Hawaii Healing Garden Festival & Solstice Celebration

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Hawaii Healing Garden Festival & Solstice Celebration
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Amy BH Greenwell Ethno-Botanical Garden Kailua Kona
82-6188 Mamalahoa Highway, Captain Cook, HI
FREE ADMISSION
10:00-4:00PM

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Join us on Sun, Dec 20 for the 2009 Hawaii Healing Garden Festival & Solstice Celebration @ Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden. This free community festival for natural health & sustainability will be held in collaboration with the South Kona Green Market. It is our 3rd Annual event on on the Big Island and will feature healthy & green services, natural products, organic goods, massage and health practitioners. A non-profit section will feature community groups, educational & cultural presenters. There will be music, entertainment, kids activities, healthy food and family fun with special focus on a zero waste event.

Main Stage Presentations 9:30-4:00
Cooking & massage demos, cultural presentations, drumming, music & more!

Health Fair - Vendor Booths 10:00-4:00
Healing Arts Fair with massage, plants, products, food booths and more!

Lei Contest - 10:00-3:00
Coconut Bowling Contest - 2:00-3:00
Habitats Hawaii Exhibit - 10:00-4:00

Woman's Assault Prevention w/ Prof. Steve McLaughlin 8th Dan - Time TBA

MAIN STAGE SCHEDULE: 9:30 - 4:00 pm

9:30 - Opening Pule - Traditional Hawaiian Blessing

9:45 - Acrosage - Acrobatic Yoga Massage Demonstration

10:00 - Scents of the Garden - Aromatherapy & Essential Oils with Malia Goodenow of Hawaiian Rainforest Flower Essences

11:00 - Traditions of Hawaiian Healing - with Kumu Alva Andrews sharing traditional Hawaiian uses of taro, noni, awa (kava), pa'akai (salt), aloe.

12:00 - Making Spirits Bright: Healthy Holiday Cooking - Demo & Tasting with Dodi-Lishcous! Learn her favorite Go-Ginji Cranberry Lilikoi Sauce that will wow your taste buds & your immune system!

1:00 - Putting the Culture Back in Agriculture - Panel Discussion

2:00 - Taiko Drumming Celebration

2:30 - Music & Dance

3:00 - Musical Mele with Millicent Cumming