Kaua‘i 14th Annual Garden Fair Saturday

From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Kaua‘i Community College attend the ever expanding Kaua‘i Farm Bureau Garden Fair. Come and share garden products and information with Kaua‘i residents and visitors. The fair includes not only a wide variety of plants, flowers and garden supplies but also Kaua‘i grown produce. Individual farmers will have tables and students from Kaua‘i and Kapa‘a High Schools will provide produce grown in their school gardens. Activities throughout the day include a lecture series on garden related topics and activities hosted by the 4-H kids. There will be food available for purchase. For more information call,

Lecture schedule

University of Hawai‘i College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (UH CTAHR) educational displays and presentations at Kaua‘i Community College Saturday.

• 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. ‘Growing taro and homemade poi’ with Roy Yamakawa, UH CTAHR Kaua‘i administrator and extension agent in horticulture and Laura Kawamura, UH CTAHR Extension, educator in nutrition and consumer sciences

•10:15 a.m. to 11 a.m. ‘Papaya: Grow your own, take it home’ with Dr. Terry Sekioka, UH CTAHR researcher in horticulture and Laura Kawamura

•11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. ‘A simple way to graft plants’ with Dr. Ken Takeda, Retired CTAHR researcher in horticulture

•11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.    ‘Plant Doctor: What’s wrong with my plants?’ (Bring in specimens) with Brian Bushe, UH CTAHR research support specialist, plant and environmental protection sciences   

•12:30 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. ‘Victory gardening 101: Growing your own food’ with Dr. Ted Radovich, UH CTAHR researcher in sustainable horticulture 

• 1:15 p.m. to 2 p.m. ‘Growing orchids on trees and walls’ with Patrick O’Day, Hawaiian Orchid Source

• 2 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.    ‘Backyard pastured poultry free-range chickens eggs with Matt Stevenson UH CTAHR Extension, agent in livestock and range management.332-8189.