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Mālama Kaua`i: Keep It Local Campaign - Start Your Own Garden, Sunday, August 31st
We are set to kick off our Keep It Local Campaign with a workshop series starting with the basics: food. The Start Your Own Garden Workshop is made for the true beginner. If you've been waiting for the one class that shows you the ABC's of growing your own food in a home garden, this is the class. The course will be lead by Jenica Springer and Brianna Wilkerson. Participants should bring bag lunch, water, rain/sun gear, gloves and clothes to garden in. This is a hands-on workshop and you will get dirty! Workshop takes place at Mālama Kaua`i which is at the site of the old Guava Kai Plantation, 4900 Kuawa Road in Kilauea.
RSVP - This workshop also has limited capacity so please RSVP to ensure your space. Please email us at: projects
malamakauai.org">projectsmalamakauai.org.
This program is run strictly through donations so please help us so we can continue to help you!
Start Your Own Garden Workshop:
Sunday August 31, 2008 10am - 3pm
Part 1: Lecture (Roughly 15-20 min. per topic) 10am-12pm
* Types of Gardens
* Raised beds, Container
* Soil Structure
* PH, soil type (clay/sand/silt), lab
* Soil Management
* Amendments
* Compost
* Mulch
* Crop Rotation
* Plotting
* Draw plot on grid paper
* Plant Choice
* Tools
LUNCH: 12:15- 1pm
Part 2: Hands-On / Activity Rotations (Roughly 30 min. per rotation) 1-3pm
* Direct seeding (Demonstration plot)
* Seed trays (adjacent tables)
* Transplanting (Demonstration plot w/ prepared seedlings)