Early on Saturday morning April 5th, over 25 volunteers gathered to work on the juvenile trees that are planted along the Hana Hwy between the Haleakala intersection to Kmart.
photo Susi Mastroianni
Back row L-R:
Kevin Boteilho, Pam Shingaki, Lisa Raymond, Terry Nutt, Jeffery Turnbull, Jeannie Pezzoli
Center Row:
Ernest Rezentz, Ken Findeisen, Sherry Sorensen, Glen Shishido
Front row:
Stefan Uycham, Norman Nagata, John Kidwell, Pam Gould, Donna Mann, Matha Vockrodt, Rob Fergeson, Jim Kinney
Volunteers not Pictured:
Bruce Martin, Olin Erickson, Ann Conway, Richie Campos, Kiope Raymond, Brian Lieberman, David Kovach
The call went out from the Maui Association of Landscape Professionals (MALP) to structurally prune, fertilize and mulch over 55 trees.
Among the volunteers were over seven arborists who helped direct the tree pruning.
Mulch was donated from Richard Langford, Donald Decoit and largely by Eko Compost. The Eko mulch was delivered to site by David Kovach of All Organic Landscaping, who also saved the day by delivering piles of mulch to each tree with his front end loader.
Injectable pesticide to protect the trees from borers was donated by Ken Findeisen of Hawaii Grower Products and will be administered by Pam Gould of Yards and Gardens. The Maui division of the Department of Transportation donated fertilizer and Roundup to kill the grass around the tree wells.
photo Susi Mastroianni
Ann Conway on the ground and Sherry Sorensen on the ladder
Mahalo HiSCO for loading and dumping the trash!
Ernie Rezents spearheaded the project. He and others were instrumental in the original planting of the trees.
With the welcomed rains that followed the next week, we hope to see the trees spring to life with new growth. In time the Monkeypod’s, Royal Poinciana’s and Kukui Nut trees will provide a beautiful canopy for that stretch of road.
Well done to all the volunteers who gave of their time to help make Maui no ka oi!