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It\u2019s beautiful, it\u2019s culture and it offers firsthand learning \u2015 it\u2019s the new garden at Keone\u2018ula Elementary School in Ewa Beach. Keiki returning to school were greeted with rows of taro, sweet potato and 20 varieties of native flora including Naupaka, Ewa hinahina, Naio, Ilima, and medicinal plants like Ko, Awa, Ki, Ko\u2018o Ko\u2018o lau and Olena. The 80-by-50-foot plot has been named Ka Uluwehi o Ka Na\u2018auao, meaning a place \u201cwhere beautiful plants thrive,\u201d but also implying a place for the growth of knowledge.<\/p>\n

The idea for the garden was born when students became eager for outdoor Hawaiian studies classes with Kupuna Eliza Morrow. The concept of combining a garden with student learning quickly gained popularity, and the school reached out to the community for support. When they approached Hawaiian Electric, the company jumped at the chance to help with resources, expertise and further community outreach.<\/p>\n

The project was developed over the course of about a year, with fourth- to sixth-graders and students from the school\u2019s Kids Initiating Change program researching plants and garden design. Community partners includ- ed Haseko, which helped excavate the area, then soil beds were put in place along with an irrigation and sprinkler system spon- sored by HECO. Finally, on July 28, students, teach- ers, administrators, parents and Ewa community mem- bers came together to help insert plants in the ground that HECO had purchased from Hui Ku Maoli Ola plant nursery.<\/p>\n

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Teachers plan to incorporate the garden into their curriculum and extracur- ricular activities, which includes establishing a gar- den club. \u201cThe club, along with our service learning club \u2015 Kids Initiating Change \u2015 will help to maintain the garden,\u201d said vice principal Alexandra Obra. \u201cEventually we hope to have all of the students contributing to the garden.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kupuna Morrow now has a native garden for her fourth grade Hawaiian stud- ies students, and fellow teacher Victoria Coffin notes: \u201cWe hope the students can personalize the garden with their own artwork and take what they are learning in the classroom and apply it to the garden.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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All grades will be able to take advantage of the garden which, says Obra, is only the first phase of the school\u2019s Student Outdoor Learning Center. Future additions call for an aquaponics system.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will blend in perfectly with the outdoor classroom area we will be constructing soon with benches and picnic tables,\u201d said Coffin. \u201cEventually, we hope to build a green- house and plant nursery.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith these tough economic times, we realize this garden project would not have been as successful as it is without the support of Hawaiian Electric. We would like to continue building relationships between the school and outside community and organizations with our ongo cccxc\u00a0 ing projects, in order to make the students\u2019 dream of a hands-on classroom a reality. We know now that the \u2018sky is the limit!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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