The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience is hosting a community event at its Urban Garden Center on Friday, Oct. 24, where attendees will learn how to grow plants that can be part of a family food garden to help reduce the high cost of living in the Islands.
The event, called the Better Crops and Seed Sharing Workshop, will have attendees working with seed crops developed by university researchers or local farmers. The featured seeds include: Komohana grape tomato, Mānoa sweet pea and lettuce, Hirayama Kai Choi, UH sweet basil, and Poamoho pole bean.
The workshop follows a recent event, also hosted by CTAHR, which consisted of a Bok Choy Open House, held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at the Urban Garden Center. That event focused on the varieties of bok choy that grow well in Hawaiʻi, methods for controlling pests and diseases and a way to cultivate them through hydroponics.
Attendees for the upcoming event are encouraged to wear shoes, bring water and be ready to plant, rain or shine. Keiki must be accompanied by an adult. Participants need to sign a liability waiver. Learn more information or register.
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Katie Helland can be reached at katie@alohastatedaily.com.
