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More than just a share: Windward Plant Swap cultivates community
The basic message for participants at the Windward Plant Swap is simple: “Just to give and to share and to be part of a community.” As a testament to how the organizers have cultivated this community, many participants at the Saturday swap seemed to be spending as much time talking story as they were perusing the tables stuffed with plant goodies.
“You get introduced to people that brought this plant and they don’t know anything about this plant — oh here’s the person that grows it and they can teach you how to propagate it and how to learn and what it does and if you can eat it,” said co-founder Shannon Kapepa. “It’s something that excites them and it’s something that we all have in common. And I think for our plant swap we really want it to be a community. “
WEEKLY ROUNDUP
This week’s events
Below is a brief listing of upcoming events this week. For details including registration information, visit our site!
Saturday, Sept. 13
Plant swaps: There will be a plant share at the Oahu Master Gardeners’ monthly Second Saturdays from 9-11 am at the Urban Garden Center in Pearl City, as well as at the 808 Craft and Gift Fair from 10 am-noon at the Ko’olau Center in Kaneohe.
Tours & Workshops: Unfortunately, the Lei Plant Propagation and Hydroponics Lettuce workshops are sold out but you can still tour the xeric garden and giant pumpkin and ornamental corn fields from 9-11 am at the Urban Garden Center in Pearl City. Tickets are still available, though, for the Succulent Tablescape Workshop 5-7 pm at Mari’s Gardens in Kailua.
Community Workdays: Volunteers are needed 8:30-10:30 am at Hoʻōla ʻĀina Pilipili, 9 am-12:30 pm at the Ala Mahamoe Dryland Restoration Forest, 9 am-noon at the Kahuku side of the Turtle Bay Resort parking lot, and 9 am-12:30 pm to restore the ahupuaʻa of Waialeʻe, Koʻolauloa.
FEATURED EVENT
Honolulu Community Gardens celebrates 50th Anniversary
As Honolulu Community Gardens celebrate their 50th anniversary with a family friendly event Saturday at Foster Botanical Garden, members are exploring the past and celebrating the present while preparing to usher in a period of exciting new growth.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Growing tomatoes in the Hawaiian garden
I always learn something new at every Oahu Master Gardeners event I attend, and the Sept. 3 tomato workshop was no different. Learn what were some of my top takeaways from the presentation — there was so much other information provided that I highly recommend taking the workshop if they offer it again!
