Educational School Gardens on Maui
Here are some tips to help you grow sunflowers. Water your sunflower seed start container every morning to keep the soil and sprouting seed moist. Once the sunflower sprout reaches a height of about 4 inches, transplant it directly into the soil. Sunflowers have long tap roots, so they don’t grow well in containers. Choose… [Continue Reading]
The hottest summer months in Kihei are tough on most garden plants, but it’s a great time to introduce cover crops for improving soil health and preparing for the next planting season. These crops also serve as great tools to teach students about nitrogen and its role in the life cycle. All plants need nitrogen… [Continue Reading]
Here are a few pieces that we’ve gotten from various sources that may help others decide what to plant and when to plant it. This one page summary tells what to plant by elevation. (Source: Master Gardeners) Vegetables in South Maui Chart – This list was prepared and presented by Susan Wyche at a South… [Continue Reading]
Garden Tip: Treating Slugs with Coffee For an all natural, good for your soil and plants slug treatment, use your leftover morning coffee and coffee grounds around your vegetable garden plants. While different studies have shown varying degrees of success using coffee sprays and coffee grounds to treat for slugs, we’ve had great success using… [Continue Reading]
Not many gardeners have gone a season without some powdery mildew. Even in dry areas, a sprinkler gone awry can cause this fungus to seemingly creep over a garden and destroy it in days. We got this tip for keeping powdery mildew under control from the keynote speaker Tane Datta at CTAHR’s Organic Gardening Workshop…. [Continue Reading]
Our garden coordinators are a part time position but are available in the garden on most school … Donate!
Chef's Garden Kits are used by the chefs when they do demonstrations in the garden. Kit's … Donate!
Whether it is student-sized hand tools, wheelbarrows, hoes, and pitchforks, the need for tools in … Donate!
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...]
