Creating a School Herbarium

Six teams of two teachers each may apply. Two teachers (or one teacher and one librarian) from six schools will be chosen to take a weekend workshop with UH-Mānoa Professor Michael Thomas and selected graduate students at the Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden in Captain Cook. Professor Thomas is the collection manager and curator of the Joseph Rock Herbarium at UH-Mānoa. The Herbarium was founded in 1911 and is a focal point for teaching, training, and education on the flora of Hawai‘i and the Pacific. Increase your knowledge of botany and make new scientific and artistic connections between your school garden, the sciences, and your school library. Workshop fee, all materials and meals will be provided and a stipend of $100 for each participant. For more information see the Herbarium Guidelines. To apply please download the Herbarium Application.  Please send completed application to Nancy Redfeather at nredfeather@kohalacenter.org.