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It’s a Wrap

UGC’s Extension in the Garden will continue thru 2023

  • 9 January 2023
  • Author: Mark Berthold
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It’s a Wrap

When Covid hit and public access to venues across the country took a nosedive, CTAHR’s Urban Garden Center did its best to stay open for research trials and to maintain the grounds. Staff and volunteers took advantage of the “down time” to refurbish the many gardens, structures and pathways, as well as add some brand new ones.

UGC also stayed “virtually” open to the community by sharing printed and online information and by responding to queries by phone and email. However, in-person visits from the general public, some of whom were accustomed to showing up spontaneously and wandering the grounds by themselves, were simply not feasible during a pandemic.

With continued concerns from the public in accessing the Urban Garden Center during this time, we were able to initiate the Extension in the Garden (EIG) series, which has proved highly popular among community members. Since 2020, several topics on food production have been presented for the general public, and numerous gardening and youth development workshops have been held by the Master Gardeners and 4-H Program. 

To wrap up its 2022 EIG season at UGC, Oʻahu County offered an in-orchard workshop on mango flowering and garden workshop on pest management. Like every other EIG event, it was well attended and successful, in large part thanks to Jensen Uyeda and Tina Lau of the Dept. of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences, who hosted the mango flowering workshop; and Koon Hui Wang and Jia-Wei Tay of the Dept. of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, Amjad Ahmad of TPSS, Christine Hanakawa of the Dept. of Family and Consumer Sciences, Joshua Silva and Tina Lau of TPSS, and the Oʻahu County Master Gardener Program, who hosted garden pest management. 

For January 2023, the Extension team will talk about irrigation management. The EIG series will then move to a quarterly event and include agricultural organizations and partners. Second Saturday Events will continue under the Master Gardener Program. We thank all of our hosts, volunteers, faculty, staff and CTAHR for supporting us as we continue to evolve. Thanks to your kokua, UGC continues its mission as a vital community resource for researchers, schoolchildren, community groups, even the Hawaiʻi FoodBank.

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