Fall Intensive Kū ‘Āina Pā COHORT TWO - September 20 - 22, 2013

Friday September 20, 2013
Travel to Kona – check into accommodations
6 p.m. Arrive for DINNER and Farm Tour at Kawanui Farm --- Nancy Redfeather & Gerry Herbert

Saturday September 21, 2013
Innovations Public Charter School – Kailua-Kona

8:30 a.m. to noon
"Let's Trash Rubbish!: School Gardens as a Catalyst for Zero Waste"
With Krista Donaldson– Garden Educator and Sustainability Coordinator for Innovations PCS and Megan Dehning Science Teacher at Innovations.

Innovations Campus Tour
12:00 -12:30 p.m. Travel to Kawanui Farm – Honalo
12:30 – 1:30 pm LUNCH at Kawanui Farm

Afternoon:

Time Rotations Rotations
1:45 – 3:15 Seed Saving for School Gardens
– Nancy and Ming Wei
Growing and Making Soil for your School Garden
Using Local Amendments
– Gerry and Amanda
3:15 – 3:30 Break  
3:30 – 5:00 Seed Saving Growing and Making Soil


5:00 pm WRAP UP

Optional Evening Activities (to be determined)

Sunday September 22, 2013
Meet at Gingerhill Farm

8:30 - 9:30 am - Amanda Rieux – “Planting & Eating From the Garden: School Garden Food Safety Basics.”
9:30 - 10:00 am - Zach Nathan and Iris Rosa Lami – “Developing a Nutritional Foundation with Whole Foods”

Food Preparation - Working in the Garden

Time Rotations Rotations
10 am – 11 am Harvesting and garden care Food and dining preparation
11 am – 12 noon Food and dining preparation Harvesting and garden care



Lunch: 12:00-1:00 p.m.

1:00-1:15 p.m. - Travel to Amy Greenwell Garden

Afternoon: 1:15-3:15 p.m.
Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden with Kamuela Naihe Garden Educator
“Connecting with the Natives in Your School Garden” - The Amy Greenwell Garden is a great model of the pre-contact Kona Field System. Tour, Resources, take-home plant material, service. Pau 3:30 p.m.

Ginger Hill Farm – 323-3964
Kawanui Farm – 322-2801