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