Educational School Gardens on Maui
Join us this Saturday morning for “Second Saturday” at Kihei Elementary School Garden as we prepare for summertime cover cropping and soil building. Grow Some Good is pleased to host a special workshop with Jenna Leilani Tallman of Maui Bokashi. Jenna will teach attendees how to easily turn kitchen scraps into nutrient rich garden compost… [Continue Reading]
For three full days, April 24-26, world-class chefs led garden recipe workshops with more than 950 students in nearly a quarter-acre of garden space in the heart of the Kihei Elementary School campus. Kindergarten through 5th grade students and chefs prepared Asian stir-fry and gourmet veggie pizzas using ingredients grown and harvested from the school’s… [Continue Reading]
Measuring Perimeter, Area & Volume / Inspiring Entrepreneurial Minds This week, third and fourth graders at Kihei Elementary School and Wailuku Elementary School practiced measuring perimeter, area and volume in the garden to determine quantities of soil and lumber required to build a new raised garden bed and design garden layouts. The measurements were also… [Continue Reading]
This video by Emmy winning photographer Jess Craven tells the story of Grow Some Good and their work with a public elementary school garden that has grown from 3 box beds to nearly a quarter acre edible schoolyard and learning lab in the heart of campus. This is an edited version of the original segment,… [Continue Reading]
Mark your calendars for April/May Work & Learn Days! “Second Saturday” Saturday, April 13 8:30 a.m. – Noon Where: Kihei Elementary School 250 E Lipoa St Kihei, HI 96753 “Third Thursday” Thursday, April 18 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Garden care Where: Kihei Elementary School 250 E Lipoa St Kihei, HI 96753 Lokelani Ohana All Campus Work… [Continue Reading]
The Outrigger Pizza Company is a favorite lunch spot in Kihei, Maui (Azeka Shopping Center Mauka parking lot), so we were thrilled when co-founder and president Eric Mitchell agreed to spend three full days working with Wailea chefs preparing pizzas in his mobile wood burning oven. More than 800 K-5 grade students at Kihei Elementary… [Continue Reading]
What a great day of connecting with a group of educators and volunteers sharing outdoor learning ideas and touring South / Central Maui school gardens – organized by Anne Gachuhi of Home Gardening Support Network and Lehn Huff, Maui School Garden Network. The Feb. 4 tour featured four schools – Kihei Elementary School, Lokelani Intermediate… [Continue Reading]
Jess Craven, the videographer and producer for Self Made In Hawaii, contacted us a few weeks ago and said he wanted to do a segment on a non-profit to help others starting a group. He did a FABULOUS job and here is the result. As always the kids and the garden are the stars of the show!
New life is sprouting up everywhere you look at Kihei Elementary School Garden. Over the past few weeks, more than 750 students and teachers planted cultural and nutrition themed gardens, pounded poi and launched scientific investigations, translating curriculum into real life outdoor learning experiences. What’s growing on in the Food Jungle? > Kalo (taro) &… [Continue Reading]
When: Saturday, Dec. 10 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.Where: Kihei Elementery School 250 E Lipoa St Kihei, HI 96753 This weekend’s Garden Care Day will focus on building a new herb spiral garden, stringing jute runners for the green bean teepee tunnel, making directional signs, garden visioning, weeding, and basic garden maintenance. Free Starts! Volunteers this… [Continue Reading]
Whether it is student-sized hand tools, wheelbarrows, hoes, and pitchforks, the need for tools in … Donate!
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Mas de 100 estudiantes participating in tutoring and enrichment programs at Wailuku Elementary School celebrated Cinco de Mayo by harvesting … [More...]
In recognition of International Permaculture Day, Community Work Day Program, Grow Some Good, and Maui School Garden Network partnered May 4 … [More...]
Join us this Saturday morning for "Second Saturday" at Kihei Elementary School Garden as we prepare for summertime cover cropping and soil … [More...]
The harvest stage of a school garden provides an ideal setting to observe interdependence of producers and consumers: harvesting food in the … [More...]
In the final months of school, garden lessons turn to a continuation of the life cycle with seed saving workshops at all grade levels. This … [More...]
For three full days, April 24-26, world-class chefs led garden recipe workshops with more than 950 students in nearly a quarter-acre of … [More...]
