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Issue No. 16
June | July | Aug 2016
Summer 2016 Master Gardener Newsletter
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Master Gardener NEWS from around the STATE

NEWS FROM KAUA'I  
Joshua Silva, MG Coordinator Kaua'i    
       
Mokihana, Melicope anisata
Mokihana
Melicope anisata
Kaua'i Master Gardener News: March-May 2016 
Read about the MG Class of 2016 and their remarkable 16-week training program. Find out how other Kauaʻi MGs provided educational events for the Seed and Plant Exchange, the 21st Annual Garden Fair at Kauaʻi Community College, and for Agricultural and Environmental Awareness Day. Finally, three certified KMGs were nominated for Kaua'i's Outstanding Older Americans award, in recognition for their efforts and service to the Kaua'i community. Can you guess who they are? Read here.
  
NEWS FROM O'AHU
Jayme Grzebik, MG Coordinator Oʻahu

'Ilima, Sida fallax
Ilima 
Sida fallax 
Introducing Kalani Matsumura 

Kalani recently joined CTAHR as a junior extension agent in urban horticulture. He will assist the O'ahu Master Gardener Program and help to expand training and outreach opportunities island wide.  

NEWS FROM MAUI COUNTY
Cynthia Nazario-Leary, MG Coordinator

Lokelani Rose
Rosa chinensis
Maui Updates   
Read about Maui's 20 new MG interns and the big celebration they're planning for their June awards ceremony. Maui MGs were active at the Maui County Farm Bureau's Ag in the Classroom event, at the Maui County Maui County Agricultural Festival, and the Ha'iku Ho'olaulea Flower Festival. Check out their great photos! Read here.

 
NEWS FROM EAST HAWAI'I  
Marisol Quintanilla-Tornel, MG Coordinator

Ohia, Metrosideros polymorphas
'Ohi'a
Metrosideros polymorpha
Meet Marisol Quintanilla!
Marisol Quintanilla-Tornel is the Master Gardener program leader, and Junior Extension Agent at the Komohana Agriculture Research & Extension Center with a focus on sustainable agriculture, soil health, and organic farming.  Read more about her here.

News from East Hawaiʻi
 
Compiled by Bill Miller, EHIMGA President 
East Hawaiʻi master gardeners are ambitious! Read their fun stories of their lucrative plant sale, how they held a successful training class without a MG coordinator (!), their efforts in the ethnobotanical garden, and interesting workshops on air layering and hydroponics! Read here

Plant Pono Expansion: Master Gardeners have a role!
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Amanda Skelton, HPWRA & Plant Pono Liaison

If you're like me, you look for species that will do well in your yard and plants that are new or different. As Master Gardeners, you already know about the Hawaiʻi Pacific Weed Risk Assessment (HPWRA), a scientific tool that is over 90% accurate in predicting whether or not a plant is likely to invade nearby yards, forests, or agricultural areas. The HPWRA allows you to know - before you grow!

The Plant Pono website (www.plantpono.org) has information about the HPWRA as well as suggestions on planting "pono." Plant Pono's website launched in 2012 but was recently updated and expanded. Read here to learn about MG volunteer opportunities and Plant Pono certified nurseries and landscapers.
CTAHR Q1 Impact Report
Help Where We Need It
by Dean Maria Gallo, Dean and Director for Research and Cooperative Extension

We all know the tremendous good CTAHR does on the local, national, and global level, and it is something we can be proud of. But we also should be reminded that we are not doing it alone. In 2014, almost 5000 volunteers-nearly ten times the number of faculty and staff in the college-contributed a total of 186,922 hours to helping the college help others.

We plan to devote the first quarter's Impact Report every year to celebrating the many and various contributions and achievements of our volunteers.  

 

We begin with four stories from four islands:  

  • On Kaua'i, former president of the Kauai Farm Bureau Roy Oyama still has his finger on the pulse of everything ag-related, but his passion is 4-H, his mission to introduce children to agriculture early.
  • On Hawai'i Island, three generations of women are active in Family and Community Education, a service group established by Cooperative Extension that has been making life better for families for more than 65 years.
  • On O'ahu, volunteers at the Urban Garden facilitate all aspects of this one-stop outreach and education center for homeowner landscapers and backyard gardeners, from grafting trees to selling seedlings.
  • And on Maui, Master Gardeners-turned-beekeepers provide education on pollinators, help the UH Honeybee Project collect data on varroa-free hives, and harvest honey to keep their program self-sufficient-sweet!

Read More in CTAHR's Q1 Impact Report


How to Build a Rose Beetle Trap   


 
Aloha!

 

Jayme Grzebik
University of Hawaiʻi Master Gardener Statewide Coordinator

Assisted by Jody Smith | smithjos@hawaii.edu
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources | University of Hawai'i
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