Amy Greenwell Gardens January/February 2008 Class Schedule
Bishop Museum’s Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is a 15-acre site with a nursery and a landscape of more than 200 species of native plants and Polynesian crops. Take a free, guided tour of the Garden, which is located in Captain Cook, on the Big Island of Hawaii, on the first Saturday of every month. To register for classes, call 808.323-3318, or email agg@bishopmuseum.org.
The following programs will be offered at Bishop Museum’s Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden in January and February 2008:
JANUARY
AMY GREENWELL GARDEN FREE GARDEN TOUR
January 12; 10 a.m. – to 11:30;
Free Event
Amy Greenwell
Ethnobotanical Garden; Captain Cook, HI
Take an in-depth look at the archeological remains of the Kona Field System in this month’s open house tour. Sixty square miles of land from Milolii to Kona was altered and cultivated to feed the population of West Hawaii. The Kona Field System is an ancient network of farms and gardens that rivaled the great agricultural developments of the indigenous Americans in size and complexity.
For more information call 808.323.3318, or email agg@bishopmuseum.org. Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is Bishop Museum’s native plant arboretum located in Captain Cook on Hawaii Island. The Garden is located twelve miles south of Kailua-Kona on Highway 11, just south of mile marker 110. The garden welcomes all visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. Admission to the garden is by donation, suggested at $4.
AMY GREENWELL BACKYARD KALO FARMING WORKSHOP
January 19th; 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.;
$15; Members Free
Amy Greenwell
Ethnobotanical Garden; Captain Cook, HI
“Backyard Kalo Farming” with garden foreman Manuel Rego, who has cared for the extensive collection of kalo at Amy Greenwell Garden for 22 years. Come and learn how to propagate, grow, and prepare kalo in your own backyard. Participants will also be supplied with kalo huli, or propagates, that can be planted for harvest.
And, for the lucky attendees, this particular workshop includes such popular varieties as Mana ‘ulu and Maui Lehua. The cost is $15 and free to Bishop Museum members. Register with the garden at 808.323.3318 or agg@bishopmuseum.org .
FEBRUARY 2008
AMY GREENWELL GARDEN FREE GARDEN TOUR
February 9; 10 to 11:30 a.m.; Free
Event
Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical
Garden; Captain Cook, HI
The Mallow Family is the theme for this month’s open house tour. Malvaceae is a large and diverse family that includes the hibiscus. You will be surprised at the variety of plants that will display the recognizable hibiscus flower. For more information call 808.323.3318, or email agg@bishopmuseum.org. Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is Bishop Museum’s native plant arboretum located in Captain Cook on Hawaii Island. The Garden is located twelve miles south of Kailua-Kona on Highway 11, just south of mile marker 110. The garden welcomes all visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. Admission to the garden is by donation, suggested at $4.
AMY GREENWELL GARDEN 4 th ANNUAL GROW HAWAIIAN FESTIVAL
February 23; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Free
Event
Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical
Garden; Captain Cook, HI
The 4 th Annual Grow Hawaiian Festival at Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden in Captain Cook, Hawaii Island, will be held Saturday, February 23, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is FREE!
Weavers, dancers, kapa makers, and other practitioners of traditional Hawaiian culture meet with biologists, conservationists, and horticulturists to explore their common passion for the native and Polynesian introduced plants of Hawai‘i. Festival-goers have a unique opportunity to meet and talk with many of the foremost practitioners of Hawaiian arts including lei makers and kapa makers, as well as leading scientists and entomologists.
The festival includes cultural demonstrators, ask-the-expert booths, and displays by schools, parks, and conservation organizations. There will be a continuing program of speakers and panels on the main stage throughout the day, activity areas for young and old, and plate lunches by Super-J’s.
On the main stage, the program will be a mix of cultural insights, entertainment, and fascinating accounts by leading conservationists and botanists. There is never a dull moment with Tom Cummings and Kealoha Kelekolio as masters of ceremony--they are well known storytellers who work with the Bishop Museum Education Department and they fit in a number of their dramatic presentations on traditional themes during the day.
A roundtable of well-known cultural practitioners including will bring their personal stories of plants and planting. Kanu o ka Aina will open and close the program with chants, and Ulalia Berman and her dancers will provide an interlude of hula.
Cultural demonstrators will be available all day for visitors to meet and talk story about their specialties. The Kona Weavers Club, an informal group that meets once a month at Amy Greenwell Garden to weave, will be at the festival making hats, mats, and other items from lauhala.
One of the most popular activities at previous festivals is a guided tour of Amy Greenwell Garden led by David Orr, curator of collections at Waimea Arboretum and Botanical Garden on O‘ahu. His deep knowledge of native plants and enduring passion for conservation make this tour a must-do event for garden lovers and conservationists in West Hawaii.
The festival provides an extraordinary opportunity for people to ask experts for advice on all manner of things biological or horticultural. Bring your mystery plants or bugs to the festival to get them identified. At the many booths in the festival, conservation experts will be ready to talk to visitors about projects on Kauai, Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii. For more information call 808.323.3318.
Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is Bishop Museum ’s native plant arboretum located in Captain Cook on Hawaii Island . The Garden is located twelve miles south of Kailua-Kona on Highway 11, just south of mile marker 110. The garden welcomes all visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. Admission to the garden is by donation, suggested at $4.
The Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is part of the Bishop Museum, a private non-profit dedicated to inspiring people to experience and embrace the Pacific and its various cultures. The garden itself seeks to support the Hawaiian traditions of land and plant use, and conserve the plant resources of traditional cultural activities. The garden features more than 200 species of endemic, indigenous, and Polynesian introduced flora, as well as 5 acres of archeological remains of the ancient Hawaiian agricultural system, known as the Kona Field System.
The Gardens are located in Captain Cook, 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona, between the 110 and 11 mile markers of the Māmalahoa Highway. The garden welcomes all visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. Admission to the garden is by donation, suggested at $4.
These and other programs are supported by the Bishop Museum , the Native Hawaiian Culture and Arts Program (NHCAP), and the Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations (ECHO). For more information, contact Noa Lincoln, Garden Educator, at 808.323.3318; by fax at 808.323.2394; or email agg@bishopmuseum.org.
Or Visit the web site at: www.bishopmuseum.org/greenwell/
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