Mahalo to all of the UH Master Gardeners that attended the IMGC in Portland, our time among so many Extension Master Gardeners will be one that we will remember for a long time. What a sight to see all of the green shirts of our UH Master Gardeners, 21 in all! Thank you for attending this awesome opportunity for us to learn and grow together. Click here to see a few of the educational resources from the conference
SPOTLIGHT on MAUI
Cynthia Nazario-Leary, Maui MG Coordinator
This year we had a wonderful Appreciation and Celebration Dinner for the Maui Master Gardener program at the Leis Family Class Act restaurant. We welcomed 18 Master Gardener Interns,12 new Master Gardener Certifications, 15 Re-certifications, and 7 new Emeritus Master Gardeners.
One of our Kaua'i Master Gardeners passed away on July 15, 2017. Mike Seeley was a Master Gardener from the class of 2015. Mike lived in Waimea and did Master Gardener Projects with the Waimea High School Garden Program. Mike participated in the propagation work days at the CTAHR Research Center and helped assemble the Master Gardener Tool Shed. He also helped with the Kaua’i County Fair activities. Mike left the Island and worked in Washington state before his death. His positive spirit will be missed!
May Event hosted 83 visitors and a Fruit Fly Management workshop by Jayme Grzebik, plus a bonus seed exchange
June Pollinator Event, hosted 544 visitors and captured 79 pollinator pledges. Thank you to our MG Bee Hui and UH Bee Project for extraordinary effort to educate the gardening public on pollinators. See more about The Xerces Society pollinator pledge here: https://xerces.org/pollinatorprotectionpledge/
July Propagation Expo by Jari Sugano and UH Cooperative Extension, hosted 470 visitors. Thank you to the Jari Sugano and the MG Grafting Hui, offered hands-on workshops to 139 grafting participants and 133 air layering participants.
August Indigo Dyeing Event, hosted 216 visitors and 25 attendees at a traditional indigo dye workshop.
Providing advanced training and incentives to connect MGs with school gardens as a School Garden Consultant in partnership with Kokua Hawaii Foundation’s AINA in Schools program
IN MEMORIUM: Gerrit Evensen
Gerrit Evensen UH MG 2012 was an excellent horticulturist and vibrant human being. A paddle out was held to celebrate his life with family and friends at Kalama Beach on August 12, 2017.
West Hawai'i
West Hawaii Master Gardeners are excited to be expanding our Fruit Tree Orchard. We recently gathered to plant six trees donated by Ken Love, Executive Director of Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers, and a multi-grafted citrus tree donated by Ty McDonald, Kona Extension Agent and West Hawai'i Master Gardener Coordinator.
Trees donated by Ken Love include tangerine - Miho Wasse, chocolate (black) sapote, Sierra fig, marang, finger lime and moringa. The yellow pitaya will be placed later once that area is prepared for planting. Master Gardener Ed F. led the group in the planting of the trees. MG Ed had previously set up irrigation lines to the area.
Master Gardener Kathy F. is leading the group in the Vegetable Demonstration Garden, growing UH seeds and recording time to transplant size, time to harvest, effectiveness of insect and disease control, and time to peak garden appearance.
We will be holding a Demonstration Garden Field Day in April 2018, which will be open to the public. We are planning on the full involvement of our 2018 Master Gardener Volunteer Training Program Trainees in this project
East Hawai'i
7 EHIMGA MGs took the Worker Protection Standard Training on August 9th. It will become part of our 2018 class.
August 17th was our planting day in the no-till demo garden with plantings of Kabocha squash and purple sweet potatoes.
Our interim County Administrator (Susan Miyasaka) has confirmed that the 2018 class will go on Feb-March at Komohana.
EHIMGA is working on implementing two ideas from the International MG Conference: (1) the mentored class/internship with a structured internship and (2) the "10-minute University" - short scripted presentations with props and handouts for outreach events.
Managing Slugs and Snails in the Home Garden to Reduce the Risk of Rat Lungworm Infection
