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West Side Seed Exchange
Island Farmers and Gardeners who are interested in seeds are invited to the annual West Hawaii Seed Exchange. Saturday November 5th, 2-4 PM at the Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden in Captain Cook. Click Here to view Broschure
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2nd Annual Hawaii Island Landscape Management Conference at the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel, November 12th, 2011
Click Here to view the Event Broschure.
Find Membership Information to HILA Here
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Big Island Association of Nurserymen Annual Horticultural Show and Scholarship Benefit Plant Sale
Support local agriculture by attending this event. Click here to view all the details.
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Aloha Power Equipment Invites you to the Grand Opening of their New Waipahu Store November 10th.
Free Food, Demo's, Sale Prices, Factory Reps, Safety and Maintenance Classes. Bring your own equipment to test it against other brands and models. Also, Enter to Win a Trip to Vegas! Aloha Power Equipment, 94-133 Pahu St, Waipahu
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Loulu- The Hawaiian Palm- Free Lecture
Wednesday November 2, 7:30pm -9:00pm “Loulu: The Hawaiian Palm” Lecture (free) UH Manoa, 3190 Maile Way, St. John Room 011 Donald R. Hodel is the Environmental and Landscape Horticulture Advisor for the University of California Cooperative Extension in Los Angeles. He is recognized as one of the leading palm taxonomists and horticulturalists in the world. As an award-winning writer, he has authored four books and over 300 articles. Next year the UH Press will publish his book “Loulu: The Hawaiian Palm”, which shows his passion and fondness for this unique and amazing group of Hawaiian plants. Come and learn about our only native palms.
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Honolulu Board of Water wants to Raise Rates by a Total of 70% over the Next 5 Fiscal Years
Please visit the Landscape Industry Council of Hawai'i's Water Conservationpage to find ways to offset this increase by means of Efficient Irrigation.
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August/September- Hawaii Landscape Magazine
Click here to view the past online versions of the new magazine put out by the Landscape Industry Council of Hawai'i. The August/September Issue will be available when the October/November Issue comes into print. If you do not want to wait, then Please Subscribe to the Hawaii Landscape Magazine to get up to date printed editions mailed straight to your doorstep. Contact Chris.Dacus@gmail.com for more Information Reguarding Subscriptions.
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Water Conservation
Chris Dacus, LICH President, was interviewed on Hawaii Public Radio, KIPO, FM 89.3 regarding July being Irrigation Conservation Month and the new LICH Irrigation Water Conservation measures. Listen online at: http://hawaiiconversation.
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July- Hawaii Landscape Magazine
Click here to view the online version of the new magazine put out by the Landscape Industry Council of Hawai'i.
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USDA Farm Service Agency- County Committee Nominations and Elections
The County Committee system gives farmers and ranchers a much needed say inhow federal actions affect their communities and individual operations. County
Committees have been around since the 1930´s when Congress set up a system by which federal farm programs would be administered locally. The County Committee members are nominated and elected by local producers who are eligible to participate in FSA programs. Once elected, they will make important decisions about how FSA programs will be carried out in their respective counties. They serve as a direct link between their farming community and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Click Here for Information
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ANLA defends current and future labor source
Click here The organization took action in response to the U.S. Department of Labor's proposed changes to the H-2B program.
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2011 LICH Green Industry Conference and Tradeshow
Neal Blaisdell Exhibition
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Long Beach Convention Center
The #1 Landscape Trade Show and
Educational Conference in the West
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USDA Establishes a New Category in Regulations Governing Nursery Stock
Importation; Plants for Planting Not Authorized for Importation Pending
Pest Risk Analysis
*news release: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/
*full documents: http://tinyurl.com/nappra
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NEW! Hawaii Landscape Magazine
Click here to view the online version of the new magazine put out by the Landscape Industry Council of Hawai'i.
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Lawn of Native Grasses Beats Traditional Lawn for Lushness, Weed Resistance
Click here to read the very interesting article in the ScienceDaily
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How Landscape Architects can Save the World
The excesses of the "landscape urbanism" aside, Michael Mehaffy believes landscape architects are well positioned to lead the way towards positive change in the urban landscape. Here's why.
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Job Opening- Engineering Landscape Manager at The Westin Maui
If interested, please visit the Starwood Employment Website and select the 4th page. Application and Resumes are submitted through this format.
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How Successful are Plant Species Reintroductions?
by Sandrine Godefroid et al., Biological Conservation , Volume 144, Issue 2, Pages 672-682, conducted a survey that analyses
249 plant species reintroductions worldwide by assessing the methods
used and the results obtained from these reintroduction experiments.
The objectives were to examine how successful plant species
reintroductions have been so far in establishing or significantly
augmenting viable, self-sustaining populations in nature (ie
restoration projects). The results indicate that survival, flowering
and fruiting rates of reintroduced plants are generally quite low (on
average 52%, 19% and 16%, respectively). Furthermore, the results show
a success rate decline in individual experiments with time. Survival
rates reported in scientific literature are much higher (78% on
average) than those mentioned by survey participants (33% on average).
For more information purchase the report online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V5X-51BWXVD-1&_user=3928936&_coverDate=02%2F28%2F2011&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=gateway&_origin=gateway&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000061806&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=3928936&md5=100869b37619964a662af414c5170c3a&searchtype=a
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How Species Save our Lives
Please read here, for a very interesting article about the importance of observing, and learning the natural world.
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