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The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Lyon Arboretum is offering summer classes that will bring out the green thumb in all.
- June 13, August 8, and September 12—Yoga In The Garden (12–2:45 p.m., $20): Come refresh the mind and body with a hike through beautiful Lyon Arboretum followed by a yoga class in an open-air classroom. Instructor Amanda Painter is a trained Lyon Arboretum guide and yoga instructor at Open Space Yoga and Yoga Hawaiʻi. Meet in the classroom at 12 and bring a yoga mat. Class meets on the second Saturday of each month. Each class will focus on a different theme and expression. Class size is limited so sign up early.
- June 9 and 16—Designing Your Landscape: Native Plants, Veggies, Fruit Trees and Ornamentals (9:30–11:30 a.m., $40): Learn about simple and practical landscape design for easy and sustainable landscape maintenance. Taught by Heidi Bornhorst, this class is split into two sessions. The first session will help students discuss, design and brainstorm what to grow in their garden. Bring a sketch, photos, a plant wish list, or a landscape plot plan. The second session will present information on garden improvements, landscape success and future long range plants to achieve a beautiful garden.
- June 20—Dehydrating Fresh Fruits and Seeds (9–11:30 a.m., $40): Instructor Alyssa Moreau will help students learn how to make their own homemade snacks with fresh fruits and seeds, avoiding costly and preservative-laden packaged foods. Alyssa Moreau will share ways to dehydrate foods and prepare delicious and nutritious foods and snacks including flax/seed crackers, fruit leather roll ups, coconut biscotti and more.
- June 27—Orchid Culture & Growing Techniques (9–11 a.m., $20): Instructor Peter Wiggin will review the basics of the orchid family, including some of the fascinating history of orchid culture. The main focus of the class will be on the various cultural practices and orchid growing techniques. Students can ask Wiggin questions regarding orchid maintenance or “problem plants” that need attention. There will be lots of pictures, time for questions and a repotting demonstration.
- July 18—Pickles and Fermented Foods (9–11:30 a.m., $25): Alyssa Moreau will teach students how to make easy, quick fermented foods to serve as side dishes. She will showcase a ruby kraut made with beets, carrots and red cabbage, a cucumber ume pickle, kim chi, Vietnamese Bahn Mim and a seed cheese.
- July 18—Making ʻOhe Kāpala: The Design Language of Hawaiian Kapa (9 a.m.–1 p.m., $75 plus $20 supply fee paid to instructor at time of class): Instructor Moana Eisele will teach students about the design language of Hawaiian kapa and help students create their own ʻohe Kāpala (bamboo kapa stamp). Students will not only learn the basic Hawaiian language names of patterns but also understand its origin and kaona, its layered meaning relative to place, season and family lineage. The workshop includes a tour of some of the Arboretums bamboo collections, guidance on how to select ʻohe, discussion on appropriate usage of patterns, and making your own ʻohe kāpala, and using traditional kapa dyes and contemporary pigments.
- August 1—Basic Indigo Dyeing (9 a.m.–12 p.m., $45 plus $10 supply fee paid to instructor at class): Indigito is the universal hue of hand woven, hand dyed and re-stitched fabrics. From desert Tuareg tribes, to the 14th generation of Kyoto dyers, to the manufacturers of denim jeans, indigo rules! Learn how to permanently dye fabrics. Use resist methods of tie dye binding and clamping objects to create patterns. Control hue density with multiple dyeing submersions. Ann Asakura, indigo dyer for 30 years, is the executive director of Temari. This class is offered in partnership with TERMARI Center for Asian and Pacific Arts.
To register for a class, download the class registration form (last page).
