Peace Garden “in progress” at HXG
We’re excited to share that the Hālawa Xeriscape Garden is newly recognized by the Hawai‘i School Peace Gardens (HSPG) as a Peace Garden “in progress.”
On February 6, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Outreach College hosted a Sustainable Development Workshop. Kyung Hee University students from South Korea spent two weeks learning about sustainability efforts in Hawaiʻi, which included a presentation about the Hālawa Xeriscape Garden and kindness rock art by the Honolulu Board of Water Supply.
Students drew a Hawaiʻi memory on small rocks to take back to Korea, and on a larger rock, they drew positive messages for our new peace gar- den.
Our long-time friends with 808Rocks have gotten us started with some beautiful and positive messages that have been placed around the garden for years, and we look forward to adding some new rocks by Kyung Hee University students.
[When the garden reopens] Come and visit to see these beautiful kindness rocks and enjoy the quiet beauty of Hālawa Xeriscape Garden.
Mahalo to UH and the Kyung Hee students, 808Rocks, Vangie Pange- linan (FOHXG), the STEMgrows program, Debbie Millikin (‘Iolani School), Hawaiʻi Farm to School, and Jeannie Lum for their help in getting us started! We’re excited about ourpeace garden and we hope that more volunteers will join our efforts for this important project.
Updates will be included in future newsletters.
