Student gardeners at Hawaii Preparatory Academy’s Ulumau Garden at the Village Campus won first place in the school garden pumpkin contest held Oct. 6 at the Parker School Farmers Market. The students worked under the guidance of Noah Dodd, HPA’s
Student gardeners at Hawaii Preparatory Academy’s Ulumau Garden at the Village Campus won first place in the school garden pumpkin contest held Oct. 6 at the Parker School Farmers Market. The students worked under the guidance of Noah Dodd, HPA’s Ulumau Garden coordinator. The students of Ulumau Garden won a $100 prize and two books on organic gardening for having the largest pumpkin, which weighed in at 95 pounds. The students also won recognition and a ribbon for the smallest pumpkin.
The contest was organized and sponsored by the Waimea Town Market, in partnership with the Hawaii 4-H Junior Master Gardener Program, The Kohala Center, Crop Production Services, BEI Hawaii and the Kohala Mountain Farm Pumpkin Patch.