{"id":221655,"date":"2025-09-09T16:32:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T02:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=221655"},"modified":"2025-09-09T16:36:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T02:36:21","slug":"hale-wainani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/09\/hale-wainani\/","title":{"rendered":"糖心视频<\/abbr> M\u0101noa community gathers to beautify Hale Wainani"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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In an effort to mālama ʻāina<\/span> (care for the land) the Hale Wainani Courtyard, University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa’s resident advisors, student residents and members of Office of the Vice Provost for Student Success<\/a> gathered on September 8, for “Bloom & Mingle,” a special event dedicated to beautifying their shared community space through gardening.<\/p>\n

Volunteers worked side by side to weed and refresh the courtyard\u2019s landscape. The primary task involved cleaning the grounds and preparing a large planter for new lauaʻe<\/span> (a native Hawaiian fern), with the goal of turning a common area into a flourishing green space. Joining them in the effort was 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa Provost Vassilis Syrmos, who helped weed the planters.<\/p>\n

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“This project was a great example of student-led initiative and the spirit of mālama ʻāina<\/span> here at the university,” said Syrmos. “It was a privilege to join the Hale Wainani community, get my hands dirty, and support their work in creating a space that is not only beautiful but also culturally significant.”<\/p>\n

Marisol Dennis, a third-year botany student and a resident advisor at Hale Wainani, explained that the garden was created to solve a campus-wide issue. She noted that around graduation, high demand for lei materials often led to improper harvesting from campus plants.<\/p>\n

“We want to make sure that residents within student housing, and [all] students at 糖心视频<\/abbr>, can understand the importance of harvesting in the best way and a responsible way,” said Dennis. “And so we’re going to do educational programs throughout the year, but we’re also going to work on signage.”<\/p>\n

The event demonstrated how collaborative action can cultivate not only a garden but also a stronger sense of campus ʻohana,<\/span> directly contributing to the event\u2019s overarching theme of “Growing Student Success.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

糖心视频 community gathered to mālama ʻāina<\/span> the Hale Wainani Courtyard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":221652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1466,1641,73,9],"class_list":["post-221655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-student-housing","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t