upcoming events
past events
earth day at māʻili community park |
Hoa ʻĀina O Mākaha U-Pick and Tree Giveaway |
Kapolei Tree Fair |
On Saturday, March 2, 2024, Mālama Learning Center partnered with the Villages of Kapolei Association (VOKA) and E Ola Pono Mā Kapolei to hold the Kapolei Tree Fair and Community Work Day. More than 140 community members signed up to help clean up a nearby park and learn about the many benefits that trees provide, including providing lei material, nuts for making tops, and ever-important shade! Kaulunani Urban and Community Forest Program, Trees for Honoluluʻs Future, INPEACE, and Andie LeDeux offered stimulating hands-on activities. With the help of the VOKA staff, we were approved to plant an assemblage of native Hawaiian dryland plants right by their recreation center. This may be the first of its kind in a Homeowners Association in Leeward Oʻahu! The plants included wiliwili, ʻaʻaliʻi, ʻāweoweo, ʻilima, and ʻilieʻe. We also gave away a lot of plants to people eager to add a new friend to the gardens! Mahalo to VOKA and all who came out to learn about and love trees.
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Kalaeloa Town with Ulu Aʻe Learning Center |
Our second community tree planting demonstration event in 2024 was a big success! 111 people joined us at Ulu Aʻe Learning Center in Kalaeloa Town to learn how to plant and care for ʻulu and niu trees, make nīoi water, and how to combat the threat of Coconut Rhinoceros Beetles. They also took home native plant seeds and plants grown at Mālama Learning Centerʻs nurseries. This event was sponsored by Hunt Development Group Hawaiʻi and supported with funds from the City & County of Honolulu, Dept. of Parks and Recreation and Kaulunani Urban and Community Forestry Program of the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife, and State and Private Forestry, branch of the US Forest Service, Region 5.
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MĀlama Pu'uloa |
Two non-profit organizations taking care of the mauka and makai parts of Honouliuli ahupua'a on O'ahu, Mālama Learning Center and Hui O Hoʻohonua, joined forces to engage Leeward O'ahu community members in mālama ʻāina at Kapapapuhi Point Park at Puʻuloa (Pearl Harbor).
It was a fabulous day of collaboration, learning, and sharing. We pulled invasive mangrove, planted native ākulikuli and loulu, and made cordage using the ahu ʻawa plant. We learned about the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle, which has damaged countless palms on Oʻahu, and even gave away plants grown by Mālama Learning Center. 🌱 Mahalo to all who participated in our first fantastic community tree planting event! Mahalo to the City & County of Honolulu for its support! 🤝 |
Awawalei Workday
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With the help of community volunteers, Malama Learning Center is transforming an unused space to be a flourishing food forest and outdoor classroom. Trees will grow if given the right environment to thrive, just like people. 🤙🌱
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celebration of Arbor Day |
Mālama Learning Center and Protect & Preserve Hawaiʻi partnered to hold an Arbor Day event at Pālehua to work with volunteers on native forest restoration techniques in a dryland forest in the Waiʻanae mountains combined with a plant adoption. It was a great day of learning and sharing, with a surprise guest appearance by world renowned musical artist, William Barton, who amazed us with a short performance with his yidaki (aboriginal name of what is commonly known as the didjeridu). It was a magical event!
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