GARDENING AND PESTICIDES

ACCESSIBLE GARDENING FOR PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES

You can garden whether you use a wheelchair, walker, or a cane; whether you jave limited upper body strength or use of your arms; whether you have difficulty sitting kneeling or stopping; whether you’re 5 or 55.

ALL STINGS CONSIDERED

First Aid and Medical Treatment of Hawaii’s Marine Injuries. Includes a quick look guide to Hawaii’s common marine injuries, mechanism of injury, incidences, signs and symptoms, and first aid.

ATLAS OF GRACILARIA SPORE CULTURE

Gracilaria is a red seaweed sold as a high-value seafood in many parts of Asia and the Pacific. The world supply of Gracilaria no longer meets the demand. As it diminishes, it is likely that the majority of Gracilaria will come from aquaculture.

BAMBOO: A GROWER & BUILDER’S REFERENCE MANUAL

A manual that includes articles , newsletters, along with lectures that were held during the bamboo seminar that was held in July of 1997.

BOOK OF TOMATOS, BEANS, CAULFLOWER, BROCCOLI, CABBAGE, ONIONS, PEAS & PEANUTS, POTATOS, ROOT CROPS

Produced and published by National Gardening Association. Nine different books.

CHILDREN’S GARDENS: A FIELD GUIDE FOR TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND VOLUNTEERS

Part I: the Process, takes you step-by-step through the basic concepts that are important to successful gardening, and techniques that can be adopted by young gardeners. Part II: the Activities are keyed to the concept and the techniques detailed in Part One. Designed to stimulate the child’s awareness of the environment.

COMPOST: LANDSCAPING & NURSERY

Two of America’s leading compost makers and users will lead you through applications for quality compost. State of the art spreading technologies are highlighted.

DICTIONARY OF HORTICULTURE

Contains over 15,000 main entries—featuring an extensive selection of plants and their varieties, fruits, herbs, vegetables, botanical terms, pests, diseases, pesticides, fertilizers, soils, tools, and materials, and techniques.

ECO-INQUIRY

Provides in-depth learning experiences to help you create this kind of learning environment in you classroom.

EDIBLE ASIAN GARDEN by Rosalind Creasy

Author Rosalind Creasy has considered the full array of Asian herbs and vegetables and made it possible for the average person to grow and enjoy them right from the backyard, Beautiful photography. Information on 108 distinct varities.

EDIBLE ITALIAN GARDEN by Rosalind Creasy

This book will send you off on an incomparable gardening adventure through the southern arid regions all the way north to the French and Swiss borders. Includes a section on preparation methods for antipasto, soups, salads, side dishes, and others.

EXPLORING CLASSROOM HYDROPONICS

This booklet provides a synthesis of ideas for people who explore hydroponics with real children in real classrooms, Presents basic hydroponics information along with suggestions for supporting students’ varied learning styles in both cooperative and individual activities.

FABLES FROM THE GRADEN by Leslie Ann Hayashi

A beautiful, illustrated short stories of plants and insects in Hawaii’s gardens.

FARM FACTS

These folders offer lesson plans and farm facts provided by the American Farm Bureau Federation.

FEDERAL PESTICIDE RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIVATE APPLICATORS

A videotape about the federal regulations as amended in 1995. Learn and be aware of what the law requires you to record. VHS video.

FIELD GUIDE TO COMPOST USE

To provide you with compost use instructions verified through research and field experiences. Condenses and simplifies the 13 currently available, technically based compost use guidelines.

FLOWERS & SEEDS

Plants are excellent for science activities. Combine both subjects into one interesting and educational lesson.

FOLIAR MENTHOL TREATMENTS FOR CROP IMPROVEMENT

Given by Dr. Authur Nonomura, 29 April 1993. VHS video. 53 mins

FUN WITH FRUITS & VEGETABLES

Features fun facts, hands-on activities, and coloring pages for fifty different kinds of fruits & vegetables. Teaches good eating habits by planting a garden of knowledge using their own imagination.

GARDEN CRAFTS FOR KIDS

With 50 great activities, experiments, and projects, you’ll find ways to keep your thumb green throughout the year.

GARDENING FOR DUMMIES

This fun and friendly reference outlines everything you need to roll up your sleeves, get your hands dirty and begin to plant your own vegetable or flower garden in your backyard or in a container on your porch—no matter what climate you live in!

GET GROWING! EXCITING INDOOR PLANT PROJECTS FOR KIDS

Projects, crafts, cooking and gift ideas with helpful illustrations and step-by-step formats that actively involve kids. Also simple and unusual ways to grow 11 beautiful indoor plants.

GRAFTING TROPICAL FRUIT TREES

Video created to provide the audience with first hand observation as an expert demonstrates fruit tree grafting techniques. Grafting is the best way to propagate these plants. It gives the opportunity to combine locally adapted rootstocks with the best cultivators of a given species.

THE GROWING SEED: WILIWILI PROJECT

Project serves to identify the wiliwili and how to grow and care for this plant. Includes topics such as: planting out, pests & diseases, and propagation. Includes video, manual, and seeds.

GROWING UP GREEN

How to grow pumpkins and petunias. How to arrange flowers in the Japanese way. All about wind and weather, trees and birds. Experiments with tropisms!!! The lives and works of famous naturalists!!! How to garden from seed to harvest. Forcing bulbs. Germinating seeds. Make lots of plants from one and much more.

GROWING YOUR OWN VEGETABLES

Information on vegetables like tomatoes, spinach, asparagus, corn, herbs, and okra. Provides suggestions about planting and growing these vegetables in the home garden. A valuable resource to home gardeners who need general vegetable gardening information.

GROWLAB: ACTIVITIES FOR GROWING MINDS

Encourages students to think and act like scientists. Includes more than 30 reproducible record keeping worksheets.

HAWAII’S FRESHWATER WILDLIFE by Katherine Orr

A wealth of information in this illustrated guide. Children will learn about freshwater fish, shrimp, snails, insects, birds – their habitats, life cycles, and more.

HAWAIIAN HERITAGE PLANTS by Angela Kay Kepler

Although the historical content of Hawaiian Heritage Plants is timeless, profound biological and social changes have occurred in Hawaii and the book’s first edition. This revised version has been completely updated.

HAWAII PRODUCT WENT TO MARKET

A business tool for those in the produce, floral, seafood, livestock, and processed product industries in Hawaii and elsewhere.

HO’OLAULIMA FOR HAWAII’S SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

This video reports on various sustainable agriculture strategies, techniques, and practices utilized by the governmentally responsible agriculture.

HOW A TREE GROWS KIT-Grades 4-12

A hands-on classroom project designed to show you and your class that trees are living, breathing creatures that grow very differently then other organisms, especially humans. Kit contains the following tree parts: 3 seeds, 3 roots, 3 woody twigs, 3 herbaceous stems, 3 bark samples, 3 cross-section samples and 3 leaf samples. Also included are 3 magnifying glasses and a teachers guide with eight classroom activities.

IN THE THREE SISTERS’ GARDEN

Three sisters learn how to be “caretakers of the earth” by using earth friendly gardening principals.

LISA FOR HAWAII

Program gives a brief look at various low input sustainable agriculture or “LISA for Hawaii” projects through farm visits and interviews with project participants. Highlights various sustainable agriculture techniques utilized.

LOOK WHAT I GREW

In this video, kids learn how to grow flowers, fruits, and vegetables on the windowsill, and how to create garden crafts projects. For ages 5 and up. VHS video. Time 45 min.

MY AMAZING GARDEN

This VHS video is an educational guide that introduces beginning gardeners to the wonderful world of gardening. Explores gardening secrets from planting to picking, as well as project ideas and crafts.

MY FIRST GARDEN: PUMPKINS

Inside this boo you’ll find some pumpkinseeds. Easy to follow instructions are included to help you grow your first pumpkin. It will take 1-2 weeks for the seeds to grow.

NATIONAL GARDENING ASSOCIATION’S GUIDE TO KIDS’ GARDENING

This resource provides “how to” information for planning and maintaining an outdoor gardening project with children.

PACIFIC FARM ISLANDS MANUAL

This manual was assembled for farmers and extension personnel, but home gardeners, educators, and researchers will also find it useful. It is a collection of informational leaflets which severs as a quick guides for identifying taro varieties and taro pests, and for growing perennial vegetables, cover crops, and farm trees.

PACIFIC GARDEN EPISODES 1-13

Presents brief home gardening tips covering a range of topics from composting to prevent plant diseases. VHS video time 4hr 55min.

PESTS OF PARADIES

First Aid and Medical Treatment of Injuries from Hawaii’s Animals. Includes a quick guide to injuries from Hawaii’s animals, Mechanism of injury, incidences, prevention , signs and symptoms, and first aid.

PESTICIDE RECORDKEEPING: WHAT IT CAN DO FOR YOU

Video discusses what pesticide record keeping and do for you

PLANT A QUESTION: USING THE GROWLAB TEACHING CYCLE

Activities to teach engaging science lessons. VHS video. Time: 30:00

PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE

Vegetable Gardening Units 1, 2, and 3; Soils, Plants and Soil Science 4-H Leaders Handbook on Pesticides, and many others.

PLANTS FUN CRAFTS & GAMES FOR ALL AGES

The 33 projects and crafts in the how-to workbook have been inspired by the ageold relationship humans have with plants. Each projects is different, yet have special connections-beauty, leisure, therapy, learning, delight, and fun!

PLANT LIFE

Do some plants eat meat? Which plants live the longest? Plant Life will answer these question and learn more interesting facts.

PLANTING TREES IN YOUR URBAN FOREST

Here you will find puzzles, projects, and more for ages 9-109

PLANTS

This science mini-unit has over 18 activities and includes reproducible worksheets and games. A great way to provide information about plants in a fun and educational way.

PLANTS AND FLOWERS

This wonderful book about plants and flowers is useful as a resource of ideas and information. It is simple to read and use with children of all ages. It explains plants and flowers in an easy and exciting way.

PLANTS OF OLD HAWAII

The author creates an atmosphere of love and concern , both on a teacher/student and student/student basis for the rich heritage of Hawaiian culture, especially through study of the Hawaiians’ close association with plants.

POISONOUS PLANTS OF PARADISE

First Aid and Medical Treatment of Injuries from Hawaii’s Plants. Includes a quick guide to poisonous plant in Hawaii, Traditional and Modern uses, Signs and Symptoms, and First Aid.

ROOTS AND SHOOTS

Want to start a gardening program with your grade level or with your class? Here’s how to get started

ROOT-VUE FARM

This fascinating new product unlocks the mysteries of the underground plant world. Specially designed case allows children to view plant growth below the ground. Kids can watch the roots grow down while the plants take form above. Comes complete with soil mix, carrot, radish and onion seeds.

SAMOAN MEDICINAL PLANTS

Discusses Samoan medical plants and their usage, which are a growing interest in natural plant compounds for treatment of lethal illnesses. Illustrations added for each of the 74 species.

SEEDS AND PLANTS-GRADES K-1

This science mini-unit discusses the uses of plants. It includes 20 activities and reproducible worksheets. Also learn about leaf rubbing, plant pressing and how to make an insect net with this easy to use kit.

SPRING WATERS-GATHERING PLACES

This book promotes and facilitates public understanding of atmospheric, surface, and ground water resources, and related management issues through publications, instruction, and networking. Five short, beautifully illustrated stories chronicle the use of spring waters through time.

SUCCESS WITH BEDDING PLANTS

Soil preparation, plant selection and installation, care and maintenance are all factors in having success with bedding plants. Video reference guide with VHS videotape outline, review questions and answers. Time: 25:00

TAKING TARO INTO THE 1990’S

Three-part tape series discussing how taro has become a staple in the lives of the Hawaiian people.

TREE CARE PESTICIDE SAFETY: HOW TO APPLY

This video and reference guide identifies correct spraying techniques, proper application techniques, where to stand and more. Kit includes VHS video and video reference guide. Time: 10 min

TREE CARE PESTICIDE SAFETY: HOW TO CALIBRATE

How to calibrate is the topic of the video. Included with the video is a reference guide which contains notes and review questions. Kit includes a VHS video and a video reference guide. Time: 10 min

TREE CARE PESTICIDE SAFETY: KNOW YOUR EQUIPMENT

Knowing your equipment is very important when using pesticides. This kit explains each piece of equipment and its use. The reference guide contains notes to and review questions. Kit includes VHS videotape and reference guide. Time: 10 min

TREE EDITION: HOW TO CONTROL PESTS AND DISEASES IN THE LANDSCAPE VIDEOTAPE

This video discusses how to control pests and diseases in the landscape. Video outline and review questions also included. VHS video. Time 1 hour.

THE URBAN GARDEN CENTER

This is a video about the Urban Garden Center and what it has to offer the people of Hawaii. Time: 16 minutes.

WORKERS PROTECTION STANDARD FOR GREENHOUSES & NURSERIES

This program reviews the Worker Protection Standard requirements for managers or owner of a greenhouse or nursery; or for employees at a nursery or greenhouse. This is a new regulation designed to better protect the health and safety of agricultural workers and pesticides handlers. It covers pesticides that are used in crop production, forests, nurseries, and greenhouses. VHS video.

WORLD OF PLANTS AND SOIL

A VHS video that discusses the importance of plants and the soil that help nurture our survival in the world. The soil is a source of the food that we eat and the plants nurture the soil. Time: 18 min.

WORM ACRES: A COMPOSTING KIT FOR KIDS!

Recycle organic kitchen waste into nutrient rich garden fertilizer with this fascinating kit! It’s fun, educational, odor-free, and good for the environment