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Hi'iaka's Healing Herb Garden : Newsletter index : 2003 News : Fall 03
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Volume 5, Number 1 Fall 2003
Happy Holidays!
May all the blessings of the season be yours! I sincerely hope that you and your loved ones have a very happy and healthy Holiday season and a very Happy New Year. Because my personal life and the business of Hi'iaka's Garden are so intertwined, I decided to include all of you in my quarterly newsletter mailing.
It's always hard to feel Christmasy when the temperature is in the 70's, but here it is again! But seeing snow atop 14,000 foot Mauna Kea, as we did on December 2, always makes me feel "wintery," and the winter rains have definitely returned. It's the time of year that Hawaii residents put a blanket on the bed... the kitties love that! Who says there are no seasons in Hawaii?
It's also hard to believe that I've been living in Hawaii for five years. Turn to page 2 for the full story of all that we have accomplished and goals for the New Year.
Join Me For a Class in 2004
Thanks to the number of students who are responding favorably to our listing on NaturalHealers.com, I have scheduled monthly internships and classes for all of 2004. College credit is available through participating Universities and Colleges.
Live and Learn Residency Internships: Students stay in our Ohana Guest Cottage or Healing Arts Gazebo and work 12 hours each week helping to take care of the plants. They will also spend 15 hours each week in interactive herbal study with me. We're offering this from the 1st through the 14th of every month.
3-Day Retreats: Secrets of the Hawaiian Herbal Healers (kahuna la'au lapa'au): Offered once each month from the 15th through the 17th.
Individualized Mini-Classes: Offered by appointment between the 18th and 30th of each month, these classes are great for busy travelers who want to maximize their trips.
Saturday Morning Workshops: We meet every Saturday from 10:00 - noon.
Check our Learning Center page for details, rates and how to apply.
Celebrating Five Years in Hawai'i
December 12 is my "Hawaii birthday," the date that I started living at my home on the Big Island. Since March 22, 2000, I have transformed my overgrown 500 year-old lava flow into a beautiful sanctuary for many special plants and animals.
The mission of Hi`iaka's Healing Herb Garden is to educate people about herbalism, especially the medicinal uses of native Hawaiian plants. Many of the plants in the Garden are endangered species and not only are the plants themselves rapidly disappearing, so is the traditional knowledge about their healing properties, history and uses. I find this situation unacceptable and have undertaken my business venture to help to rectify it in all the ways that I can.
You can help by becoming a Friend of the Garden. Friends memberships start at $100 and are actual shares of my business, for which you will receive profit sharing in the near future. Clip and return the card in this newsletter for a copy of my Member Information Booklet, which describes it all. Or visit our Join Us page. Mahalo!
Update On My Proposed Book
I'm sitting on pins and needles right now waiting to hear back from my prospective publisher about my revised book proposal. The current working title is Super Simple Guide to Creating a Hawaiian Garden, and in it, I will talk about buying undeveloped land in Hawaii, clearing it and landscaping it with some easy-to-grow Hawaiian native plants. The native plant movement, which is so big in California and other states, is just starting to happen in Hawaii and I am pleased to be a "mover and shaker" in this "blossoming" trend.
Wonderful Visitors and a WWOOFer
Students from the Blue Crescent School of Botanical Medicine in nearby Pahoa got a special tour of the Garden on September 25. We harvested wild Gotu kola, which is used to help improve the memory much like Gingko, and made a tincture from it. Several times after that, several students returned and helped out, doing such tasks as setting the tile for the sink/vanity in the new outdoor bathroom and other tasks like repotting young basil plants. Because they were on the island for a prolonged period, I was able to give each student a bottle of the completed tincture at the end of their stay.
The Ohana cottage has had almost continuous occupancy as a vacation rental this year, so I have been unable to accept Willing Workers on Organic Farm volunteers until recently when a special woman named Lisa Cabak worked as an intern from November 8 through the 16. A travel writer and photographer working on articles about volunteer vacations, Lisa inspired me with many ideas for my writing and was a delightful breath of fresh air! Mahalo, Lisa, and happy trails to you!
We're All Set For Students
Finally, after planning for over two years, we now have an outdoor kitchen and bathroom that will serve students who stay in our Healing Arts Gazebo. This means that I can house up to four students at the same time now, which opens up lots of opportunities for reaching people who are interested in conserving the Hawaiian medicinal plants and want an in-depth "learning by doing" experience while living at an herb garden in Hawaii.
Amber Turns 16
On December 1 my oldest girl turned 16. She is still going strong and runs like a gazelle every afternoon when I let her out of the yard to explore the garden. It's been great seeing her enjoy life in beautiful Hawaii for 5 years!
Volume 5, Number 1 Fall 2003
Happy Holidays!
May all the blessings of the season be yours! I sincerely hope that you and your loved ones have a very happy and healthy Holiday season and a very Happy New Year. Because my personal life and the business of Hi'iaka's Garden are so intertwined, I decided to include all of you in my quarterly newsletter mailing.
It's always hard to feel Christmasy when the temperature is in the 70's, but here it is again! But seeing snow atop 14,000 foot Mauna Kea, as we did on December 2, always makes me feel "wintery," and the winter rains have definitely returned. It's the time of year that Hawaii residents put a blanket on the bed... the kitties love that! Who says there are no seasons in Hawaii?
It's also hard to believe that I've been living in Hawaii for five years. Turn to page 2 for the full story of all that we have accomplished and goals for the New Year.
Join Me For a Class in 2004
Thanks to the number of students who are responding favorably to our listing on NaturalHealers.com, I have scheduled monthly internships and classes for all of 2004. College credit is available through participating Universities and Colleges.
Live and Learn Residency Internships: Students stay in our Ohana Guest Cottage or Healing Arts Gazebo and work 12 hours each week helping to take care of the plants. They will also spend 15 hours each week in interactive herbal study with me. We're offering this from the 1st through the 14th of every month.
3-Day Retreats: Secrets of the Hawaiian Herbal Healers (kahuna la'au lapa'au): Offered once each month from the 15th through the 17th.
Individualized Mini-Classes: Offered by appointment between the 18th and 30th of each month, these classes are great for busy travelers who want to maximize their trips.
Saturday Morning Workshops: We meet every Saturday from 10:00 - noon.
Check our Learning Center page for details, rates and how to apply.
Celebrating Five Years in Hawai'i
December 12 is my "Hawaii birthday," the date that I started living at my home on the Big Island. Since March 22, 2000, I have transformed my overgrown 500 year-old lava flow into a beautiful sanctuary for many special plants and animals.
The mission of Hi`iaka's Healing Herb Garden is to educate people about herbalism, especially the medicinal uses of native Hawaiian plants. Many of the plants in the Garden are endangered species and not only are the plants themselves rapidly disappearing, so is the traditional knowledge about their healing properties, history and uses. I find this situation unacceptable and have undertaken my business venture to help to rectify it in all the ways that I can.
You can help by becoming a Friend of the Garden. Friends memberships start at $100 and are actual shares of my business, for which you will receive profit sharing in the near future. Clip and return the card in this newsletter for a copy of my Member Information Booklet, which describes it all. Or visit our Join Us page. Mahalo!
Update On My Proposed Book
I'm sitting on pins and needles right now waiting to hear back from my prospective publisher about my revised book proposal. The current working title is Super Simple Guide to Creating a Hawaiian Garden, and in it, I will talk about buying undeveloped land in Hawaii, clearing it and landscaping it with some easy-to-grow Hawaiian native plants. The native plant movement, which is so big in California and other states, is just starting to happen in Hawaii and I am pleased to be a "mover and shaker" in this "blossoming" trend.
Wonderful Visitors and a WWOOFer
Students from the Blue Crescent School of Botanical Medicine in nearby Pahoa got a special tour of the Garden on September 25. We harvested wild Gotu kola, which is used to help improve the memory much like Gingko, and made a tincture from it. Several times after that, several students returned and helped out, doing such tasks as setting the tile for the sink/vanity in the new outdoor bathroom and other tasks like repotting young basil plants. Because they were on the island for a prolonged period, I was able to give each student a bottle of the completed tincture at the end of their stay.
The Ohana cottage has had almost continuous occupancy as a vacation rental this year, so I have been unable to accept Willing Workers on Organic Farm volunteers until recently when a special woman named Lisa Cabak worked as an intern from November 8 through the 16. A travel writer and photographer working on articles about volunteer vacations, Lisa inspired me with many ideas for my writing and was a delightful breath of fresh air! Mahalo, Lisa, and happy trails to you!
We're All Set For Students
Finally, after planning for over two years, we now have an outdoor kitchen and bathroom that will serve students who stay in our Healing Arts Gazebo. This means that I can house up to four students at the same time now, which opens up lots of opportunities for reaching people who are interested in conserving the Hawaiian medicinal plants and want an in-depth "learning by doing" experience while living at an herb garden in Hawaii.
Amber Turns 16
On December 1 my oldest girl turned 16. She is still going strong and runs like a gazelle every afternoon when I let her out of the yard to explore the garden. It's been great seeing her enjoy life in beautiful Hawaii for 5 years!
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