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 & Bamboos” with Garrett Webb, Leaping Bull Dog Farm

Monday, April 27:  ‘Get Acquainted’ Pot Luck at 5 p.m. – before class.

“Feeding Your Plants:  Fertilizing” with Bonnie Perata, Kona’s Earthly Delights Farm

Saturday Field Trip, May 2: “Waste Into Soil: “Composting in Bins”, Recycle HI; “Worm Composting” & “Building a Worm Bin” with Duff & Baumgardner      

Monday, May 4: “Controlling Weeds” with Diana Duff, KOC Education Director 

Saturday Field Trip, May 9:  “Seedless Reproduction:  Asexual Propagation” at Amy Greenwell Garden, followed by Amy Greenwell Tour

Monday, May 11: “Plant Diseases” with Viginia Easton-Smith, UH CTAHR Cooperative Extension Service Agent

Saturday Field Trip, May 16:  “Diagnosing Plant Problems” with Norm Bezonat at KOC Sadie Seymour Garden, followed by brown bag lunch picnic on premises

Series cost is $125 members (annual membership $35); individual classes $30 members / $40 non-members.

For a series scholarship application, contact KOC office at 329-7286, www.konaoutdoorcircle.org