Issue No. 9

Sep | Oct | Nov 2014

Fall 2014 Master Gardener Newsletter

In This Issue

NEWS from around the STATE

Restoring the Wiliwili Forest

Hawaii's Native Bees

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2014 Statewide UHMG Conference Website
2014 Conference Eventbrite REGISTRATION

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2014 Statewide UH Master Gardener Conference

October 24-26, 2014

Our Maui Master Gardeners have designed an exclusive program for us! Friday evening meet master gardeners from across our state, to share and take home great ideas for own island programs. Saturday's tours feature behind the scenes visits to some of the Valley Isle's most interesting and exclusive gardening and farming locales. Celebrate with us at Saturday night's banquet and award ceremony. Expand your understanding on Sunday morning, choosing from advanced training topics about bees, breadfruit and fruit trees, aquaponics, grafting, ethnobotany, or school gardens. At a very affordable price, bring a friend with you.

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NEWS from around the STATE

NEWS FROM KAUA'I

Kim Perry, MG Coordinator Kaua'i

Mokihana
Melicope anisata

The Kaua'i County Farm Fair is the largest annual community event on Kaua'i, with a focus on agriculture, food, family and fun! Thanks to all of their hard work, talent, and creativity this year's fundraiser was a record-breaking success!! Read more here.

NEWS FROM O'AHU

Jayme Grzebik, MG Coordinator Oʻahu

Ilima
Sida fallax

News from the Urban Garden Center

Check out the July/August issue of News from the Urban Garden Center to read about the "Giving Orchard," nine reasons to try doing Plant Doctor, and the 2014 Farm Fair at Kualoa Ranch. Mahalo to our tireless newsletter coordinators Barbara Alexander and Cathering Ano.
Read more here.

NEWS FROM MAUI COUNTY

Lorraine Brooks, MG Coordinator Maui

Lokelani Rose
Rosa chinensis

The Maui Master Gardener program continues to grow. There are 36 Master Gardener interns from the 2014 class. Many of them have jumped right in and have worked in the garden, volunteered at outreach events, worked on the Statewide Master Gardener Conference, serve on the Advisory Board, and of course, answered questions on our helpdesk. Read more here.

NEWS FROM WEST HAWAI'I

Ty McDonald, MG Coordinator

Ohia

Metrosideros polymorpha

by Celeste Makrevis, West Hawai'i Master Gardener

West Hawaii Master Gardeners continue their support of efforts to control invasive species with outreach events about little fire ant (LFA,) coqui frog, and fountain grass. An estimated 90 percent of the trees that did damage in Tropical Storm Iselle were invasive albizia (Falcataria moluccana). Read about how MGs support the Waikoloa Dry Forest Initiative which is restoring native wiliwili trees (Erythrina sandwicensis). Read more here.

Restoring the Wiliwili Forest of Waikoloa
by Jen Lawson, Waikoloa Dry Forest Initiative

Waikoloa Village on Hawaiʻi Island was built in an area that was once a native Hawaiian tropical dryland forest, one of the most biologically diverse and beautiful ecosystems of our islands. The lowland dry forests of the past have been almost completely lost, largely due to human activities, the introduction and expansion of feral ungulates, invasive plant species and an increase in fire frequency. What is left is precious. Although fragmented and degraded, the areas of native forest that still persist are beautiful and inspiring places, worthy of preservation.