Farmers, gardeners, and plant lovers!
Come and share your gardening successes with
others and help build community food self-reliance,
biodiversity, and health! Please prepare and share your
saved seeds, cu ings, roots, and keiki of food crops
that do well in your gardens. Note:
No po ed plants
will be allowed to prevent spreading the Li le Fire Ant.
Educational presentations
Stories of the Moon Goddess Hina Hi?ilani Shibata
Storing Food in the Landscape Craig Elevitch
e Moon and Agriculture, Exploring Connections
Hawai?i?s Farmers and Gardeners
Event Schedule
7:30?8:30 Sign in and set up
8:30?9:30 Opening ceremony with Kumu Keala
Ching and Ka P Hula N Wai Iwi Ola. is year?s
theme is ?Moon and Agriculture Relationships &
Connections.? Please bring a fruit or vegetable from
your garden as an o ering.
9:30?12:30 Networking, Seed Exchange, Agricultural
Organizations presenting information for gardeners,
and Youth Program.
10:00?12:30 Educational presentations
12:30 Closing ceremony
?O ka mahina ka m la, pili iho k kou!
?O ka m la ka mahina, pili iho k kou!
The moon is the garden, all of us together!
The garden is the moon, all of us together!
?Kumu Keala Ching
$5 donation suggested
Plenty of free parking available (across from Manago Hotel)
Organic lunches by Lotus Café available for purchase 10:30?12:30
Label everything you bring to share and bring small envelopes for gathering seed. Remember, no po ed plants.
Camping available on Friday, June 12. Space is limited, reservations required. RSVP lynnbell@hawaii.rr.com.
For more information, call Nancy Redfeather 322-2801 or e-mail nancyredfeather@hawaii.rr.com.
Sponsored by Bishop Museum?s Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden,
Know Your Farmer Alliance, Hawai?i Peoples Fund, and Hawai?i Community Foundation.
Seeding the future of life in our farms and gardens. Creating abundance through stewardship and education.
is project is supported in part by the Native Hawaiian Culture and Arts Program and Education through Cultural & Historical Organizations, also known as ECHO, an initiative under
the O ce of Innovation and Improvement of the U.S. Department of Education. ECHO provides educational enrichment of Native and non-Native children and lifelong learners. e
views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the opinions or policies of the U.S. Government.
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7th Annual Hawai?i Island
Seed Exchange
Saturday, June 13, 2009, 8:30 am?12:30 pm
Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Captain Cook
Share seed
Exchange knowledge
Discover new food plants