Projects Report:
Projects paid by individual donations:
- Weed and mow Arboretum trails every 2 weeks.
- Weed-eat Arboretum blocks once a month.
- Herbicides, insecticides, fertilizer expense
- Professional pruning
- Plant purchases
- Arboretum supplies
- Book-keeper
- Office Supplies
- Non-profit accountant
- Webmaster/ website update postings
- Liability insurance
- Special Arboretum projects not supported by grants
Projects by volunteer professionals:
- Parking and fence line maintenance road-tractor mowing
- Herbicide- weed control in Arboretum
- Selective broadleaf herbicide control at Pu’u Mahoe property [Arboretum not included].
- Gypsum & 10-20-20 fertilizer with trace elements distribution annually
- Insecticide sprays as needed.
- Equipment maintenance
- Plant/seed collecting, propagation and distribution
- Care of nursery seedlings for winter Arboretum out planting.
- Animal Control/eradication efforts
- Secretarial work/ news releases
- Grant writing
- Website updates prepared for webmaster
Projects by volunteer labor:
- Weeding
- Seed collection
- Haul pruning to compost site
- Rake leaves
Activities by volunteer management:
- Arboretum tours the last Saturday of every month.
- Special community and school events as requested.
- Volunteer workdays the second Saturday of every month.
- Arbor Day booth and community presentations
-2009 Project Focus:
- Complete Shed/Lua/Workshop facility
- Arboretum sign at entrance arch
- Trail upgrade
- Preparing 1 acre Arboretum expansion for out planting
- Remove all morning glory and glysine vine from Arboretum
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