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🌺 Hawaiian Seed Giveaway! 🌺
One lucky winner will receive 2 packets from Hawai’i Island Seed Co.: Ali’ipoe (Canna indica), whose seeds are often used in lei, and ‘Akala (Rubus hawaiensis), also known as Hawaiian raspberry.
All you ned to do to enter is comment on our Facebook post and share your favorite way to propagate seeds! Deadline to enter is 11:59 pm HST Oct. 8 - more details can be found on the Facebook post!
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WEEKLY ROUNDUP
This week’s events
Below is a brief listing of upcoming events this week. For details including registration information, visit our site!
Deadline alerts
Monday, Oct. 6: Online reservations open at noon for free endemic Hawaiian plants from Grow Aloha. If successful in registering, you would pick up your plant 5:30-7 pm at Bishop Museum during their Kaiwi’ula Night Market. Click here for the reservation link.
Tuesday, Oct. 7: Volunteers interested in joining the Koʻolau Mountains Watershed Partnership to remove invasive species at the Manoa Cliffs Forest on Oct. 18 from 9 am-noon must submit a volunteer registration form online by Oct. 7. Work may also include trail clearing, seed collection and brush clearing. Click here for more info.
Wednesday, Oct. 8
Orchid Workshop: Orchid grower Doug DeMoss will present "Growing Tropical Lady Slippers, Paphiopedilums & Phragmipedediums" at the Honolulu Orchid Society's October meeting at 7 pm at the Lanakila Elementary School cafeteria. Click here to learn more.
Hawaii Kai Community Work Day: Join the Abl Collective for this bi-monthly work day 2-4 pm at the Hawaii Kai Towne Center Community Garden to seed and replant crops, and take home a share of the harvest. You must register for the event online. Click here to sign up.
Friday & Saturday Oct. 10-11
“A Whirlwind of Orchids” is the theme for the 86th Annual Orchid Show and Plant Sale on Oct. 10 and 11 at the Washington Middle School cafeteria in town. Sponsored by The Honolulu Orchid Society, the event will include free sessions, orchid displays, plant sales, and more. Click here to learn more.
Saturday Oct. 11
Mililani Plant Share: Bring a plant, take a plant at this share event 10-11 am at the Miliani Hongwanji Mission. Please label your plants/seeds and be prepared to bring home anything that’s not taken. Click here for more info.
Workshops
Learn to Worm: Set up a worm bin to create rich vermicompost at this workshop 9-11 am at the Urban Garden Center in Pearl City. Total cost is $103.22 and includes all the components of the ʻLearn to Wormʻ Kit. Click here to register.
Pōpō Hua Kanu (Native Seed Ball) Workshop: Learn how to make seed balls with hundreds of native seeds to be thrown out into forested areas as great tools for restoration and rebuilding native seed banks. This free event takes place 9-11 am at Surfrider Foundation’s Kaka’ako Ocean Friendly Garden. Click here to register.
Community Work Days
SuperChill Saturdays Pia Valley, 8:30 am-12:30 pm:
Join Protect & Preserve Hawaii from 8:30 am-12:30 pm to learn about Pia Valley in the Kuliouou area and participate in light restoration activities. Click here to register.Hoʻōla ʻĀina Pilipili Work Day, 8:30-11 am: Join the monthly community workday at Hoʻōla ʻĀina Pilipili, an accessible community garden at UH Manoa’s College of Education. This month’s activities focus on Māla Maintenance (weeding, watering, planting, harvesting) and refilling garden beds with soil. Click here to register.
Permaculture Saturdays at Kolea Farm, 9 am-2 pm: Learn about permaculture design and organic growing practices every Saturday at Kolea Farm in the North Shore. Plant local produce and trees, maintain existing permaculture systems, and harvest and learn about organic farming through community involvement. Mini food prep workshop at the end. Volunteer tasks may include garden tool use. Click here to register on Eventbrite.
Kalaeokaunaʻoa Volunteer Workday, 9 am-noon: Join North Shore Community Land Trust for a 1-mile hike to Kahuku Point. for a work day of invasive species removal, native out-planting, and other dune restoration activities. Click here to register on Eventbrite.
SHARE SEEDS
Help others grow their gardens
Did you know that there are standalone seed sharing stations beyond the the network of Freestores around Oahu? (What are Freestores, you ask? Click here for enlightenment!) All of the Freestores have seed sharing stations, most of them in the form of repurposed mailboxes. Like the Freestores, the seed stations rely on a network of volunteers to collect seeds, package them, and distribute the packets around the island.