A class of kindergartners from Kihei Elementary School enjoyed a harvest party at their school’s edible garden yesterday.
By the time is school is out for the summer over 500 children will have harvested and eaten fresh Veggies, Herbs, and Fruits from the garden!
The Wiki Garden system was initially installed in the School’s garden as a “trial”. Over the last 5 months the Wiki Garden system was compared to traditional in-ground and raised-bed gardening practices. Nio, or “Chef” as the kids call him, explained that the Wikis not only outperformed the traditional methods, but the children gravitated towards the Wikis “the kids can get right up next to what they are growing, it makes it easier to harvest and they can work from both sides of the plants”.
5 months ago an Aloha Victory Garden donation help get the Kihei Elementary School started with the Wiki Garden “Trial”. Since then the School has purchased 30 additional Wiki Garden modules, as the Wikis have proven to be both effective and affordable.
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