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MEDIA RELEASE Kona Outdoor Circle’s latest class is 6-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9 on “Irrigation Design” with Garrett Webb of Kalaoa Gardens Nursery. The dry season can add hours to the plant lovers’ day if they don’t already have a functioning irrigation system. Understanding the fundamentals of an irrigation system can save water, time and […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Kona Outdoor Circle’s “Growing in a Winter Garden” 6-8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 18 with Bonnie Perata from Kona Earthly Delights Farms. One of the benefits of being a plant lover in Hawaii is the ability to garden year round. Though the changes in the season are modest, cooler, dryer and shorter days do […]

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Kona Outdoor Circle hosted its 32nd annual Pua Plantasia Plant Sale on Saturday, Oct. 31, at Old Kona Airport’s Makaeo Events Pavilion. Pua Plantasia offered a host of lectures, plants for sale that have been donated to KOC, as well as those grown and brought to the event by 25 growers, and a treat for […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Kona Outdoor Circle will hold its 32nd annual Pua Plantasia Plant Sale on Saturday, Oct. 31, at Old Kona Airport’s Makaeo Events Pavilion.  The event begins at 8 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m. Pua Plantasia will offer plants for sale that have been donated to KOC, as well as those grown and […]

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A community event called “Gardens We’ve Seen” is planned for Wednesday evening, October 14. The evening will begin at 6:30 with a pupu potluck and enjoy garden photos and stories until around 8 pm. This KOC free event is open to the public.

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MEDIA RELEASE This year’s Pua Plantasia Plant Sale is 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31 at the Old Airport Park pavilion.  Jeanne Cooper and Anne Ball will present the Pua Collectibles Booth — a chance to find your own personal treasure from somebody else’s no-longer-wanted delights.  If you have special items that you can donate […]

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Not only possible but existent. Wai’aha Farm has been developing a sustainable model community on a portion of 100 acres right here in our backyard for the last several years. They are now ready for us to see their progress and learn from their experiences. Sustainable Farm Tour, including a farm fresh lunch, on Tuesday, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The KOC Annual Meeting has been postponed to 10:30 a.m.-noon Friday, July 17. The meeting will be held at the KOC Educational Center inside the Pavilion. Election of 2009-2010 officers and a change in the bylaws on the date for the fiscal year. A roster of nominees is listed below but, according to […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Kona Outdoor Circle is accepting registration for its spring series tropical gardening classes. Monday, April 20 through Saturday, May 16 Monday evening classes 6:30-9 p.m.  / Saturday morning field trips starting at 9 a.m. Monday, April 20: “Sustainable Food Production” with Nancy Redfeather, Gerry Herbert, et al Saturday Field Trip, April 25: “Palms […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Lecture about Lauhala Weaving. Date:  Friday March 27, 2009 Time:  6 – 8 p.m. Place: Kona Outdoor Circle Education Center Cost:  Free (tax deductible donations appreciated) Instructor Cynthia Soon-Hee Keanaaina Nazara was born on the island of Oahu and raised in Kailua-Kona.   As a mother of six, she found her true calling […]

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MEDIA RELEASE   Interested in sustainability? Wonder how small farmers, gardeners and food providers are doing it? Join in the Kona Outdoor Circle “Sustainable Farm Tours,” with lunch at Merriman’s, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday, March 31. The group will carpool from Kailua-Kona to the diverse, organic 2.3 acre Disco family farm in Ahualoa at 2,500 […]

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MEDIA RELEASE   Series cost is $125 members (membership – $35). Individual classes are $30 members / $45 non members. Scholarship is available, so request an application. To reserve space in the KOC Gardening Series, call the KOC office at 329-7286  Winter Tropical Gardening Series Jan. 26-Feb. 21 Monday Night Classes – 6:30-9 p.m. at KOC […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Norm Bezona will host the next quarterly gardener’s potluck social event at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 14 at the Kona Cloud Forest Sanctuary in Kaloko Mauka. This is a no-fee reservation-required event for the gardener’s potluck group, which includes past students from the West Hawaii UH Master Gardeners program, Kona Outdoor Circle Tropical […]

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