Honolulu’s Pride grows further with the Rainbow Shower Tree

With Honolulu Pride Month taking place in October, the city unveiled the Official Pride Tree of Honolulu at a Pride flag raising ceremony which also served as the dedication of a new plaque honoring the tree gifted to the city by the Lei Pua 'ala Queer Histories of Hawai'i project.

Mayor Rick Blangiardi proclaimed the Rainbow Shower Tree (Cassia x nealiae ‘Wilhelmina Tenney’) on Oct. 1, 2024. This makes Honolulu the first city in the world to have this kind of symbol.