HGS Newsletter
July 04, 2007
Aloha Hawaii Gourd Society members and friends...

Our First annual Gourds in Paradise Festival (June 12 & 13th) was a great success! We were very pleased to have a good response from the public. Unfortunately, the County of Hawaii was in the process of completing the renovation of Hale Halewai pavilion...so, we had to work around the construction...so sorry. Our Second Annual Gourds in Paradise Festival will be January 11, 12 13, 2008, @ the beautifully renovated Hale Halewai Pavilion. (work is now complete).

The date is set ...and the planning begins again.

Our first festival was a success because of a few very helpful people...we were disappointed that the response to our e-mails and mailed out programs was small...perhaps the date was difficult...many events happen in June! Our new annual date will be in January, hopefully being a more friendly date for a festival.

Please help us realize our desire to revitalize the ipu culture in Hawaii... we need your input and energy!

We will be passing out seeds and seedlings at our next HGS meeting @ Evie's Ipu Farm, July 28, 2007, @ 11 AM - 2 PM...potluck and swimming at two-step to follow meeting. Please be sure to mark the calender for this date, as we will make every effort to have seedlings for you.

If you are interested in beginning an Ipu Patch in your area of the islands, please contact me. We are hoping to spark interest in lots of areas...for example, one in OceanView, another in Na'aleau, another in Wiamea...how about you?...can you grow ipu? We will help in every way possible! USDA fruit fly traps are available upon request.

We will begin teaching classes as soon as the ipu begin to ripen...an e-mail will be sent about two weeks before the classes. Classes will be limited to number of ipu available and must be registered for in advance. Cost will be $50. You will have two ipu projects to complete. There will be a discount for HGS (paid ) members. If you are not a member of our society yet, please consider going to www.hawaiigourdsociety.com and signing up. Mahalo.

Evie and I will be traveling to our neighbor islands for classes and beginning new Ipu Patches for the HGS later in the summer. If you know of any good contacts, please pass them on to us.

We wish to thank all of the wonderful folks who were a part of our first Festival...we look forward to the next Gourds in Paradise Festival...

IPU RULE!

Mary
HGS President

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