Garden Fair 2018

KAUAI COUNTY FARM BUREAU AND UH COLLEGE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN RESOURCES PRESENT

SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2018 9:30 A.M. TO 2:00 P.M. KAUAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE FRONT LAWN

23rd Annual Garden Fair

Featuring ‘Ecology of the Garden’ at the Kauai County Farm Bureau’s 2018 Garden Fair

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ou are invited to come out and join your friends and neighbors for the 23rd ANNUAL GARDEN FAIR, Saturday, April 7th, 2018 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Kauai Community College front lawn.

Hosted by the Kauai County Farm Bureau and the UH-Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources (CTAHR), the annual Kauai Garden Fair is one of the largest gatherings of green thumbs on the Garden Island. It’s a great way to see and share the bounty of the island firsthand.

The Fair will be buzzing with gardeners, suppliers, producers and shoppers eager to look over a wide variety of plants, landscape products and equipment and to find out the latest gardening information and tips. A diversity of tropical plants, flowers, produce and seeds will be available to buy from farmers, gardeners and nurseries from all around the island.

The theme of this year’s Fair is “Ecology of the Home Garden.” Ecology is the study of relationships between living things and each other, and the environment. By looking at patterns of nutrient and energy flow, we can grow stronger,

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healthier, more productive plants - and our gardens will thrive. Extension Agent Emilie Kirk will introduce the basic principles of ecology as they apply to home gardens. Special guest speaker Dr. Ted Radovich from UH-Manoa will compare the workings of organic and conventional gardens. Extension Agent Savannah Katulski will discuss how to optimize livestock manure as a garden fertilizer; and Kauai’s newest Extension Agent, Roshan Manandhar, will

explain the role of invasive species in the ecology of the garden.

Every year at the Garden Fair we provide a preview of the August Farm Fair (also hosted by the Farm Bureau, in partnership with CTAHR). This summer’s 2018 Annual Fruit and Vegetable Show will feature a special prize category for the best tomatoes (of any variety). Have fun growing your garden; get fresh delicious home-grown produce; earn bragging rights among your friends; and win cold

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At this year’s Garden Fair, CTAHR’s Master Gardener volunteers will give away free samples of tomato

seeds for you to plant and tend and harvest in your garden. Try your green thumb growing several varieties of tomatoes at home,

and enter your best produce in the August Farm Fair.

See you at the Garden Fair!

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ONE-STOP shop for tropical plants, flowers, Who’s at the Garden Fair? The supplies, information and more MAHALO to our SPONSORS: • Aunty Lilikoi, LLC • Haole Girl Sweets/Hanalei Coffee/Tea Roasters • Kauai Gourmet Nuts • Kauai Kim Chee/Miki Macs • Kauai Nursery & Landscaping • Mailelani’s • Precious Kreations • Salty Wahine Gourmet Hawaiian Sea Salts • Tropical Flowers Express/ Heavenly Hakus • Wiki Wiki Worm Ranch • Makaweli Meat Company

Kauai Made • Clay in Mind • Jules From Da Aina • Pohaku Creation • Shells Hawaii • Terri Scarborough • Wai’iti Soaps & Botanicals

Kauai County Farm Bureau Members • Anthuriums & More • De La Pena Farms • Garden Ponds • Kristy’s Concepts & Creations • M Kawamura Farm Enterprises • RKL Ranch/Kauai Produce Marketplace • Waikahe Farms • Wailua Meat Company

• Save our Shearwater/Kauai Humane Society • KBEE • GoFarm • KCC Sustainability/Ho’ouluwehi • PAU Violence Kauai

Government Associates

• East & West Kauai Soil & Water Conservation Districts • USDA Farm Service Agency

UH-College of Trade Organizations/ Tropical Agriculture Clubs/Non-Profits & Human Resources • American Red Cross • Garden Island Resource (CTAHR)

Kauai Community Market Farmers • Baltazar Aggasid Farm • Barkaroo, LLC • Hale Botanic • Hawaiian Organic Noni • Hole in the Mountain Farm • Kealia Farm

• Lanipo Farm • Moloaa Bay Farms • Monkeypod Jam • Naikela • Opu Road Nursery • Sarah’s Sweet Scrubs • Sustainable Boost • Uncle D’s Kauai BBQ

Conservation & Development, Inc.’s Forestry Committee • Kauai Anthurium Association • Kauai Bonyu Kai • Kauai Forest Bird Recovery Project/Hawaiian Endangered Bird Conservation Program • Kauai Native Plant Society • Kauai Invasive Species Committee

• KCC Apiary • Plant Biology & Tropical Agriculture Program • Invasive Pests & Food Safety • UH-Master Gardener Program

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• Vendors from Kauai Community & Kauai Culinary Markets

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Garden Talks

Emilie Kirk: Home Garden Ecology 101

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his year’s schedule of “Garden Talks” hosted by the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (UH-CTAHR) focuses on the theme, “Ecology of the Home Garden.”

Stop by and listen to talks on stimulating topics, such as how the science of ecology helps us understand workings of the garden; how to integrate animal with plant production; comparisons between organic and non-organic systems; and the role of invasive species in the garden. Also visit the CTAHR Agricultural Information booth to speak with Extension Agents and Master Gardeners, purchase UH seed varieties, and get ideas for this year’s Fruit & Vegetable Show and Contest for the summer Farm Fair.

9:30 to 10:15 a.m.

Emilie is an agro-ecologist with a background in soil science and edible cropping systems. She presents a new way of understanding gardens as ecosystems, providing a foundation for interactions from the landscape to the microscopic level.

••• Emilie Kirk, Junior Extension Agent, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Kauai Extension Office Phone : (808)274-3478, E-mail : erkirk@hawaii.edu

Emilie Kirk

Ted Radovich: Ecology of organic compared to conventional gardens 10:15 to 11 a.m.

A dynamic presenter, Dr. Radovich (from UH Manoa) specializes in sustainable and organic farming systems and ecological practices. He is interested in yield and quality of food crops.

••• Dr. Theodore J. K. Radovich, Ph.D., Associate Specialist in Tropical Plants & Soil Science, Phone: (808) 956-7909.

Email: theodore@hawaii.edu Ted Radovich

Savannah Katulski: Relationship between livestock production and a thriving garden 11 to 11:45a.m.

Savannah Katulski

This presentation will discuss the benefits of using livestock manure as a fertilizer in your garden… including the process of collecting manure, composting, and application.

••• Savannah Katulski, Livestock Extension Agent, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Department of Human Nutrition, Food & Animal Sciences, Phone : (808)274-3472, E-mail : katulski@hawaii.edu

Roshan Manandhar: Ecology of invasive species in the garden 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Meet CTAHR’s newest Extension Agent, and learn about invasive species and their impacts on native species, communities and ecosystems in the garden ••• Dr. Roshan Manandhar, PhD, Assistant Extension Agent, Insect Ecology and Integrated Pest Management Phone: (808) 274-3477, email: roshanm@hawaii.edu

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Educational Resources ministrator, entomologist: messing@hawaii.edu (808) 822-4984 ext.223.

CTAHR Educational Resources Available

Go Farm Program

GoFarm’s mission is to enhance Hawaii’s food security and economy by increasing the number of Looking to start a home garden, local agricultural producers. troubleshoot an insect problem, or Offering a combination of agrilearn how to grow a certain kind of cultural knowledge, experience, plant? and support designed to assist parMany learning opportunities and ticipants in becoming viable proeducational resources are available duction growers, and accomplish 274-3473 on Kauai to help. this in a manner that encourages w Savannah Katulski, Livestock The University of Hawaii at Masustainability. Emphasis will be on noa, College of Tropical Agriculture Extension Agent, specializing in & Human Resources (UH-CTAHR) - livestock production: katulski@ha- the practical skills and knowledge necessary to become a successful waii.edu (808) 274-3472 Kauai Cooperative Extension agricultural entrepreneur, thus the w Dr. Roshan Manandhar, AssisService has extension agents on iscurriculum will cover the fundatant Extension Agent, with experland that can consult and assist mentals of farm production and tise in invasive species: Roshanm@ homeowners and farmers on a business management, and expose hawaii.edu (808) 274-3477 wide range of issues. participants to the realities of farmw Emilie Kirk, Junior Extension These agents are located in the ing through the experience of seaAgent, coordinates and leads the State Building at 3060 Eiwa Street, soned farmers. Services such as Room 210, Lihue (phone 274-3471): Master Gardener program, and is shared equipment, land, marketing, w Laura Kawamura, Assistant Ex- our soil scientist and edible cropand business consulting are protension Agent and registered dieti- ping specialist: erkirk@hawaii.edu vided to participants.

(808) 274-3478 cian, with programs in 4-H, youth and nutrition: ljk@hawaii.edu (808) w Dr. Russell Messing, County AdGoFarm training program is up

and running for the spring/summer 2018 season and not accepting new students. However a new program will start this fall 2018.

Phases of the program include: w AgCurious is a three hour seminar to attract those with interest in getting involved in agricultural production. The Seminar provides them with an overview of the industry in Hawai’i and its importance. As well as conveying a sense of what is involved in farming, both as a farmer and farm worker, including: challenges and opportunities, costs and benefits, and lifestyle. AgCurious informs participants about various avenues to get started, but especially recruit those who want to know more about what it is like to be a farmer to the next phase (AgXposure). w AgXposure is Approximately 4 weekends of Farm Tours around Kaua’i. This phase provides participants with experiences that convey the lifestyle and knowledge important to farming exposing participants to what life would be like

if they were to be a fulltime farmer.

Recruit those who want to learn how to be a successful farmer and can make the necessary commitments to the next phase (AgSchool). w AgSchool consists of 1 weeknight in the class room and 1 weekend on the farm for 4 months (additional time is often necessary to maintain crops). Topics delivered by experts and specialists include: Soil nutrients and plant health management, Propagation, Variety selection, Farm equipment, Irrigation, Pest control (pathogens, insects, nematodes, and weeds), Post harvest storage and handling, food safety. Participants acquire a fundamental understanding of the principals underlying a broad spectrum of production topics. Participants practice on-farm the techniques related to critical production skills. Participants learn of the resources available to assist them and/or further their knowledge of farming.

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Gifting, shipping options

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awaiian tropical flowers, orchids and plants are in demand the world over for their outstanding quality, beauty and long life. Bouquets, arrangements and plants can make outstanding and unique Kauai Grown gifts for Mother’s Day and graduation coming up this season.

For those with faraway friends and families, several of the nurseries and flower growers present at the Garden Fair are certified shippers who can pack and ensure flowers arrive for your special day.

Many of these items can be delivered directly from farms on Kauai to your Mom’s door within two business days anywhere in the United States. Look for the certified shipper signs on site at the Garden Fair and ask about local delivery and pickup options.

To meet some of our local flower growers and nurseries and discover more Kauai Grown gift options, visit www.kauaigrown. org.

For online member sales and a directory of Kauai’s commercial flower, orchid and foliage growers, visit the Hawaii Tropical Flower & Foliage Association at www.hawaiitropicalflowers. org .

Kauai Community College Classes

Resources

auai Community College (KCC) offers classes in Plant Biology and Tropical Agriculture (PBT) with the following certificate options:

◗ AgPro is 1 weeknight & 1 weekend day for 6 months (additional time necessary to maintain crops). Open to select graduates of AgSchool. This phase provides a deeper learning on the production topics of AgSchool with emphasis on commercial production, and coverage of business topics for the entrepreneurial farmer including Cost of Production, Crop and Business Planning, and Marketing. Participants practice on-farm techniques on larger plots and market their crops. Participants practice techniques related to business management topics and develop a business plan.

Participants learn of resources to assist them and/or further their knowledge of farming and business. ◗ AgIncubator (NEW - coming Spring 2019) Open to select graduates of AgPro.Participants practice farming their chosen crop on land provided by the program for up to three years. Continued access to program peers and experts as well as shared equipment and infrastructure.

Questions contact Eric Hansen (Kaua’i Program Coordinator/ Farm Coach) at 808-2450129 email: kauai@gofarmhawaii.org or www. gofarmhawaii.org

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Certificate Options: ◗ Certificate of Competence (CO) in PBT (15 credits) ◗ Academic Subject Certificate (ASC) (22 credits) Fall course registration opens April 9th and first day of instruction starts August 20th.

Courses include Principles of Horticulture (AG 200/200L), General Botany (BOT 101/101L), Plant Propagation (AG264), and Plant Biology and Tropical Agriculture Internship (AG293V) For more information, contact Dr. Sharad P. Marahatta at (808) 245-8251 or look for course descriptions of available classes for Kauai Community College through the University of Hawaii system, or please visit https:// sites.google.com/a/hawaii.edu/ plant-biology-and-tropical-agriculture/ program-overview

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SEE YOU AT THE GARDEN FAIR Mahalo Nui Loa For Your Community Support & To All Of Our Ohana And Crew, We Appreciate All You Do!

Bringing it all Together 28th Annual Hawaii International Tropical Fruit Growers Conference will be held September 20 to 23, 2018 on Oahu at Leeward Community College September 24th 2018 — Oahu — location TBA Mini Conference — Kauai September 25th 2018 — location TBA for more information — please email Robert Rosen — robkrosen@gmail.com

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4-H Welcomes Keiki to the Garden Fair Laura Kawamura UH EXTENSION AGENT

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earch for the green four-leaf clover with white “H” on each leaf representing head, heart, hands and health. Here you will find 4-H members and volunteer leaders sharing knowledge, skills and quality time with keiki and their families through hands-on learning stations. The Kauai 4-H Federation teen officers have planned a wonderful array of keiki activities for your young family members.

The Kauai 4-H Federation will sponsor the following interactive learning stations for keiki as their way of thanking the community and businesses for supporting them throughout the year. 4-H youth will put into practice their planning, organizing and public speaking skills by teaching keiki something fun. They invite you to explore the following 4-H activities in the garden:

Petting Zoo The petting zoo is open to all ages. It gives 4-H members the opportunity to practice public speaking skills and share their knowledge of animal husbandry with the community.

Deco-pots & Planting Decorate your own pot, plant a seed and watch your plant grow! A simple and easy craft for those wanting to grow a plant in their own backyard!

Coffee Filter Butterflies Butterflies love the garden!

Make your own colorful butterfly!

Temporary Tattoos Choose a removable tattoo in celebration of the Garden Fair.

Photo Frame Decorating Be creative and decorate a frame for your Garden Fair photo.

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FREE Plant Caddy Service Bird Seed Bath

their fine motor skills in a fun and imaginative way!

What’s in a bath? Well ours is filled with 200 pounds of bird seed that children between the ages of 6 Design a Bandana months to 4 years of age enjoy Find the artist in yourself by deplaying in. Not only do these chilsigning your own personal bandren get to feel the different texdana; a cute fashion for young tures of the bird seeds but they gardeners! have the opportunity to increase G A R D E N FA I R 2 0 1 8

Need an extra hand? Our 4-H members will have wheelbarrows on hand and will gladly pick up your purchase and help you load your plants into your vehicle. This is a free service. Visit the Kauai 4-H tent or look for posters on how to schedule a caddy.

Plan to join the fun with Kauai’s 4-H members at the Garden Fair and find out what 4-H can offer your child! Kauai 4-H is the youth development program of the University of Hawaii at Manoa - College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources and is delivered in local communities by way of caring volunteers in the areas of Healthy Living, Science and Citizenship.

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Garden Fair “Ecology of the Home Garden”

Learn about interactions in garden ecosystems and how to improve productivity.

Presentations By: Emilie Kirk - A new way of understanding gardens as ecosystems, providing a foundation for understanding interactions from the landscape to the micro-level.

Ted Radovich - Sustainable and organic farming systems and ecological practices for yield and quality of food crops.

Savannah Katulski - Benefits of using livestock manure as a garden fertilizer Roshan Manandhar - Learn about invasive species and impacts on native species, community and the garden.

Front Lawn of Kauai Community College Saturday 9:30 am to April 7th 2:00 pm 2018 Mahalo to this Year’s Sponsors!

Aunty Lilikoi, LLC * Haole Girl Sweets/Hanalei Coffee/Tea Roasters Kauai Gourmet Nuts * Kauai Kim Chee/Miki Macs * Kauai Nursery & Landscaping Mailelani’s * Salty Wahine Gourmet Hawaiian Sea Salts * Tropical Flowers Express/ Heavenly Hakus * Wiki Wiki Worm Ranch * Makaweli Meat Company * Precious Kreations Individuals with disabilities, who would like to attend this event, please contact, Kauai County Farm Bureau at 808-855-5429 regarding any special accommodation needs. It is requested that individuals requiring auxiliary aids notify KCFB. Every reasonable effort will be made to provide reasonable accommodations in an effective and timely manner. Mahalo!