","University of Hawaiʻi CTAHR · Advances in lei flower production","Historic lei-flower production reference includes carnations and tuberose. No 2002 figures, prices, stock or storage instructions are reused as current data.","Hawaiʻi",[62,65,68],{"start":63,"end":63,"startLabel":64,"endLabel":64},"2027-05-01","1 May 2027",{"start":66,"end":66,"startLabel":67,"endLabel":67},"2028-05-01","1 May 2028",{"start":69,"end":69,"startLabel":70,"endLabel":70},"2029-05-01","1 May 2029",[72,81],{"article":73,"reason":79,"primary":80},{"id":39,"category":74,"imageId":39,"path":75,"name":76,"title":77,"description":78,"imageAlt":41},"flowers","\u002Fen\u002Fflowers\u002Fcarnation\u002F","Carnation","When to give carnations","How to choose carnations for a birthday, a thank-you or a tribute. Bouquet sizes, care and precautions around pets.","You can order a carnation lei ready to wear. Specify size, colors and pickup for May 1 and follow the care instructions for that arrangement.",true,{"article":82,"reason":89,"primary":90},{"id":83,"category":74,"imageId":83,"path":84,"name":85,"title":86,"description":87,"imageAlt":88},"tuberose","\u002Fen\u002Fflowers\u002Ftuberose\u002F","Tuberose","When to give tuberoses","Choose tuberoses by fragrance, opening stage and bouquet height. Anniversary order, transport and care, botanical names and the Rosary offering in Cádiz.","Spike of open white tuberose flowers against dark green","Tuberose is another flower used in lei. For this option ask for a finished arrangement and instructions for the journey.",false,[92,101,109,115],{"id":93,"category":94,"imageId":95,"path":96,"name":97,"title":97,"description":98,"imageAlt":99,"coverageLabel":100},"transporting-flowers","guides","lisianthus","\u002Fen\u002Fguides\u002Fhow-to-transport-a-bouquet\u002F","How to pack and transport a bouquet of flowers","How to protect a bouquet by car or plane. Packing and water for the journey, bringing flowers into the United States and checks on trips involving Hawaii.","Lavender lisianthus with a bud against a dark green background","Spain, Argentina, Germany, Lithuania, Mexico, and United States",{"id":102,"category":94,"imageId":103,"path":104,"name":105,"title":105,"description":106,"imageAlt":107,"coverageLabel":108},"graduation-flowers","gerbera","\u002Fen\u002Fguides\u002Fgraduation-flowers\u002F","Flowers for a graduation ceremony: what to choose and when to give them","What flowers to give for graduation and when to hand them over. Bouquets for photos, flower leis in Hawaiʻi and delivery advice for ceremonies in several countries.","Coral-orange gerbera against a dark green background","Spain, Argentina, Germany, Lithuania, and United States",{"id":110,"category":94,"imageId":103,"path":111,"name":112,"title":112,"description":113,"imageAlt":107,"coverageLabel":114},"flower-delivery","\u002Fen\u002Fguides\u002Fordering-flowers-from-a-distance\u002F","How to order flowers from a distance and plan delivery","How to send flowers from afar and choose the format, date and handover. Includes UK letterbox flowers and addresses and deliveries in other countries.","Spain, Argentina, Germany, Lithuania, Mexico, United Kingdom, and United States",{"id":116,"category":94,"imageId":117,"path":118,"name":119,"title":119,"description":120,"imageAlt":121,"coverageLabel":122},"may-day-baskets-us","alstroemeria","\u002Fen\u002Fguides\u002Fmay-day-baskets-us\u002F","May Day baskets in the US: flowers and gifts for May 1","Make a May Day flower basket for May 1 in the United States. Containers, delivery and how gift baskets differ from Annapolis door and storefront displays.","Apricot-pink alstroemerias with streaked petals against a dark green background","United States",1792348560030]