O‘ahu Workshop
March 24 and 25, 2012

The Hawai‘i Public Seed Initiative held it's second "Seed Basics Workshop for Farmers and Gardeners" on O‘ahu at the Lyon Arboretum on Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25 with an optional farm tour on Monday, March 26. The two-day Workshop was designed to create a practical working knowledge of seed growing, botany and biology, selection, harvesting, cleaning, and saving of various types of seed. Each island will host a similar workshop in 2012. Check for a workshop date on your island in the menu to the left.

Click here for a full agenda.

Click here to view and download the speaker presentations.

Mahalo to Our Workshop Presenters:
Hector Valenzuela Ph.D - CTAHR Extension Vegetable Specialist.
Russell Nagata Ph.D - CTAHR County of Hawai'i Extension Administrator.
Glenn Teves - CTAHR Molokai Extension Office
Alvin Yohsinaga - Retired Seed Conservation Laboratory-Restoration Ecologist at UH Mānoa
Jim Brewbaker PhD - CTAHR Plant Breeding, Biochemical Genetics
Nancy Redfeather - Coordinator Hawai'i Public Seed Initiative - The Kohala Center
Ann Tanaka- Master Gardener
Leyla Cabugos
Angelo Loffredo Ph.D - UH Manoa, Specialist On Biological Control Of Plant Parasitic Nematodes
Ray Uchida - CTAHR County Of Oahu Extension Administrator
Tim Kroessig - Lyon Arboretum Seed Lab

Supplementary Materials
1. Guidelines for Successful Seed Storage (A. Yoshinaga)
2. Sees Storage Internet Resources (compiled by A. Yoshinaga)

The two-day workshops, funded by a Ceres Trust grant awarded to The Kohala Center, are designed to create a practical working knowledge of seed growing, botany and biology, plant selection, seed harvesting, cleaning, and saving. Each workshop will include hands-on fieldwork with a focus on growing lettuce and tomato to seed as well as taro propagation. The O‘ahu workshop will include both lecture presentations and hands-on fieldwork so participants can practice harvesting, selecting, cleaning, and storing fresh seed. Strategies to account for differences in elevation, weather patterns, and rainfall will be discussed.

For more information, please contact Lyn Howe at 808-936-7040, or e-mail seedproject@kohalacenter.org.