I ka pule hope o Mei, ua huakaʻi ka Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Amelia Oliver i ka Mokupuni ʻo San Francisco Bay e hoʻomaka i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i kahi hanana hoihoi a e hui pū me nā lālā ReLeaf Network o kēia manawa. Ma ʻaneʻi, hōʻike ʻo ia i kekahi mau kikoʻī o kāna huakaʻi.
[sws_blue_box ]Kū mua - Pāka Paionia, Nānā Mauna.
Hauʻoli wau i kahi huakaʻi alakaʻi maikaʻi o kēia mea nani o ke kaona mai nā lālā o ka papa Mountain View Trees. ʻOiai ua ulu au ma kēia wahi, ʻaʻole au i ʻike i kēia paka. Hoʻopiha ʻia ia me nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole e hoʻopuni ana i kekahi mau ʻoka awāwa nani. Hoʻolālā wau e hoʻi i ka hāʻule i ka wā e pua ai kēia mau kumu cherry. [/sws_blue_box]
[sws_blue_box ]Kū aʻe - ʻO ko mākou nahele kūlanakauhale, ʻo San Jose (makaʻala spoiler).
ʻO ko mākou Luna Hoʻokele o ka Forest City, ʻo Rhonda Berry, a me aʻu i hoʻolālā ai i ka Pōʻalua i ke ahiahi o ka hāʻule ʻana o California ReLeaf 25th Anniversary Reunion. I koʻu hoʻomaka ʻana e hana i loko o ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale i ka makahiki 1995, ua maʻa mau wau i ka haʻihaʻi ʻole a me ka mahalo i nā hana a Rhonda a me nā mea i hoʻokō ʻia e kā mākou Nahele Kulanakauhale. Hauʻoli wau e hana pū me ia i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i kēia hoʻolauleʻa nui (ʻOkakopa 11) a mahalo i kona lokomaikaʻi i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i kā mākou mau hoa ReLeaf. ʻO kahi mea koʻikoʻi o ka ʻauinalā, ʻo ia ka nānā ʻana iā Rhonda i ka hula me kāna ʻaka. [/sws_blue_box]
[sws_blue_box ]Pōʻakolu - Kāpena, Palo Alto.
Hoʻomaka koke wau i ke keʻena nui o Canopy ma Palo Alto. Hiki iaʻu ke hui pū me Canopy ED Catherine Martineau e pili ana i ka ʻoihana ReLeaf – ʻoiai ʻo Catherine ka Puuku papa o ReLeaf. Ke hele ʻo Catherine no kahi hālāwai hou, hiki iaʻu ke aʻo e pili ana iā Canopy mai ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka papahana ʻo Natalia, nona ka hoihoi nui i ka arboriculture (koʻu ʻano gal). He mea hoihoi ia ke aʻo ʻana ua hoʻomaka nā ʻike ahulau a Natalia i kāna hana ʻana ma o Americorps ma ko mākou nahele kūlanakauhale. E ʻoluʻolu e makemake maikaʻi iā Natalia ʻoiai ʻo ia e aʻo nei no ka hōʻike hōʻoia arborist i kēia kauwela. [/sws_blue_box]
[sws_blue_box ]ʻAina awakea ma Pleasanton.
Pehea e hiki ʻole ai iaʻu ke kipa aku i kēia kūlanakauhale nani?! Ua lawe ʻia kahi kono ʻaina awakea maikaʻi mai kekahi o kaʻu poʻe punahele (a me ka pelekikena papa ReLeaf e komo mai ana) ʻo Jim Clark e hōʻike mai iaʻu i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. Akā, ʻo ka mea a Jim i ʻike ʻole ai, ua hōʻike maoli au i ka huakaʻi o ke keʻena ʻo HortScience a me kahi manawa e kipa aku ai me Nelda Matheny – ʻano ʻano ʻano ma kāna keʻena ʻōmaʻomaʻo. Ke lana nei koʻu manaʻo ua hoʻopau ʻia ka mana lolo o nā limahana HortScience ma luna oʻu. [/sws_blue_box]
[sws_blue_box ]Hoʻomaha hope - ʻO Markum Arboretum, Concord.
ʻO kahi mea i loaʻa i kahi hāʻawi liʻiliʻi ʻo ReLeaf Arbor Week, ʻo ka Markum Arboretum ua hoʻopiʻi mua i koʻu makemake. Nui koʻu makemake i ko lākou ʻoliʻoli makapō a me ka ʻike maka ʻoiai ua hana kēia hui manawaleʻa āpau ma kā lākou papahana hāʻawi kanu lāʻau mua. Auwe - he wahi kupaianaha! Ke alakaʻi nei au ma nā ʻāpana o kēia Pāka kūlanakauhale he 17 ʻeka e ka pelekikena o ka papa ʻo Arti Kirch. Ua kamaʻilio mākou ma ke kelepona a me ka leka uila no nā mahina i hala iho nei a he mea maikaʻi ke hui hope. Hoʻolālā wau e hoʻihoʻi i koʻu ʻohana i kēia Arboretum a e hoʻopaʻa i kaʻu kāne ululāʻau me nā ʻano hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa a pau e ulu hauʻoli nei i kēia hale kapu Concord. [/sws_blue_box]
