Bring your favorite dishes using only locally grown food for the 2nd Annual 100% LOCAL FOOD COOK OFF AND POTLUCK!!
Optional competition for best savory and sweet dish
Bring Seeds, Plant Cuttings and Bare Roots (Please Check for Fire Ants)
- Exchange and give away localized plant material (bringing not required)
- Hear a panel on Preparing & Preserving the Food We Grow
- Enter the Local Cook Off!
- Try new taste delights at the Local Food Potluck!
- Meet your neighbors, other gardeners and innovative thinkers.

Kohala Mountain Farm Pumpkin Patch School tours for the pumpkin patch are available in October by reservation. Open Saturdays and Sundays in October 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please contact Stacykohalamountainfarm@gmail.com for reservations.

Giant Pumpkin Contest Where:  Waimea Town Market at Parker School When: Saturday, October 5, 2013, 9:00 a.m. Registration begins at 9:00 a.m.; Pumpkin Weigh In begins at 9:30 a.m. School gardens and community gardeners have been trying their hand at growing giant pumpkins. Join us to see how they did! Contact dmitts@kohalacenter.org for details.

STOP THE SPREAD OF LITTLE FIRE ANTS! Topics will include: Ants as Pests with Species of Concern, Pesticide Safety and Reading Labels, and Treatment Methods. Presented by the Hawai‘i Ant Lab at the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture.

School gardens provide a natural outdoor classroom for exploring STEM based learning as well as other core curriculum. Please join us as we discuss steps to start incorporating garden based learning at your school. To register for this workshop, please contact Donna Mitts at dmitts@kohalacenter.org