At Project Lemon Tree, we're hard at work with partners University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources (CTAHR), SOGA Organics from South Africa and Hokukano Ranch of Kona to find the best rootstocks for Lemons, Limes & Other Citrus in Hawai’i. School Lemon Tree Plantings Over the course of the last year, we've raised hundreds of rootstocks and grafted eureka and meyer lemon varieties for school planting projects. Just yesterday, we made a couple hundred more … [Read more...]
How to Grow Organic Lemon Orchards in Hawai’i
Project Lemon Tree advisors met in Kona, Hawai’i at Hokukano Ranch where a 5 acre site has been prepared for a research project to study and determine best practices for how to optimize organic lemon tree growing in orchards at agricultural scale. Present were Tom Pace (Hokukano owner), Gill Berger (First Foundation Bank Advisor and Bizgenics Foundation Advisor), Steve Sue (Bizgenics Foundation and Project Lemon Tree founder) and Paul Marais and team (managing director of SOGA Organic, the South … [Read more...]
Waialae Elementary Schools Project Lemon Tree
Waialae Elementary Gives Lessons on Creating Lemon Tree Homes Bizgenics Foundation learns how to design pots from Waialae Elementary's best! Mr.Hervey’s 3rd grade class of expert painters and ornamental designers envision and create their Lemon Tree’s ideal potted homes. Each student was tasked with decorating their pot, naming their trees, and creating a title stake to claim ownership. Responsibility and Ownership When tasked with the new responsibilities of taking care of their very own … [Read more...]
Project Kaimuki Lemon Tree
Project Kaimuki Lemon Tree is a GO! THINGS ARE HAPPENING in Project Lemon Tree's branch! On September 26th, 2018, Kaimuki Middle School and Project Lemon Tree team have made plans to see lemons in the NEAR future! Thank you to all the staff that were involved in the meeting! We really appreciate the enthusiasm we saw, and are excited to be working with you in the near future! Special thanks to Ivie Bryant for the introductions! Another Mahalo to SuperGeeks Hawaii for powering … [Read more...]
Project Lemon Tree: Jefferson Elementary School
More than just an educational citrus planting, the first Project Lemon Tree at Jefferson Elementary School taught the keiki a valuable lesson on "how to make lemonade out of lemons." In 2016, vandals had cold-heartedly burned down Jefferson Elementary School's playground along with the joy it once provided the keiki. Looking past the charred devastation, Principal Garret Zakahi's fire proof optimism beautified the hideous act into our inaugural Project Lemon Tree trellis planting. On July 21, … [Read more...]
