This isn’t your typical garden party. You probably shouldn’t wear anything white, lacy, or vintage. The only kind of gloves you’re going to want for this party are working gloves. That’s because the garden party that’s happening on Saturday is
This isn’t your typical garden party. You probably shouldn’t wear anything white, lacy, or vintage. The only kind of gloves you’re going to want for this party are working gloves.
That’s because the garden party that’s happening on Saturday is a chance to get down and dirty, not the traditional tea on the green.
“We’re going to be setting up a composting system, expanding some of the garden beds so there’s more space for food production, and putting in some mulching beds and trees,” said Megan Fox, director of operations for Malama Kauai.
From 9 a.m. to noon, volunteers will work in the garden at the Kawaikini Public Charter School in Lihue, one of four Hawaiian Immersion schools on the island.
The school doesn’t have a food program so the plan is help supply those meals through the garden.
“So, we’re starting up this school garden especially for high school students to learn about agriculture as a career pathway and at the same time, generating produce for school lunches,” Fox said.
The garden, which is about half of an acre in size, was started in November and is accompanied by a small orchard. Since its inception, Malama Kauai has been holding monthly workshop sessions with information on gardening.
“The last one we had was on the different Hawaiian varieties of bananas and how to grow them,” Fox said. “Then we planted several different varieties on the school campus.”
As a bonus for Saturday’s garden party, anyone who RSVPs can get in on the free compost bin giveaway.
“So, people that come can take a compost bin home and watch a video about composting and learn about it,” Fox said, “but if you want a compost bin, you have to RSVP so we know how many to bring.”
Everyone is invited to the garden party and Fox said she usually invites a lot of the kids at Kawaikini Public Charter School.
“It’s just the community getting together to make improvements on the school garden,” Fox said. “We encourage parents to come out and bring their kids and we’ll give the garden a spring uplift before we get into the spring/summer school session.”
Volunteers will be fed at a community potluck.
Info: Sarah Hopps at sara@malamakauai.org or call 828-0685 ext. 18.
